Grade 1 Theory

Past papers for grade examinations in music theory 2004

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Theory of Music Grade 1 May 2004 Your full name (as on appointment slip). Please use

BLOCK CAPITALS.

Your signature

Registration number  

Centre

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 slip 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 nine questions 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 examinations displayed at the examination centre and listed on page 3 of the 2004 edition of the written examinations syllabus. In  particular, you are reminded that you are not allowed to bring books, music or papers into the examination room. Bags must be left at the back of the room under the supervision of the invigilator. 7. If you leave the examination room you will not be allowed to return. 8. At the end of the examination,

fix

together all your work using the tag provided.

Examiners’ use only:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Total

(A–01)

Grade 1  Box for examiners’ use only

1

(10 marks)

Write the following notes as QUAVERS:

F sharp below the stave 2

D below the stave

B flat on a line

B natural above the stave

D above the stave

(10 marks)

Underneath each of these notes write its letter name in full:

Name: 3

(10 marks)

Beneath each * write the correct rest or rests in the correct position on the stave: *

4

*

*

*

*

(10 marks)

i. Use the blank bars to copy each of the following, but with notes or notes and rests correctly grouped for  the given time signatures. Do NOT alter the values or the order of the notes and rests. The first has been completed as an example:

Example

a.

c.

 page 2

b.

d.

May 2004 (A)

Grade 1

4 continued ii. In each blank bar write a single note G on a line, equal in value to the total value of the notes and rests in the  previous bar:

a.

5

b.

(10 marks)

Add barlines AND the correct time signature to this passage, which begins on the first beat of the bar:

6

(10 marks)

Add the correct time signature to each of these passages:

a.

b.

7

(10 marks)

Using the correct key signatures, write one octave of each of these scales. Begin and end on the key-note:

a.

E harmonic minor ASCENDING in MINIMS

b.

F major DESCENDING in CROTCHETS

Turn over for questions 8 and 9  page 3

May 2004 (A)

8

Grade 1

(10 marks)

Above each of these notes write another note forming the interval named. The given note is the tonic in each case:

Perfect 4th

9

Minor 3rd

Major 2nd

Perfect 5th

Major 3rd

(20 marks)

Using the correct key signatures, write the following root-position triads as SEMIBREVES:

D minor Tonic triad

 page 4

G major Tonic triad

E minor Dominant triad

C major Dominant triad

Theory of Music Grade 1 November 2004 Your full name (as on appointment slip). Please use

BLOCK CAPITALS.

Your signature

Registration number  

Centre

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 slip 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 nine questions 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 examinations displayed at the examination centre and listed on page 3 of the 2004 edition of the written examinations syllabus. In  particular, you are reminded that you are not allowed to bring books, music or papers into the examination room. Bags must be left at the back of the room under the supervision of the invigilator. 7. If you leave the examination room you will not be allowed to return. 8. At the end of the examination,

fix

together all your work using the tag provided.

Examiners’ use only:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Total

(C–01)

Grade 1  Box for examiners’ use only

1

(10 marks)

Write the following notes as MINIMS:

G flat above the stave 2

B above the stave

B natural below the stave

E below the stave

A sharp in a space

(10 marks)

Underneath each of these notes write its letter name in full:

Name: 3

(10 marks)

Beneath each * write the correct rest or rests in the correct position on the stave: *

4

*

*

*

*

(10 marks)

i. Use the blank bars to copy each of the following, but with notes (or notes and rests) correctly written and correctly grouped for the given time signatures. Do NOT alter the values or the order of the notes and rests. The first has been completed as an example:

Example

a.

c.

 page 2

b.

d.

 November 2004 (C)

Grade 1

4 continued ii. In each blank bar write a single REST equal in value to the total value of the notes and rests in the previous  bar:

5

(10 marks)

Add barlines AND the correct time signature to this passage, which begins on the first beat of the bar:

6

(10 marks)

Add the correct time signature to each of these passages:

a.

b.

7

(10 marks)

Using the correct key signatures, write one octave of each of these scales. Begin and end on the key-note:

a.

G major DESCENDING in CROTCHETS

b.

D harmonic minor DESCENDING in SEPARATE QUAVERS

Turn over for questions 8 and 9  page 3

 November 2004 (C)

8

Grade 1

(10 marks)

Above each of these notes write another note forming the interval named. The given note is the tonic in each case:

Perfect 5th

9

Major 3rd

Perfect 4th

Minor 3rd

Major 2nd

(20 marks)

Using the correct key signatures, write the following root-position triads as SEMIBREVES:

D minor Dominant triad

 page 4

A minor Dominant triad

F major Tonic triad

E minor Tonic triad