ABRSM Grade 4 Theory Paper 1

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This paper contains SEVEN questions, ALL of which should be answered. Write your answers on this paper no others will be accepted. Answers must be written clearly and neatly - otherwise marks may be lost. Grade 4. 2 hours 1 Look at this melody by Leclair and then answer the questions below. Affettuoso wo 2 a (a) Give the meaning of Affettuoso. 2) (b) Describe the time signature as: simple or compound 0 duple, triple or quadruple o (©) Name the minor key that uses all the notes of bars 3-4. Key? «1... minor. ® (d) Which other key has the same key signature as the key you named in (c) above? @ 2) (@) How many demisemiquavers (32nd notes) is the first note of the melody worth? (f) Name the ornament used in bar 4. 2 (g) Rewrite bars 7-8, without the ornaments, an octave lower, using the bass clef as shown. ° ta (a) Write a rhythm on one note, with time signature and bar-lines, to fit these words. Write each syllable under the note or notes to which it applies. Isaid it very loud and clear: I went and shouted in his ear. Lewis Carroll Rhythm Words Rhythm Words OR (b) Write a complete four-bar rhythm in § time using the given opening. pi J Olid os 3. Look at this melody by Telemann and then answer the questions that follow. (a) () Underline one word from the list below that has a similar meaning to Largo. 7 smodéré lent ralentir vif @ Gi) Draw a circle around four notes next to each other that form part of a chromatic scale. @ (ii) The notes bracketed (1) in bars 3-5 form a scale of B minor. Which form is used: melodic or harmonic? (iv) Rewrite the first note of bar 11 (marked 4) so that it sounds atthe same pitch, bbut using the alto clef. Remember to include the key signature. eS a (¥) Add the correct res(s) atthe place marked + to make bar 5 complete. @ (b) (i) Write as a breve (double whole-note) an enharmonic equivalent of the first note (70 oft enka. eS @ (ii) Rewrite bar 8 using notes and a rest of twice the value. Remember to include the new time signature. « (iii) Draw a circle around two notes next to each other that are a perfect 5th apart. @ (iv) Give the numbers of two complete bars that have the same rhythm. Bars 10 (© (@ Name two standard orchestral instruments, one string and one woodwind, which normally use the treble clef, that could play this melody so that it sounds at the same pitch. String @ Woodwind ® (ii) Name the lowest-sounding member of the standard orchestral brass family. ) (ii) Answer TRUE or FALsE to each of the following statements: A bassoonist may sometimes be asked to play ‘pizzicato’. @ A double bass player may sometimes be asked to play ‘con sord.’. 2 4 (a) Add the correct clef and any necessary sharps or flats to these notes to make the scleof Gf melodicminon Dopotuork keysigeahrn (b) Write the key signature of A major and then one octave ascending of that scale. Use semibreves (whole notes) and begin on the tonic. 5. This melody contains five deliberate mistakes. Rewrite it correctly on the blank stave below. _ Mozart (adapted 6 Describe fully (e.g. minor 3rd, perfect 5th) each of the numbered and bracketed melodic = intervals in this extract. m mm mm mm J.5.Bach 7 (a) Name each of the numbered chords as tonic (1), subdominant (IV) or dominant (V). Thekey is major GD qa) Q) (3) Croft (b) Identify these triads by naming the key and describing them as tonic (1), subdominant (IV) or dominant (V). o Triad Triad .. 6

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