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Use Your English Knowledge to Master Italian Terms in Music Theory

In this article, I focused on grouping together Italian musical terms according to grammatical categories and then showed how we can take ownership of their combinations in a more creative way, rather than just learning them separately by rote. This article explains the same terms from the grades I – V (ABRSM) but in a different way, namely showing how they share roots with English words. This will help you grasp and remember Italian terms much more easily.  In the left column, I listed the Italian terms in alphabetical order, you will notice that some terms have been left out, … Read more

Three Step Guide to Master Italian Words in Music Theory

When faced with all the Italian words to learn for the graded music theory curriculum, one may find it overwhelming and disconnected, making it difficult to learn by rote. For this reason, I put together a brief guide to learning most of the Italian theory words in an easier, more logical way. First of all, let us take a look at a collated, alphabetical list of all ABRSM Grades I-V Italian musical terms by clicking on this link The list is close to one-hundred-and-fifty words, and is made of a list of verbs, adverbs, single or double words, and so on; … Read more