Suitable for students preparing for AMEB Theory of Music Grade 5
Grade 5 music theory your child can follow.
Short video lessons, quizzes that mark themselves, and a MusoLearn teacher to ask. It’s the theory pass AMEB’s AMusA diploma needs.
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Watch lesson 1 free4 free lessons · about 16 minutes · no sign-up
6:451.2 Circle of fifths (free, opens in a new tab)
3:211.3 Harmonic minors (free, opens in a new tab)
4:011.4 Melodic minors (free, opens in a new tab)
Lessons open in a new tab. Come back here for three quick questions.
4.4 / 5 average rating from our studentsTaught by MusoHunt teachers (opens in a new tab)
3 days free, then A$349 a yearAbout A$29 a month for Levels 1 to 5. Renews yearly until you cancel. Cancel online within the 3 days and you pay nothing.
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Watch the first four lessons free.
AMusA on the way? It needs a Grade 5 theory pass, so start here. These are the first four video lessons of Level 5, MusoLearn’s Grade 5 course, exactly as they appear in the course: about 16 minutes in all.
Each lesson opens in a new tab. Watched one? Come back and try three questions with your child.
Three Level 5 questions. How will your child do?
Your child taps an answer and it marks itself, just like the quizzes in the course. You don’t need to know the answers.
This note is F double sharp. Which note sounds the same?
A double sharp raises a note by two semitones, a whole tone. Two semitones up from F is G, so F double sharp sounds the same as G.
This is B major’s key signature. Which minor key shares it?
Count down three semitones from B: A sharp, A, G sharp. G sharp minor is B major’s relative minor, so both have five sharps.
- A1
- B2
- C3
- D4
- E5
- F6
- G7
- A8
A natural minor
Going up, A melodic minor raises two notes. Which ones?
Going up, a melodic minor raises the 6th and 7th notes by a semitone: F sharp and G sharp. Coming down, it returns to the natural minor, with F and G.
3 out of 3. Well done!
Next comes Chapter 2: intervals and inversions.
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What students tell us.
I’ve been using MusoLearn for a few months now, and it’s helped me so much while learning music theory. I really love the short and clear videos. They make each topic easy to understand.
MusoLearn has been really helpful for me and my brother, our teacher was very impressed by how much we learned.
MusoLearn has helped me understand music theory a lot better and now I know a wide variety of music terminology.
It has helped me to grasp a deeper understanding of unfamiliar topics, and provided more depth to learning these topics than self-learning.
This course has been really helpful with my learning and I have learnt a lot through these lessons and quizzes that you provide us.
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You don’t need to read music to help.
MusoLearn is built so your child can learn the theory without you having to explain it.
Your child learns from the video
Each lesson explains one idea in a few minutes. Your child can pause it, replay it or slow it down until it makes sense.
The quizzes mark themselves
The score shows as soon as a quiz is submitted, so you can see what your child got right without knowing the theory.
Questions go to a teacher, not to you
Your child types a question, or sends a photo of the written work, in the course chat. A MusoLearn teacher replies, usually within 24 hours.
Lessons are taught by MusoHunt teachers (opens in a new tab). MusoLearn is part of MusoHunt, a directory of vetted music teachers.
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Lessons, quizzes, worksheets and the course chat, on a phone, tablet or computer. The student dashboard shows each finished lesson and quiz score, so you can see what got done this week.
Level 5, chapter by chapter.
Written for students preparing for AMEB Theory of Music Grade 5, one idea at a time. It builds on Level 4: keys to six sharps and flats, augmented and diminished intervals, modulation, and harmonising with first-inversion triads.
Scales and the circle of fifths 4 videos free
Double sharps and flats, the circle of fifths revised, more harmonic minor scales, and melodic minor scales.
Intervals and inversions
Inverting intervals, diatonic and chromatic intervals, and consonant and dissonant intervals.
Modulation
Three lessons on how music moves into a new key.
Harmonisation, part 1
New chords (IIb, VIIb and Ic) and non-harmony notes, with interactive practice.
Harmonisation, part 2
Longer passages of harmony, piano style, first-inversion chords and modulation in harmonisation, with interactive practice.
Melody writing
Writing a melody, with a worksheet to practise.
Woodwind instruments
The woodwind family, with a quiz.
General knowledge: forms
Minuet and trio, scherzo, air with variations, and opera and oratorio.
Music analysis
Two pieces from Handel’s Messiah, and the Menuetto and Trio from Mozart’s Divertimento in E flat major, K. 563.
One membership, five grades.
Try everything free for 3 days: watch a lesson, take its quiz, ask the teacher a question. Then decide.
