Advanced level
Level 5
Strengthen advanced reading and harmonic analysis.
- Prerequisites
- Confident reading of intermediate-level music.
- Pace
- Study challenging notation and musical structures.
- You'll be able to
- Analyse advanced harmony and musical forms.
1. Theory lessons
1. Ledger lines and extreme registers
Read far above and below the staff without counting lines one by one.
12 min2. Compound and odd meters
6/8, 9/8, 12/8, 5/4, 7/8 — and how to feel them, not just count them.
15 min3. Transposition
Move music to a new key, and read parts for transposing instruments.
15 min4. Score reading and sight-reading
Read harmony vertically, recognise inversions and cadences, and keep going.
18 min
2. Interactive practice
Sight-reading drill with ledger lines in both clefs, all 12 intervals by ear, harmonic intervals.
Open practice tools3. Level test
Every question from this level's lessons, one after another. Aim for 90% before moving up.
Take the advanced test5. Songs & PDF
Prelude in C major (bars 1–4) · Rondo alla Turca (opening theme) · Canon in D — ground bass · Study in 7/8