HI YOU ALL I NEED DESPERATE HELP IN GRADE 6 THEORY AND I HOPE SOMEONE HAS DONE IT RECENTLY I PLAN ON DOING IT NEXT YEAR IN 2005.PLEASE DESPERATELY NEED HELP!
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HI YOU ALL I NEED DESPERATE HELP IN GRADE 6 THEORY AND I HOPE SOMEONE HAS DONE IT RECENTLY I PLAN ON DOING IT NEXT YEAR IN 2005.PLEASE DESPERATELY NEED HELP!
im doing it at the moment. i plan to take the exam as soon as im ready but i still can't get my head around harmonising melodies.
the general excersises are ok ish, figured bass is getting there but harmonising melodies. well , oh dear dear!
the general excersises are ok ish, figured bass is getting there but harmonising melodies. well , oh dear dear!
Natalie, you might find Dorothy Pilling's Harmonization of Melodies at the keyboard useful.
Playing through the examples helps... but as you go through you begin to learn certain progression which can be usefully slottes in at the appropriate places.
I remember walking down the street chanting things like... iib Ic V I
Playing through the examples helps... but as you go through you begin to learn certain progression which can be usefully slottes in at the appropriate places.
I remember walking down the street chanting things like... iib Ic V I
What do you need help with? Like Nat, I have just started working towards mine.
I know its hard isn't it!! it all seems soooo different to grade 5! im finding it doubly tricky because i don't have a theory teacher as such. my flute/piano teacher does do theory and taught me from grade 1-5, but I haven't got the time or money to ask her to teach me grade 6 as well as practical, so ive ended up doing it myself! and ive got a flute exam, a piano exam and my gcses this year!! eek!
| QUOTE (sbhoa @ Jul 29 2004, 04:04 PM) |
| Natalie, you might find Dorothy Pilling's Harmonization of Melodies at the keyboard useful. Playing through the examples helps... but as you go through you begin to learn certain progression which can be usefully slottes in at the appropriate places. I remember walking down the street chanting things like... iib Ic V I |
I've read about these useful chord progressions but no one has said what they are! I'm not blessed with keyboard skills, so I will have to lean them by rote.
Are there any more that I should know? Any help much appreciated!
There are only about three things that you need to remember to get a lot of good chord progressions (and then the usual hundred exception cases for other things that you can do...).
1) The cycle of fifths: I, IV, vii, iii, vi, ii, V, I. Anything you take from that is good (note the ii, V, I at the end which will often be changed to iib, V, I as the bass moves in step. It's not so hard to remember it's just starting from the tonic down a fifth then up a fourth etc.; alternatively think of it as 1 7 6 5 with 4 3 2 1 interleaved;
2) Going up by one degree of the scale gives a good progression;
3) Falling in thirds is good, e.g. vi, IV or I, vi etc.
4) Another useful progression is the "Pachelbel's Canon" progression (I'm not sure it it has a name but that's what I call it!) I,V, vi, iii, IV, I; Bach used it a lot too. Most of this you can get from the above rules except the vi, iii bit I have no idea where that comes from!
5) There are other standard progressions like Ia, Vc, Ib (the passing 6 4) to harmonise 3, 2, 1 in the melody (and you can use it backwards for 1,2,3). The same works with IVa, Ic, IVb to harmonise 6, 5, 4 (and backwards for 4,5,6).
Well five is about three; but if you remember the first three you can work out most 'good' progressions.
1) The cycle of fifths: I, IV, vii, iii, vi, ii, V, I. Anything you take from that is good (note the ii, V, I at the end which will often be changed to iib, V, I as the bass moves in step. It's not so hard to remember it's just starting from the tonic down a fifth then up a fourth etc.; alternatively think of it as 1 7 6 5 with 4 3 2 1 interleaved;
2) Going up by one degree of the scale gives a good progression;
3) Falling in thirds is good, e.g. vi, IV or I, vi etc.
4) Another useful progression is the "Pachelbel's Canon" progression (I'm not sure it it has a name but that's what I call it!) I,V, vi, iii, IV, I; Bach used it a lot too. Most of this you can get from the above rules except the vi, iii bit I have no idea where that comes from!
5) There are other standard progressions like Ia, Vc, Ib (the passing 6 4) to harmonise 3, 2, 1 in the melody (and you can use it backwards for 1,2,3). The same works with IVa, Ic, IVb to harmonise 6, 5, 4 (and backwards for 4,5,6).
Well five is about three; but if you remember the first three you can work out most 'good' progressions.
Something I forgot to add: the ABC of harmony book A is a good book for learning the chord progressions and getting practice in writing them.
hi all
okay........ this is a really good book, it is good for grades 6-8 theory and above. i use it and i think i'm okay at theory.......
the book is by anne butterworth and its called harmony in practice. its big and orange. it is quite dear burt worth it.
good luck.......... harmony is a bummer to learn, playing the keyboard helps alot!
jaime
okay........ this is a really good book, it is good for grades 6-8 theory and above. i use it and i think i'm okay at theory.......
the book is by anne butterworth and its called harmony in practice. its big and orange. it is quite dear burt worth it.
good luck.......... harmony is a bummer to learn, playing the keyboard helps alot!
jaime
| QUOTE (jaime @ Aug 1 2004, 09:16 PM) |
| the book is by anne butterworth and its called harmony in practice. its big and orange. it is quite dear burt worth it. |
ive got that book, i bought it at the weekend for £16.95!!!
Hello to you all,
I'm new to this
, but when I was preparing for my grade 6 theory exam, one way that I found useful was to borrow baroque music from the library - music with a solo part and a realised continuo part, e.g. a harpsicord part that has been fully written out with the figures under the bass line itself. Since my sister and I play the recorder, I would also look at music like Handel's Recorder sonatas. It is useful, if you can, to play through as many of these examples as you can. This will help to develop a sense of internalising the harmonies in you head.
Hope this Helps!
I'm new to this
, but when I was preparing for my grade 6 theory exam, one way that I found useful was to borrow baroque music from the library - music with a solo part and a realised continuo part, e.g. a harpsicord part that has been fully written out with the figures under the bass line itself. Since my sister and I play the recorder, I would also look at music like Handel's Recorder sonatas. It is useful, if you can, to play through as many of these examples as you can. This will help to develop a sense of internalising the harmonies in you head.Hope this Helps!
Hi Thank you for all your replys to my message I just started my grade 6 theory and working slowly on the figured bass.
If you can give me more advie or notes on this matter . Sorry for the late reply . Been very busy with my family as well I hope you understand and thank you for the replys and hope to get more replies from you all
Thank you so much
I will keep in touch on further help on sother subject areas when i get ot it
thank you
Mrs Forte.
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