Renews at A$349 each year until you cancel. Cancel online within the 3 days and you pay nothing.
- Levels 1 to 5, written for students preparing for AMEB Theory of Music Grades 1 to 5, so Levels 1 to 4 are there if anything needs revising. Level 6 is coming soon at no extra cost.
- Why a whole year? Level 5 is the longest level: at two or three lessons a week it takes roughly ten to fifteen weeks, and it is the theory AMEB’s AMusA diploma needs (check AMEB’s current Manual). All year your child also has the piano scales and arpeggios courses and aural training.
- Compared with a private tutor. Private AMEB theory tutors usually advertise A$40 to A$70 an hour (listings checked October 2026), so A$349 covers about five to eight hours of one-to-one tutoring. Membership covers a whole year of Levels 1 to 5, with quizzes that mark themselves and a teacher to ask.
- Piano scales and arpeggios courses
- Aural training (intervals, rhythm and pitch) and the full Interval Trainer game
- Course chat with a MusoLearn teacher, for questions and photos of written work
- The MusoLearn app on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and Mac
Prices in Australian dollars. See the Terms.
Prefer to pay month to month?
Monthly is A$94.95 a month, with the same courses and course chat and a 3-day free trial, renewing monthly until you cancel. If your child would use MusoLearn for four months or more, Annual costs less (4 × A$94.95 = A$379.80, compared with A$349 for a year). Start the Monthly trial
Questions parents ask.
Your child
Does my child need Grade 4 theory first?
Level 5 builds on Level 4: keys to six sharps and flats, augmented and diminished intervals, modulation, and harmonising with first-inversion triads. A child who has those can start here. If any of them feel shaky, Levels 1 to 4 are included in the membership. Not sure? The free placement quiz takes about three minutes.
Can my child do it without me sitting beside them?
Yes. Each lesson explains the idea before the exercise, the quizzes mark themselves, and questions go to a MusoLearn teacher in the course chat. You can log in to your child’s account and check progress on the dashboard.
How long does Level 5 take?
Level 5 has 29 short video lessons. At two or three lessons a week, with the quizzes, harmonisation practice and worksheets, it takes roughly ten to fifteen weeks. Your child can go at their own speed, and every lesson can be replayed.
Who teaches the lessons?
MusoHunt teachers (opens in a new tab). MusoLearn is part of MusoHunt, a directory of vetted music teachers. Questions in the course chat are answered by a MusoLearn teacher, usually within 24 hours.
Does it work on an iPad or phone?
Yes. MusoLearn works in any browser and in the MusoLearn app on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and Mac.
The AMEB exam
Why does AMusA need Grade 5 theory?
AMEB sets theory requirements for the higher practical grades: Grade 6 practical needs a Grade 2 theory pass, Grade 7 needs Grade 3, Grade 8 needs Grade 4 and AMusA needs Grade 5. AMEB holds the practical certificate until the theory pass is recorded. Check AMEB’s current Manual for your exam year.
How does the AMEB Grade 5 theory exam work?
AMEB runs its Theory of Music exams itself, online, with no fixed exam date. After enrolling, a student has 12 months to do the exam and can take practice exams in AMEB’s portal first (check AMEB’s current terms). MusoLearn teaches the theory. It does not enrol students in the exam, set it, run it or mark it, and cannot predict a result.
Is MusoLearn part of AMEB?
No. MusoLearn is an independent course provider. MusoLearn Music Theory Levels 1 to 5 are written for students preparing for AMEB Theory of Music Grades 1 to 5, and AMEB is mentioned only to describe that exam. Always check the current AMEB syllabus for your exam year.
The trial and the price
What happens after the 3-day trial?
You have full access for 3 days. Unless you cancel online before the trial ends, you are charged A$349 for the year, and the membership renews at A$349 each year until you cancel. If you continue and then change your mind, the 14-day money-back guarantee applies.
Where should we start in the 3-day trial?
If you have not watched the free lessons yet, start there. Then take the Chapter 1 quiz, try the interactive harmonisation practice in Chapter 4, and send the teacher one question in the course chat. By the end of the three days you should have a good idea whether it suits your child.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Yes. If you continue past the free trial and MusoLearn is not right for your child, contact us through the Contact page within 14 days of your first payment and we will refund it in full. See the Terms for details.
Can I buy Level 5 on its own?
Yes. A single level is billed monthly until you cancel; Level 5 is A$89.95 a month. Annual includes every level plus the aural and piano technique courses; a single level includes only that level. See Level 5 on its own.
Start with lesson 1 tonight.
Watch the free lessons and try the questions together. If your child likes it, the trial opens Levels 1 to 5.
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