Music Theory Grade 1 Exam

1.

Select the correct clef to make this note B flat.

2.

Select the name of this note.

3.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

4.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

5.

Select the correct clef to make this note G.

6.

Select the name of this note.

7.

Select the name of this note.

8.

Select the name of this note.

9.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Decrescendo

10.

Select the correct meaning of the sign:

mp

11.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

12.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Adagio

13.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Staccato

14.

Select the two pairs of notes that are each a semitone apart.

15.

Select the correctly written key signature of D major.

16.

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

17.

Select the correctly written scale of G major, ascending.

18.

Select the correctly written key signature of F major.

19.

Select the two incorrect notes in this scale.

D major, descending:

20.

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

21.

This is the scale of C major, descending.

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

Choose a note to create an interval of a 6th.
The key is D major.

28.

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

29.

This is the tonic triad of D major.

30.

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

31.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

32.

This is the tonic triad of F major.

33.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

34.

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

35.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

36.

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

37.

The longest note in the melody is a …

38.

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

39.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

40.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

41.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

42.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

43.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

44.

How many crotchets are there in a semibreve ?

45.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

46.

How many quavers are there in a dotted minim ?

47.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

48.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

49.

Select which of these bars is grouped correctly.

50.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?