Music Theory Grade 1 Exam

1.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Decrescendo

2.

Select the correct meaning of the sign:

mp

3.

Select the correct meaning of the term:

Staccato

4.

Select the correct clef to make this note G.

5.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

6.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

7.

Select the name of this note.

8.

Select the name of this note.

9.

Select the lower note of this pair of notes.

10.

Select the name of this note.

11.

Select the correct clef to make this note E.

12.

Select the name of this note.

13.

How many quavers are there in a dotted minim ?

14.

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

15.

Select which of these bars is grouped correctly.

16.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

17.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

18.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

19.

How many crotchets are there in a semibreve ?

20.

Select the correct time signature for the bar.

21.

Is this rest correct or incorrect ?

22.

Which is correct place of the bar line ?

23.

The highest note in the melody is …

24.

Bar 1 has the same pitches as …

25.

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

26.

The longest note in the melody is a …

27.

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

28.

Select the correctly written key signature of D major.

29.

Select the two incorrect notes in this scale.

D major, descending:

30.

Select the correctly written scale of G major, ascending.

31.

Select the correctly written key signature of F major.

32.

This is the 2nd degree of the scale of G major.

33.

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

34.

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

35.

This is the scale of C major, descending.

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

This is the tonic triad of F major.

44.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

45.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

46.

This is the tonic triad of G major.

47.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.

48.

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

49.

This is the tonic triad of D major.

50.

Select the correct key for this tonic triad.