Grade 6 Theory-a Practical Approach

The harmony section is a logical approach, building gradually from recognising chords and appropriate choice of cadences, to harmonising whole tunes, realising figured basses and writing tunes using strong harmonic structures. Each step includes worked examples and exercises.

A Musical Knowledge section follows, including a short recap of Western Music, time-lines, ideas for recognising different eras visually and aurally, Orchestral instruments (ranges, transpositions etc.), and tables of the most commonly used musical terms in Italian, French and German.

The final section has many practice questions for each of the harmony questions, concluding with 20 Musical Examples with multiple questions on each.