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Whatever instrument you play, whatever your background, this clear, accessible guide: * provides 14 sessions that can be tackled one-per-day for a fortnight's 'crash course' in the holidays or spaced out over a school term * gets you up to speed with stave notation and the musical language requirements for all GCSE boards * contains regular tests to make sure that you fully understand each topic * helps you to achieve the highest grades.

Step Up To GCSE Music

The stave The treble clef The bass clef Leger lines Time values Bars and time signatures Beaming notes and grouping rests Triplets Tied notes Tones and semitones The scale and key of C major Degrees of the scale Accidentals Major keys and key signatures Minor keys and minor scales Modes and other scales Intervals Chords Cadences and chord progressions Modulation and tonality Terms and signs Musical structures Texture Compositional devices Voices and instruments Historical periods Test your knowledge Answers Index of terms