Grade 7 Music Theory (Trinity) Course & Exercises

A complete course following the Trinity College London Grade 7 Music Theory Syllabus.

With exercises, practice test and answers.

(With UK and USA terminology)

Course Includes:

Irregular Tuplets

Time signatures

Prevailing Key

Identifying the Prevailing Key

Direct Modulation

Dorian Mode

Major and Minor Penatonic Scales

Blues Scales

The Whole Tone Scale

Transposition

Transposing into/out of Written Pitch

Transposing a 12-Bar Blues Progression

Chords

Chord ii7 and ii-dim7 (Supertonic 7th)

Secondary 7ths

Secondary 7th Chord Symbols

Tierce de Picardie (Major Tonic in Minor Keys)

Voice Leading

7ths Voice Leading

Voice Leading - Exceptions to the “rules”

Pre-Cadence

Cadential 6/4

Completing a Pre-Cadence

Arpeggio 6/4

Inverted Cadence

Phryrgian Cadence

Pivot Chords

Harmonic Sequence with Suspensions

Decoration

Auxiliary Notes

Auxiliary Harmony Notes

Appoggiaturas

Chromatic Appoggiaturas

Suspensions

Retardations

Analysing Harmony with Decoration

The Classical Era

Sonata Form

Rondo and Rondo-Sonata Form

The Sonata and Sonatina

The Coda

The Scherzo and Trio

The Symphony

The String Quartet

The 12-Bar Blues

The Woodwind

The Brass

Classical Brass

The Percussion

Transcribing a String Quartet

Keyboard Accompaniment Styles

Musical Terms and Symbols

Composition

Grade 7 Practice Test