Music Theory Grade 5 2020 Sample Paper Model Answers

1 Rhythm ⁄10

9
1.1 (a) 8 (3)

4 bœ œ
Ϊ
? 48 12 œ œ œ œ J
J œ
(b)
b
7
(c) 8

bœ œ
? b c œœ œ œ œ œ b Jœ œ Œ ™
1.2 (1)

?b c 3 Jœ œ œ
J 3 œ J 3 Œ™
3 3 3

bœ œ
? b c œ œJ œ œ œ J Œ
3 3 3

bœ œ
? b c œœ œJ œ œ œ b Jœ œ Œ
? b c 3 œJ œ œ œ J 3 Œ
3 3
1.3 (a) 2 (2)

(b) 8

œ œ œ œ bœ œ
1.4
œ
(1)

? 49 œ œ œ ˙™

? 9 œœ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ bbœœ œ
? 449 œ œ w
w
œ œœœ
? 49 œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ bbœœ œ œ ˙ ™
œ
? 49 œ œ œ ˙™
1.5
œœ
(3)

j‰ ≈ 3 œ œ œ #œ
& 4 #œ ™ œ#œr ≈ ‰ œ
3 œ œ œœ Œ ≈

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2 Pitch ⁄10

2.1 A (1)

2.2 #b#w6
œ (1)

& 8 #œ bœJ œ J
#
B ## #

2.3 (5)
#### 6 j œ
& 8 nœ nœ J
## ##### œ
& # ##
B

?#### # #
2.4 (a) false (3)

&true #
(b)

false
(c)

B #####
?# # # Scales
3 Keys#and ⁄15

3.1
B b
b#b##b#b
b
(1)

& #

3.2 (1)
?bbb

&b b b

B bbb b b
3.3
(a)
G major (3)
?
b bbbbbb
(b) B minor
(c) E major

B bbb bb bbb
bb

A
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B b bbb b b
3.4 X
A (2)

Y Gb

3.5
(a)
 (3)

(b)


(c) 

3.6 (a) true (2)

(b) false

3.7 (a) true (3)

(b) false
(c) true

4 Intervals   ⁄10
#w
&
4.1 (a) compound perfect 4th    (b) diminished 5th    (c) major 9th
#w
(3)

4.2 (a) minor

#w
(3)

&
(b) major
& #bw
#w & bw
(c) diminished #w
#bw ? #w
&
4.3 (4)

& bw & w bw
#w
(a) (b)
bw
? #w ? w bw
? #w
& w bw
(c) (d)

bw w
? w bw
A
? #w
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? 3 w bw
w
5 Chords ⁄10

5.1 II V (5)

I IV I

5.2 (a) perfect  (b) plagal  (2)

5.3 (a) Ic  (3)

(b) IVb 

(c) Va 

6 Terms, Signs and Instruments   ⁄10

6.1 morendo means: largamente means: mesto means:  (3)

dying away broadly sad

6.2 (a) trill (2)

(b) upper turn

6.3 (a) true (5)

(b) false

(c) false

(d) false

(e) true

A
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7 Music in Context ⁄10

7.1 Only A is correctly written one octave lower (1)

7.2 (a) true (5)

(b) false

(c) true

(d) false

(e) false

7.3 oboe (1)

7.4 6 (1)

7.5 (a) 2 (2)

(b) 5

A
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