Unit 16, Lesson 8 of 12
Brainlag Plus Music

Week 8: Modulation and melody writing

Music theory, Weekly review, 10 minutes

Related keys, pivot chords, spotting where a melody has gone, and writing a melody that modulates.

This week's skills

A short review of week 8. Check each skill:

  • The dominant, subdominant and relative keys
  • A pivot chord that belongs to both keys
  • A returning accidental and a cadence in the new key
  • An 8-bar melody for an instrument

Anything shaky? Read the lessons again in Modulation and melody writing, then come back.

The rest of this lesson and its 7 practice questions are in Plus Music.

Screen 1 of 2, free to read.

  • 7 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
  • Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards