Past papers

for graded exams

in music theory

May B 2017

Grade 1

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Theory of Music Grade 1
May 2017

Your full name (as on appointment form). Please use BLOCK CAPITALS.

________________________________________________________________________________________

Your signature Registration number

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Centre

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Instructions to Candidates
1. The time allowed for answering this paper is two (2) hours.
2. Fill in your name and the registration number printed on your appointment form in the appropriate
spaces on this paper, and on any other sheets that you use.
3. Do not open this paper until you are told to do so.
4. This paper contains six (6) sections and you should answer all of them.
5. Read each question carefully before answering it. Your answers must be written legibly in the
spaces provided.
6. You are reminded that you are bound by the regulations for written exams displayed at the exam
centre and listed on page 4 of the current edition of the written exams syllabus. In particular, you are
reminded that you are not allowed to bring books, music or papers into the exam room. Bags must be
left at the back of the room under the supervision of the invigilator.
7. If you leave the exam room you will not be allowed to return.

Examiner’s use only:

1 (20)
2 (20)
3 (15)
4 (15)
5 (10)
6 (20)
Total

(B–01)

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May 2017 (B) Grade 1

Boxes for
Section 1 (20 marks) examiner’s
use only

Put a tick ( ) in the box next to the correct answer.

Example
Name this note:

  A D C 

This shows that you think C is the correct answer.

1.1 Name this note:

 C E B 

1.2 Name this note:

 C sharp C natural E sharp 

1.3 Name the notes to find the hidden word:

    CAGE BADE BEAD 

1.4 How many crotchet beats are there in a dotted minim? 2 3 4 

1.5 Add the total number of crotchet beats in these note values and rests:




= 6 7 8 

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May 2017 (B) Grade 1

Put a tick ( ) in the box next to the correct answer. Boxes for
examiner’s
use only

1.6 For how many crotchet beats does this rest last?

2 3 4 

1.7 Which is the correct time signature?

   



 

1.8 To raise the pitch of this note by a semitone, which accidental would you put just before it?

 n b # 

1.9 Which pair of notes has a distance of a semitone between them?

     

C and D D and E E and F 

1.10 Which note is the tonic in the key of C major? C F G 

1.11 Here is the scale of G major. Where are the semitones?

        

    



Between the 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th degrees
 Between the 3rd & 4th and 6th & 7th degrees 
 Between the 3rd & 4th and 7th & 8th degrees 

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Put a tick ( ) in the box next to the correct answer. Boxes for
examiner’s
use only

1.12 Which major key has the following key signature?

 G major F major C major 

1.13 Which chord symbol fits above this tonic triad?

 


 G F C 

1.14 Which note needs to be added to make a tonic triad in the key of C major?


 C D E 

1.15 Name this interval:

 unison 2nd octave 

1.16 Name this interval:


 3rd 4th 5th 

1.17 What does mean? Getting gradually louder 

Getting gradually softer 
Play with an accent 

1.18 The following is:

  
    
a scale
 an arpeggio 
 an ostinato 

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May 2017 (B) Grade 1

Boxes for


examiner’s
1.19 The bottom number of a time signature shows: the number of beats in a bar use only

 the type of beat 

 what speed to play the music 

1.20 Allegro means: fast 

at a moderate pace 
at a walking pace 

Section 2 (20 marks)

2.1
 or  ) and an s for semitone.
Write a one-octave F major scale in semibreves, going up. Use the correct key signature and
mark the semitones with a bracket (

2.2 Write a one-octave arpeggio of G major in semibreves, going up then down. Use a key signature.

Section 3 (15 marks)

3.1 Circle five different mistakes in the following music, then write it out correctly.


             



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May 2017 (B) Grade 1

Boxes for
Section 4 (15 marks) examiner’s
use only

4.1 Answer the following rhythm:

   

Section 5 (10 marks)

5.1 Here is an ostinato. Write two more repeats of the pattern.

       

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May 2017 (B) Grade 1

Section 6 (20 marks) Boxes for

examiner’s
use only

Look at the following piece and answer the questions below.





          
 





     


     


  

 

6.1 In which major key is this piece?_________________________________________________________

6.2 Write a Roman numeral below the last note of this piece to show that the tonic triad should
accompany it.

6.3 How many crotchet beats are there in each bar? __________________________________________

6.4 Put a bracket () above the place where there is a one-octave scale in the key of this piece.

6.5 What does


mean (bar 8)? ____________________________________________________________

6.6 Name the interval between the two notes marked with asterisks (*) in bars 6 and 7.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.7 Should this piece be played smoothly or detached?________________________________________

6.8 For how many crotchet beats does the rest in bar 8 last? ___________________________________

6.9 What does Andante mean? _______________________________________________________________

6.10 What is the softest dynamic in this piece?__________________________________________________

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