Music Theory | ABRSM Grade 8 Music Theory Complete Course

🎼 Grade 8 Music Theory Complete Course 🎶

Course Overview

Comprehensive Training Includes:

• Trio Sonata: Master the Baroque era with our detailed guide on completing a Trio Sonata according to figured bass, ensuring your harmony aligns with the period's style.

• Keyboard Reconstruction: Develop your keyboard writing skills by reconstructing a piece from given skeleton frameworks, while adhering to the stylistic conventions of the era.

• Composition: Elevate your compositional abilities by extending an provided opening idea into a full composition, complete with logical structure, key changes, and idiomatic expression.

• Score Reading: Sharpen your theoretical knowledge through the analysis of scores from chamber works to larger orchestral pieces, covering chords, keys, harmony, intervals, transposition, notation, symbols, foreign terms, style, and compositional techniques.

What's in the ABRSM Grade 8 Exam?

• Baroque Trio Sonata: Showcase your understanding of harmonic patterns and rules of the Baroque period by completing a Trio Sonata from the figured bass.

• Keyboard Piece Reconstruction: Demonstrate your ability to write musically coherent and harmonically consistent keyboard music based on a provided skeleton framework and example bars.

• Composition Task: Choose from two given opening melodic ideas and continue one into a fully formed piece, ensuring it includes a strong melody, good harmonic framework, and logical structure with key changes.

• General Knowledge Questions: Test your broad theoretical knowledge with questions derived from scores of chamber and orchestral works, assessing your understanding of various aspects of music theory.

Why Take the Grade 8 Music Theory Exam?

The ABRSM Grade 8 Music Theory exam is not only a stepping stone for those pursuing formal music education but also an enriching experience for any musician aiming to deepen their appreciation and understanding of music. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to tackle the exam with confidence. Moreover, the techniques and insights gained are invaluable for enhancing your musical interpretation, composition, and overall theoretical proficiency.

Join Victoria Williams LMusTCL BA(Mus) on this journey through the intricate world of music theory, and prepare to unlock the secrets held within the compositions of the past and present. 📘✨