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Grade 7 Music Theory

Chromatic chords, suspensions, modulation and scores.

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11 units, 52 lessons

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    What you’ll be able to do

    • Spell the Neapolitan sixth in any key
    • Spell the augmented 6th above the flattened submediant
    • Recognise V of V and V7 of V in any position
    • Build the diminished seventh on the leading note
    • Name suspensions in minor keys
    • Name the key a passage ends in

    Units and lessons

    11 units, 52 lessons

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    The Neapolitan sixth

    A chord from outside the key

    Every chord at Grade 6 used only the notes of the key (with the raised 7th in a minor key). Grade 7 adds chromatic chords: chords that borrow a note from outside the key for colour, and then lean strongly towards the dominant.

    The first is the Neapolitan sixth: the major chord built on the flattened supertonic.

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    About this grade

    Chromatic harmony, suspensions and modulation, longer figured basses and melodies, and orchestral and chamber scores: Brainlag's own Grade 7 level course.

    Brainlag's own Grade 7 level course, not an exam board's syllabus. Every example and question is original. Results are Brainlag estimates.

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    Which syllabus does it follow?

    Brainlag's own Grade 7 level course: the step after our Grade 6, in the same graded tradition of harmony, melody and analysis. It is not an exam board's syllabus, and its mock papers are our own.

    What is free?

    1 of the 52 lessons is free, and the first screen of every other lesson. Brainlag Music (£14.99 a month) opens the rest and the topic tests.

    Do I need an account?

    Not for the free lesson. Brainlag Music needs one: sign in to open it, and your progress stays with your account on every device.

    How long does it take?

    About 10 hr of lessons in 11 units. Lessons take 10 to 14 minutes each.

    Brainlag Music opens every lesson and topic test in this grade: £14.99 a month or £149 a year. See plans