Learner Basic
ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory
A training program for the Grade 5 Theory exam (75 marks; pass 50, merit 60, distinction 65). Train by section, sit mocks, and track readiness on your Grade 5 theory overview.
Free accounts get an exam-ready check and one full mock paper. Unlimited trainers, mocks, and the Grade 5 theory overview are part of Learner Basic. If you have suggestions, please contact me.
Training tools
Simple, compound and irregular time signatures, rewrite drills and tuplets.
Read notes in treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs, and find enharmonic equivalents.
Key signatures to six sharps/flats, relative minors and technical degree names.
Identify and build simple and compound intervals in all four clefs, with worked explanations.
Triads, inversions, Roman numerals and the three cadences.
Italian/French/German terms, signs, ornaments and instruments.
Apply theory to a score extract — octave rewrites, T/F, instruments and chords.
Exam sections
- Rhythm10 marks
- Pitch10 marks
- Keys & Scales15 marks
- Intervals10 marks
- Chords & Cadences10 marks
- Terms, Signs & Instruments10 marks
- Music in Context10 marks