Past papers

for grade examinations

in music theory 2004
Grade 1
Published by Trinity College London
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Theory of Music Grade 1
May 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, x 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)
Grade 1
page 2
1 (10 marks)
Write the following notes as QUAVERS:
F sharp
below the stave
D
below the stave
B at
on a line
B natural D
above the stave above 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 examiners use only
May 2004 (A) Grade 1
page 3
6 (10 marks)
Add the correct time signature to each of these passages:
a.
b.
7 (10 marks)
Using the correct key signatures, write one octave of each of these scales. Begin and end on the key-note:
b. F major DESCENDING in CROTCHETS
a. E harmonic minor ASCENDING in MINIMS
5 (10 marks)
Add barlines AND the correct time signature to this passage, which begins on the rst beat of the bar:
Turn over for questions 8 and 9
4 continued
ii. In each blank bar write a single note G on a line, equal in value to the total value of the notes and rests in the
previous bar:
a. b.
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 minor
Tonic triad
G major
Tonic triad
E minor
Dominant triad
C major
Dominant triad
May 2004 (A) Grade 1
page 4
Theory of Music Grade 1
November 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, x 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)
Grade 1
page 2
1 (10 marks)
Write the following notes as MINIMS:
G at
above the stave
B
above the stave
B natural
below the stave
E A sharp
in a space below 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 examiners use only
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 rst beat of the bar:
Turn over for questions 8 and 9
4 continued
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:
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 minor
Dominant triad
A minor
Dominant triad
F major
Tonic triad
E minor
Tonic triad
November 2004 (C) Grade 1
page 4