Grade 1 Theory Practice

Question 1    What is the letter name for the first note in the music?

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Question 2    What is the length of the first note?

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Question 3    What is the common term used to describe a 1/16 note?

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Question 4    What is the letter name of the first note in the bass clef?

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Question 5    What does the time signature or number sign at the beginning instruct?

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Question 6    What does POCO mean?

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Question 7    What does MOTO mean?

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Question 8    What is PP?

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Question 9    What is the smiley shaped line over the first 9 notes called?

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Question 10    There are many signs in this music similar to a small number 7 (e.g. the first thing in the Bass Line). What do these signs mean?

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Question 11    What does the double bar and dots at the beginning mean?

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Question 12    What does the double bar in bar (8) mean?

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Question 13    What does the crescendo sign mean at the start of the 5th bar mean?

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Question 14    What does the diminuendo sign mean at the end of bar 1?

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Question 15    How many times do the left and right hand play the same letter note at the same moment, 2 octaves apart exactly, during this excerpt?

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Question 16    From question 15, what is the letter name of these notes 2 octaves apart?

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Question 17    This piece of music is about 200 years old. What instrument was this written for?

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Question 18    What is the interval between the B and the E in the treble clef bar 7?

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Question 19    What key is the music in?

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Question 20    How do you know the music is in A minor and not in C major?

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(2 correct answers in question 20)