Grade 5 Music Theory Content

Based on ABRSM syllabus:

Rhythm

  1. Irregular time signature
  2. Irregular time division: 5, 6, 7 & 9

Pitch

  1. Tenor clef
  2. Transposition

Scales & Key Signature

  1. Major scale: F# & Gb
  2. Minor scale: D# & Eb
  3. Key signatures up to 6 sharps & 6 flats

Triads

  1. Supertonic
  2. Inversion of triads
  3. Cadence
  4. Chords at cadence point

Interval

  1. Chromatic & diatonic interval
  2. Compound interval

Performance Direction

  1. Music instruments: orchestral instruments, non-orchestral instruments & voices
  2. Transposing instrument
  3. Ornaments
  4. Italian terms
  5. German terms