Grade 6 Music Theory, Unit 16, Lesson 1 of 12
Brainlag Music

Week 1: Grade 5 check and first Grade 6 chords

Music theory, Weekly review, 10 minutes

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Key signatures, intervals, terms and cadences from Grade 5, then naming and writing chords from a bass and its figures.

This week's skills

A bass with its figures, and the chords they give

Check each skill of week 1; anything shaky, read the lessons again in Chords, figures and four parts, then come back.

The skills to check
  • Key signatures and relative keys, in any key
  • Intervals described fully, compound ones too
  • Italian terms for tempo and character
  • The four cadences by their chords
  • Naming a chord from its bass note and figures, and writing its upper notes

The rest of this lesson and its 11 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.

Screen 1 of 5, free to read.

  • 11 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
  • Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards