Theory Paper Grade 8 2022

Duration 2 hours

This paper contains SEVEN QUESTIONS, ALL of which should he answered

TOTAL MARKS
Write your answers on this paper – no others will be accepted 100
Answers must be written clearly and neatly – otherwise marks may be lost.

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1 Look at this melody and answer the questions.

etc.

(a) Tick one Box for each term.

This is originally in Andante.
Andante means Fuga means
Very fast Not easy
Not slow but not fast Many voices played
At medium speed; walking speed Time
Many voices Playful, joke

(b) What is the ornament in bar 17?....................................

(c) Enter the correct rest marked with a star in bar 3.

(d) Give the highest note of the melody ………………………………………

(e) Re-Write bars 1-3 using alto clef. One octave LOWER.

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(f) Which instrument is this played on? And what gives it
away?__________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________.

(g) In bar 10 there is a circled chord, write whether its is I, IV or V._________________________________

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2 (a) Describe fully (e.g. Minor 3rd, perfect 4th etc.) each of these melodic minors.

……………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………

(b) After each of these notes write a higher note to form the melodic interval.

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3 (a) Add all the necessary accidentals to make a chromatic scale beginning on the given note.

(b) Write one octave ascending of the scale of B♭ melodic minor. Without key signature in bass clef, remember to put
necessary accidentals and slurs.

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4 Look at this melody, which is from a piece by Mendelssohn, and then answer the questions that follow.

x Y

etc.

(a) (i) Give the technical name (e.g. tonic, dominant) of the two note in bar 10 10

Marked X and Y. The key is E♭major.

X - …………………………………...
Y - …………………………………...

(ii) Which other key has the same key signature as E♭ major? ………………………………….

(iii) Give the number of a bar that contains

all the notes of the tonic triad of E♭ major. Bar……………………

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 (iv) Write as a breve (double-whole note) an enharmonic equivalent of the last note in the melody.

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(b) (i) Rewrite bar 11 so that sounds at the same pitch but using alto clef.
Remember to put in the clef and key signature.

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(ii) The first phrase has been marked with a bracket ( )
Mark both the other two phrases in the same way.

(iii) How many pairs of tied notes appear in the melody? .................................

(iv) Answer TRUE or FALSE to this statement:

Vite has a similar meaning to Allegro. …………………….

(c) (i) Answer TRUE or FALSE to this statement: 10

The timpani produce sounds of indefinite pitch. …………………

(ii) Name the highest sounding and lowest sounding members of the
Standard orchestral brass family.

Highest …………………………

Lowest ………………………….

(iii) Underline two instruments from the list below that might be played ` pizzicato’
Double bass Bassoon Violin Cymbals

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5 (a) Rewrite the melodies with the notes correctly grouped (beamed)

(b) Describe the time signature as: Simple or Compound time ………….

Duple, triple or quadruple …………..

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6 Name each of these notes.

………………………………………….. ………………………………………………… …………………………………………….

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7 (a) Name each of the numbered chords as Tonic ( I ), Subdominant ( IV) and Dominant ( V ).
The key is F major.

(1) (2) (3)

Chords :

(1) …………………………………………………….

(2) …………………………………………………….

(3) …………………………………………………….

(b) Write the key signature and triads named below.

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B major
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C♯ Minor
tonic Subdominant

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Dominant

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