Interactive Lessons
Master music theory with engaging lessons tailored for UK GCSE students, organised by year group.
Year 10 Curriculum
Focus on fundamental concepts and introductory harmony and rhythm.
Fundamentals
Pitch Basics
Learn about musical notes, staves, and clefs. Understand how pitch is notated.
Fundamentals
Rhythm & Notation
Discover note durations, rests, dots, ties, and time signatures. Master the pulse of music.
Harmony
Introduction to Major Scales
Construct and identify major scales in various keys. The foundation of melodies.
Harmony
Basic Triads (Major & Minor)
Understand how triads are built and used in music. Learn major and minor chords.
Fundamentals
Key Signatures
Learn to read and write key signatures for major and minor keys, and identify keys.
Rhythm
Simple Time Signatures
Understand 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures and how they organize music.
Year 11 Curriculum
Explore advanced harmony, musical analysis, and more complex rhythmic structures.
Harmony
Minor Scales
Explore natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales and their characteristics.
Harmony
Advanced Chords (7ths & Inversions)
Dive into seventh chords, inversions, and their functions in harmony.
Rhythm
Compound Time Signatures
Master 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 time signatures and their characteristic feel.
Analysis
Musical Form & Structure
Analyze common musical structures like Binary, Ternary, and Rondo form.
Analysis
Texture in Music
Identify and understand monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic textures.
Harmony
Cadences
Learn about perfect, plagal, imperfect, and interrupted cadences and their harmonic roles.