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Grade 5 Theory

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dominant is the ______

a)

5th scale degree

b)

7th scale degree

c)

1st scale degree

d)

3rd scale degree

2.

meaning of tosto

a)

swift

b)

rapid

c)

tenderly

d)

tenderness

3.
How many beats is a dotted half note worth?
a)
1 beat
b)
3 beats
c)
2 and 1/2 beats
d)
4 beats
4.

Which is the correct time signature?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

V-I is (a)  

6.

IIV-I (a)  

7.

II-V

I-V
IV — V is (a)  

8.

What is the name of this clef?

a)

alto clef

b)

tenor clef

c)

treble clef

d)

bass clef

9.

What is the name of this clef?

a)

treble clef

b)

tenor clef

c)

alto clef

d)

bass clef

10.

Choose the correct time signature for this bar

a)

2/4

b)

5/8

c)

9/16

d)

12/8

11.

Here is a bar in simple time. Which of the following shows the bar correctly rewritten in compound time?

a)
b)
c)
12.

A dotted-quaver is equal to (a)   semiquavers(s)

13.

In 6/4 there are (a)   dotted-minim beats in a bar

14.

Which bar is grouped correctly?

a)
b)
c)
15.

These rests are correct, true or false

a)

False, True, False

b)

True, False, True

c)

True, True, False

16.

What is the name of this note?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

D

d)

G

17.

Which of the following is an enharmonic equivalent to this note?

a)
b)
c)
18.

Here is a piece of music for Horn in F. It has been transposed down a perfect 5th. Is 'A' (the key signature) correct or incorrect?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

19.

Has this note been transposed correctly or incorrectly?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

20.

Has this note been transposed correctly or incorrectly?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

21.

Has this note been transposed correctly or incorrectly?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

22.

Compare these three bars. A and B are at the same pitch

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Compare these three bars. A is one octave higher than C

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which is the correctly written key signature of D# minor?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Which is the correctly written key signature of Gb major?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Compare these three bars. B is one octave higher than C

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The key of this melody is

a)

G minor

b)

D major

c)

Bb major

d)

G major

28.

The key of this melody is

a)

Gb minor

b)

Db major

c)

Bb major

d)

F minor

29.

Which key is this melody in

a)

Eb major

b)

C minor

c)

F minor

d)

Ab major

30.

Which key is this melody in

a)

Eb major

b)

C minor

c)

F minor

d)

Ab major

31.

To complete the scale of A major, X should be

a)

F#

b)

F

c)

E#

d)

G#

32.

To complete the scale of A major, Y must be

a)

B#

b)

A

c)

B

d)

C

33.

Select the correct clef to make this a minor scale

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Select the right clef to make this a minor scale

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Select the correct clef to make this a minor scale

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

This is a correctly written chromatic scale beginning on Bb

a)

True

b)

False

37.

This is a correctly written chromatic scale beginning on D

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What is the name of this clef?

a)

tenor clef

b)

alto clef

c)

treble clef

d)

bass clef

39.

meaning of attacca

a)

go straight on the next section of music

b)

rather little

c)

rienfocing

d)

swift

40.

meaning of dolente

a)

sad

b)

mournful

c)

pleasant

d)

dying away

41.

meaning of dolore

a)

grief

b)

sad

c)

at normal pitch

42.

meaning of doppio movimento

a)

twice as fast

b)

getting

c)

grief

43.

meaning of estinto

a)

as soft as possible

b)

lifeless

c)

sad

d)

grief

e)

mournful

44.

Meaning of a niente

a)

to nothing

b)

to sadness

c)

to emptiness

d)

to happiness

45.

What is the meaning of morendo?

a)

dying away

b)

flying away

c)

running away

d)

happiness

46.

Meaning of mestro

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

sad

d)

mad

47.

Meaning of stringendo

a)

gradually getting faster

b)

gradually getting slower

c)

gradually getting happier

d)

gradually getting sadder

48.

Meaning of alla breve

a)

with a minim beat

b)

with a loud thump

c)

with sadness

d)

go straight on

49.

meaning of come prima

a)

with happiness

b)

as before

c)

with sadness

d)

come here

50.

meaning of quasi

a)

as if, resembling

b)

dying away

c)

with grief

d)

at choice