Theory of Music Exam

Practice Paper 1

Grade 1

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Grade 1 Theory Paper 1

This paper contains 4 questions, all of which should be answered. Time allowed: 1 hour

1 (a) (i) The following extract begins on the first beat of the bar.
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Add an appropriate time signature and then add the missing bar lines.

The first one has been added in for you.

Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 4

(ii) Give the meaning of:

.....................

.....................

(b) Answer true or false to the following statements:

The lowest note in the extract is a G .

The extracts shortest note value is a quaver .

The piano is a standard member of the orchestra ...

2 Compose a 2 bar rhythm to continue the given rhythm below. The complete extract
should be 4 bars long.
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 3 (a) Using crotchets, write one octave ascending of the major scale that
begins on the given note. Do not use a key signature, but write in all the necessary /15
accidentals.

(b) Using crotchets, write one octave descending of the major scale that
begins on the given note. Do not use a key signature, but write in all the necessary
accidentals.

(c) Write in all the accidentals that are needed to form a scale of D major.

4 The following extract is from Beethovens Romance for Violin and Orchestra.
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Look at the extract and then answer the questions below.

Missing
rest
(a) The third bar is missing a rest. Write the correct rest on the stave above.

(b) The key is G major. Write down the tonic triad chord of G major and its key signature.

(c) Give the meaning of:

Pizz. (Pizzicato) ...

.....

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