Advanced Music Theory - Online Courses - Adult Learning

About this course

This course is for those wishing to gain the knowledge necessary to pass the Associated Boards of the Royal College of Music (ABRSM) Grades 5 and/or 6 Theory Exams

This course explains advanced elements of music theory using Western music notation. You will complete weekly exercises, culminating in the completion of ABRSM Theory Practice papers, which are marked to show your progress.

By the end of the course, you will have the knowledge to complete an ABRSM Music Theory examination at grade 5 or 6. As this is an advanced course, it is recommended that you have previously attended one of Inspire’s Music Theory for Beginners or Music Theory Next Steps course, or be confidently working towards grade 5 level in music theory.

What you will need to bring to the course:

Manuscript paper, a pencil and a rubber

Associated Boards of the Royal College of Music (ABRSM) Grades 5 &/or 6 Theory Practice Papers

Ability to send pictures (usually via your phone) to an email address

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.