Grade 8 Music Theory, Unit 3, Lesson 1 of 5
Brainlag Music

Keyboard style

Music theory, Keyboard and string textures, 12 minutes

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Three notes in the right hand, the bass in the left: the layout for keyboard harmony.

Two hands

In keyboard style the right hand plays the three upper notes, kept within an octave, and the left hand plays the bass alone.

The same rules of part-writing apply to every part.

Keyboard style: three notes in the right hand, close together; the bass alone in the left hand

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

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