Music Theory Grade 1 Exam

1.

Choose a note to complete this triad, with the tonic as the lowest note.
F major

2.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

3.

This is the tonic triad of D major.

4.

Choose a note to complete this triad, with the tonic as the lowest note.
C major

5.

This is the tonic triad of G major.

6.

This is the tonic triad of F major.

7.

 Choose a note to complete this triad, with the tonic as the lowest note.
D major

8.

Select the correct number of this interval. The key is C major.

9.

Choose a note to create an interval of a 4th.
The key is D major.

10.

Choose a note to create an interval of a 5th.
The key is D major.

11.

Choose a note to create an interval of a 2nd.
The key is D major.

12.

Select the correct number of this interval. The key is C major.

13.

Select the correct number of this interval. The key is C major.

14.

Choose a note to create an interval of an 8th/8ve.
The key is D major.

15.

Select the correct number of this interval. The key is C major.

16.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Decrescendo

17.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Staccato

18.

Select the correct meaning of the sign:

mp

19.

How many crotchets are there in a semibreve ?

20.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

21.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

22.

Select which of these bars is grouped correctly.

23.

How many quavers are there in a dotted minim ?

24.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

25.

Select which of these groups of notes is written in the correct order from the shortest value to the longest.

26.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

27.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

28.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

29.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

30.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

31.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

32.

Select the correct clef to make this note E.

33.

Select the name of this note.

34.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

35.

Select the name of this note.

36.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

37.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

38.

The highest note in the melody is …

39.

Select the bar that contains all the notes of the tonic triad of C major.

40.

Bar 1 has the same pitches as …

41.

Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows.
The melody gets gradually louder towards the end.

42.

The longest note in the melody is a …

43.

There is one sharp in the key signature of D major.

44.

Select the correctly written key signature of F major.

45.

This is the scale of C major, descending.

46.

There is one flat in the key signature of F major.

47.

Select the correctly written key signature of D major.

48.

Select three notes that need an accidental to create a melody in the key of G major.

49.

This is the 4th degree of the scale of F major.

50.

Select the correctly written scale of G major, ascending.