Theory of Music Exam

Practice Paper 1

Grade 2

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Grade 2 Theory Paper 1

This paper contains 5 questions, all of which should be answered.

Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes

1 Study the following extract, which begins on the first beat of the bar, and then
answer the questions below.
Rachmaninoff, Scherzo

(a)(i) Add an appropriate time signature to the extract above.

(ii) Give the meaning of:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(ii) Complete the following scentences:

The lowest note in the extract is a …………………… and the highest note is a ……………………

The minor key signature with one flat is ……………………………………………………………………

The major key signature with one flat is ……………………………………………………………………

(b)(i) Name the interval between the first and last note of the extract.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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(ii) Write TRUE if the pair of notes in each bracket are a semitone apart or UNTRUE if not.

a ………………………… c …………………………

b ………………………… d …………………………

2 Compose a 3 bar rhythm to continue the given rhythm below.

The complete extract should be 4 bars long.

3 Name the following intervals. In your answers you need only to include the interval

(2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.) but not it’s type (major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished)

Key: F major Key: A minor

Interval: …………………… Interval: ……………………

Key: A major Key: D minor

Interval: …………………… Interval: ……………………

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4(a) Using crotchets, write one octave ascending of the harmonic or melodic minor scale that
begins on the given note.

Do not use a key signature, but write in all the necessary accidentals.

I have written the ……………………… version of the scale.

(b) Using crotchets, write one octave descending of the major scale that beings on the given
note.

Do not use a key signature, but write in all the necessary accidentals.

(c) Write in the neccesary accidentals to form an asending scale of A major.

5 Write the tonic triad and key signature of the keys below.

(a) Bb Major:

(b) D Major:

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