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Past papersfor grade examinations

in music theory 2004

Grade 1

Published by Trinity College London

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Theory of Music Grade 1May 2004

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

Your full name (as on appointment slip). Please use BLOCK CAPITALS.

Your signature Registration number

Centre

(A01)


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Grade 1

page 2

1 (10 marks)

Write the following notes as QUAVERS:

F sharp

below the stave

D

below the stave

B flat

on a line

B natural D

above the staveabove the stave

2 (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:

a. b.

c. d.

Example

Box for examinersuse only


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8 (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 Minor 3rd Major 2nd Perfect 5th Major 3rd

9 (20 marks)

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

D minorTonic triad

G majorTonic triad

E minorDominant triad

C majorDominant triad

May 2004 (A) Grade 1

page 4


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Theory of Music Grade 1November 2004

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

Your full name (as on appointment slip). Please use BLOCK CAPITALS.

Your signature Registration number

Centre

(C01)


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Grade 1

page 2

1 (10 marks)

Write the following notes as MINIMS:

G flat

above the stave

B

above the stave

B natural

below the stave

E A sharp

in a spacebelow the stave

2 (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. b.

c. d.

Box for examinersuse only


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November 2004 (C) Grade 1

page 3

6 (10 marks)

Add the correct time signature to each of these passages:

b.

a.

7 (10 marks)

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

b. D harmonic minor DESCENDING in SEPARATE QUAVERS

a. G major DESCENDING in CROTCHETS

5 (10 marks)

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

Turn over for questions 8 and 9

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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:


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8 (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 Major 3rd Perfect 4th Minor 3rd Major 2nd

9 (20 marks)

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

D minorDominant triad

A minorDominant triad

F majorTonic triad

E minorTonic triad

November 2004 (C) Grade 1

page 4

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