Trinity Grade 5 Music Theory
What you'll learn
- Pass Trinity Grade 5 Music Theory with Distinction!
- Build on your knowledge of how music works, and how to pass the Trinity exam
- Further your skills in composition and harmony
- Practise your skills with the included PDF, exercises and tests!
Requirements
- You should already have covered the topics in Trinity Grades 1-4 Music Theory
- You don't need any extra equipment or software to take this course - all materials are provided.
- You need to be motivated to learn how music works
Description
Grade 5 Music Theory Trinity
This Grade 5 Music Theory video courses covers the Trinity syllabus in full.
Rhythm and Form
Time signatures of 4/2, 6/4 and 7/4
Time signature changes within an extract
Rules for grouping note and rest values within new time signatures (including grouping indications at the beginning of bars or scores, e.g. 2,3 or 3,2)
Grouping demisemiquavers (32nd notes) in simple and compound time
Semiquaver (16th note) triplets
The breve (double whole note)
Strophic, Verse and Refrain (or Chorus) and binary forms
Pitch
Naming and using notes in tenor clef
Ab, Db, E and B major keys (for all major keys for the grade: scales, key signatures, one-octave arpeggios, broken chords and tonic triads (root, first or second inversion))
F, Bb, C# and G# minor keys (for all minor keys for the grade: scales — natural (Aeolian mode) and harmonic and melodic, key signatures, one-octave arpeggios, broken chords and tonic triads (root, first or second inversion))
Identifying the key of a piece in Ab, Db, E or B major, and F, Bb, C# or G# minor
2nd degree of the major/minor scale being known as the supertonic or re (major keys only)
Supertonic triads for all keys covered so far
Major/minor supertonic triad labelled:
— as a chord symbol above the music (e.g. Dm in the key of C major or B dim (or B°) in the key of A minor)
— as a Roman numeral below the music (e.g. ii in the key of C major or ii° (dim) in the key of A minor)Recognising imperfect cadences
Double sharps and double flats and general enharmonic equivalents
Recognising and writing C and G pentatonic major scales
Inversions of all intervals covered in Grades 1–4 within an octave
Recognising and writing accented passing notes and understanding acciaccatura, appoggiatura, upper and lower mordents and trills
Understanding upper and lower auxiliary notes
Writing tonic, supertonic, subdominant, dominant or dominant 7th chords in root, first or second inversions in any key for the grade as well-balanced 4-part chords for SATB
Transposing a tune up or down any major, minor or perfect interval within an octave (within the keys for the grade) or for transposing instruments for the grade
Ranges of the alto saxophone in Eb and trumpet and clarinet in Bb as defined in the Trinity workbook
Concept of modulation
Identifying a modulation to the dominant or the relative major/minor keys
Musical terms and symbols
Who this course is for:
- This course is for candidates preparing for Trinity Grade 5 Music Theory
Instructor
"This course was absolutely first rate in every way. Ms. Williams presented the material clearly, thoughtfully, and with an obvious love of teaching. The only way this could possibly have been any better is to have had the privilege of studying with her in person. I'm amazed by how much information I learned -- and in such an enjoyable way! Ms. Williams is someone who not only has a deep understanding of music theory, but a rare and wonderful creativity that makes her such an effective teacher of it. Bravo and thank you!"
Victoria graduated from the University of Leeds in 1995 with a BA Honours in Music, specialising in Musicology. She also holds the AmusTCL and LmusTCL diplomas in Music Theory, from Trinity College London.
Since 2007, Victoria has been teaching music theory online and by email via her acclaimed website MyMusicTheory, offering free music theory tuition following the structured syllabus of the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).
Victoria teaches all ABRSM levels, from grade 1 (beginner) up to grade 8/diploma (undergraduate level) and has an in depth knowledge of both the syllabus requirements and examiners' marking schemes. As well as teaching the ABRSM syllabus, Victoria is equally at home preparing students for the Trinity Guildhall exams, the Australian AMEB exams and the AP Music Theory exams taken in the USA.
Victoria's lessons break the tricky concepts of music and music theory down into easy-to-understand steps. She approaches teaching from the learner's point of view, building up on existing knowledge little by little, and avoids the “baffling with detail" stance taken by traditional music theory text books. She has an outstanding track-record with her students' exam successes, with the vast majority gaining top rated “merits and distinctions" from the ABRSM.
Victoria teaches woodwind, piano and theory in South Cambridgeshire.