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First gradeMUSICIANSHIP
FIRST GRADE Musicianship
Question
Question11 PITCH
pitch Total
Total Marks
Marks17
17

A. Add a clef to make these letter names correct

6

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)

A E B G E D

B. Name these notes:

3
(i) (ii) (iii)

C. Write these notes above the staff using leger lines:

(i) (ii) 8

C sharp A natural

(iii) (iv)

B flat E sharp

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 Question22
Question keysAND
KEYS and scales
SCALES Total Marks
Total Marks17
17

A. Write this clef and key signature

1

D major
Bass clef

B. Write the scale of D harmonic minor

use accidentals - not the key signature 5

use crotchets
write one octave going up
mark each tone with a slur
complete the scale with a double bar line

C. Write the scale of G major

using a key signature 5

2
for one octave going down
start on the given note
mark each semitone with a slur
complete the scale with a double bar line

D. Write the scale degree numbers (or tonic sol fa names) under the notes of
this melody 6

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 Question
Question33 intervals
INTERVALS Total Marks
Total Marks8 8

A. Name these intervals by number only

4

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

B. Write these intervals above the given notes

4

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

7th 3rd 2nd 3rd

Question 4 CHORDS Total Marks 10

A. Write these tonic triads with key signatures

10
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

D major D minor A minor F major C major

Question 5 TIME AND RHYTHM Total Marks 20

A. Put an upright line in front of each accented word or syllable 4

in this line of poetry

I thought I saw a pussycat

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 B. Write the correct time signatures for these bars
3
(i) (ii) (iii)

C. Complete these bars using a rest or rests

8
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

D. Add bar lines to this melody 45

Question 6 FOLK SONGS Total Marks 9

A.. Name the folk song that starts this way

1
9

Question 6 transposition Total Marks 13

Question 7
Answer: TRANSPOSITION Total Marks 10
Transpose this melody one octave lower using the bass clef.
B.
A. Write
Write the
thisfolk songone
melody ‘Suroctave
le Pont’. Include
(or
lower any ofwords
using and phrasing
the current
bass clef folk songs set for study) 8

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The writing of folk songs from memory is no longer part of the Grade 1 Musicianship exam. You will only be
required to recognise the whole or part of one or more folk songs set for the Grade. Discuss this more with your
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teacher! Also, please note that the folk song quoted above may not necessarily be one of the current folk songs
set for study.
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 Question 7 terms and signs Total Marks 15

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A. Give the English meaning of the following terms 5

i) allegretto ....................................................................................................................................
Question 8 TERMS AND SIGNS Total Marks 10
ii) diminuendo .................................................................................................................................

A. iii) Give the

mezzo English
piano meaning of the following terms
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iv) i)andante
allegretto
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ii) diminuendo
vi) staccato ......................................................................................................................................
iii) mezzo piano
iv) andante
v) staccato
B. Study the melody below, then answer the questions.
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B. Study the melody below, then answer the questions

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i) Add an Italian word to show the melody is to be played lively & fast.
ii) Does the melody get louder or softer?
iii) Add a sign to show the notes in bar 3 should be played smoothly.
iv) Are there any ties in this melody?
v) Give the meaning of the Italian abbreviation in bar 3

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