Grade 6 Music Theory, Unit 16, Lesson 7 of 12
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Week 7: Bass lines and melodic decoration

Music theory, Weekly review, 10 minutes

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Naming the notes that decorate a melody, and suspensions as an extension.

This week's skills

x: a passing note
x: an auxiliary note

Check each skill of week 7; anything shaky, read the lessons again in Bass lines and melodic decoration, then come back.

The skills to check
  • Passing notes, auxiliary notes, appoggiaturas, anticipations and changing notes
  • Suspensions: 4-3 and 7-6, as an extension

You try A note is reached by a leap, lands on the beat and steps onto a chord note. What is it?

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An appoggiatura.

The rest of this lesson and its 5 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.

Screen 1 of 3, free to read.

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