Grade 5 Theory Mock Exam B

Music Theory Grade Five Practice Exam - B

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GRADE 5 PRACTICE EXAM B

Music Theory Grade Five Practice Exam - B This exam paper contains seven questions. You should answer them all. Allowed Time: 2 Hours

Total Marks 100

Question 1. Take a look at the extract of music and answer the questions.

15

a) The passage is in 7/8 and begins on the first beat of the bar, but is missing bar lines. Add them in.

(8)

X

i) Describe the largest interval (minor 3rd, perfect 5th etc) in the extract. ………………………….

(2)

ii) The passage above is in the key of C minor. What other key has the same key signature?

(2)

……………………………………………………… iii) Write as a semibreve (whole note) an enharmonic equivalent of the note marked with X.

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(3)

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  Question 2. The below extract is written for a SATB choir in short score. Rewrite it in open score.

10

S A

T B

S

A

T

B


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Question 3. Look at the extract of music written for oboe and piano below and answer the questions.

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A Oboe

Piano

a) i) Give the meaning of the following terms or symbols:

Allegretto

…………………………………………………………………………….

(1)

…………………………………………………………………………….

(2)

… ……………………………………………………………………………

(2)

ii) What does the term rall. mean and what is another term that means the same thing? definition:

…………………………………………………………………

(2)

other term:

………………………………………………………………..

(2)


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b) i) Mark on the music one example of each of the following intervals. Use the correct capital letter as shown in the example. Also name the bar number that each interval is in. 1 A In the Oboe a melodic interval of a minor 3rd. Bar ……… B In the Oboe a melodic interval of a compound minor 2nd.

Bar

………

(2)

C In the Oboe a melodic interval of an augmented 5th.

Bar

………

(2)

D In the left hand of the piano a melodic interval of a compound perfect 5th. Bar

………

(2)

c) i) Rewrite the first chord in the 5th bar of the left hand so that it’s at the same pitch but in the alto clef.

(2)

ii) The above extract is written for the Oboe and Piano. What family of instruments does the Oboe belong to and what is another instrument in that same family that sounds at a lower pitch? ……………………………………………………………………

(2)

Instrument: ……………………………………………………………………

(2)

Family:

iii) What is another music family of instruments and what is the lowest sounding instrument in that family? Family:

……………………………………………………………………

(2)

Instrument: ……………………………………………………………………

(2)


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Question 4. This is a piece of music written for a cornet in A. Write it out at concert pitch (a minor 3rd lower). You don’t need to use a key signature, but you should include all the sharps, flats and natural signs as appropriate.

10

Question 5.

15

(a) Write in the sharps or flats in front of the notes below that are needed so that it would be the scale of Gb major.

(5)

(b) Write the correct key signature and one octave ascending of the major scale with 6 sharps as it’s key signature. Use semibreves (whole notes) beginning on the tonic and add in any necessary sharps, flats or natural signs.

(5)

(c) Using semibreves (whole notes) write one octave ascending of the chromatic scale beginning on the note shown below. Remember to add in any necessary sharps, flats or natural signs.

(5)


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Question 6.

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(a) Compose a melody for an unaccompanied trumpet OR violin carrying on from the melody below. It should be 8 bars in length and include performance directions that might be relevant for the instrument as well as articulation, tempo and dynamics etc. Instrument that this melody is written for ………………………………….

OR (b) Compose a melody for the following extract from a poem. You should compose it for solo voice and write the syllables under the notes to show which note is for which word and syllable. You should include performance directions that might be relevant as well as articulation, tempo and dynamics etc. I only woke this morning,

Henry Lawson

To find the world is fair.


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Question 7. Suggest some suitable chord progressions for the melody written below. You should show which chord by using Roman numerals ( I, II, IV etc ) in the spaces indicated by the letters A-E below the extract OR writing in the notes on the stave.

A

C

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B

D

FIRST CADENCE

SECOND CADENCE

CHORD A ………………………..

CHORD C ………………………..

CHORD B ………………………..

CHORD D ………………………..

E

CHORD E ………………………..


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Grade 5 Theory Mock Exam B

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