Level Three Theory

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 Level Three Theory
Name: ___________________________

Class: _________________

Section One - Multiple Choice

1. An instrument whose music is generally written in the alto clef is the:

Saxophone q Viola q Violin q Tuba q

2. Which form of minor scale is the scale below?
 
       Melodic q Harmonic q Natural q
3. What is the quality of this interval:

  Perfect q Major q Minor q Augmented q

4. True or false: A diminished 5th can also be referred to as a tritone.

True q False q

Ð
5. This symbol is used to:

q Lower the pitch of the note by one tone

q Lower the pitch of the note by one semitone

q Lower the Pitch of the note by two tones

6. True or false: An augmented 4th can also be referred to as a tritone.

True q False q
7. # can be described as:
Compound Triple q Simple Quadruple q Simple Triple q

8. What is the relative minor of E major?

F# minor q G minor q C sharp minor q

9. Which is the slowest tempo?

Adagio q Andante q Lento q

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 10: To correctly transpose for B flat clarinet, you transpose the notes:

Up a tone q Down a tone q Up a semitone q

11: What does “Calando” mean?
Getting Softer q Getting Softer and Slower q Fading Away q
12: What form is this scale:

     
Major Pentatonic q Minor Pentatonic q

13: Name the following interval:

Perfect 5th q Major 5th q Diminished 5th q Augmented 5th q
 

14: True or false: This music is diatonic to E major.

                           True q False q
 

15: True or false: These two notes are enharmonic.

   True q False q

16: A plagal cadence consists of:

V-I q IV - I q V7 - I q
17: True or false: The leading note should always rise to the tonic in a perfect cadence.

True q False q

18: The primary triads of D major are:

D, G, A chords q D, E, A7 chords q G, A, A7 chords q

19: True or false: When writing four part vocal style music there can be more than an
octave between bass and tenor voices, but not between tenor and alto, or alto and
soprano.
True False q q
20: True or false: The dominant seventh chord is the same in C major as it is in C minor
(harmonic form)

True q False q
/20

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 Section Two - Rhythm

Add barlines to these rhythms, which may or may not include an anacrusis:

                             

            



                         
3

                          

                      /5

Complete these bars with rests, grouped correctly:

    

     

 
    

  /4
Complete the following table:

$ simple quadruple 4 crotchet beats per bar

#
P
!
(
L
À /6

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 Section Three - Scales and Keys

Write the scale of A flat Major for one octave ascending using semibreves. Write in the bass
clef and use a key signature.

/5

Write the scale of B melodic minor in the treble clef using semibreves. Ascend for one
octave and descend for one octave.

/5

What is the relative major of F sharp minor? ___________________

How many flats are in the key signature of D flat major? ___________________
What is the relative minor of E flat major? ___________________

What is meant by an enharmonic note?

___________________________________________________________________

What does it mean to say that a note, chord or melody is diatonic to a key? /5
___________________________________________________________________

Section Four - Chords

Without using a key signature write out the three primary triads in each of the following
keys, and label them with chord symbols above and Roman Numerals below:

A major D minor

 
/6

Write the following chords, using a key signature:

Tonic triad Subdominant triad Dominant triad Tonic triad

D minor F major E minor B major

    /4

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 Section 4A - Traditional Harmony

1. Voice the three primary triads of D major in four part vocal style, using
accidentals instead of a key signature:



/3

2. Complete perfect cadences under these two soprano lines. Label the chords with
Roman Numerals below:

  
   

   /8

3. Complete this plagal cadence, labelling the chords with Roman Numerals below:

 




/4

4. Complete this phrase by harmonizing the perfect cadence at the end:

  
       

        
    /5

Total Marks
/100
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 Section 4B - Piano Style Harmony
Write out block chords for piano, two chords per bar for the following chord progression:


Em Am B7 Em

 /5

Choose chords, then write out the melody together with a piano accompaniment for the first
8 bars of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”.

Old MacDonald

    
        
    
        

 /15

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 Section 5 - General Knowledge:
Match up each term with its meaning:

Adagio In a Singing Style

Andante Without
Accelerando With Movement
Cantabile Faster
Con Brio At a Walking Pace
Sempre With Spirit
Senza Slowly
Poco a Poco Gradually Becoming Faster
Piu Mosso Always
Con Moto Little by Little /10

Answer the following questions in relation to this excerpt of music:

Allegro
 
                     
 

                
 
    
 A Tempo
 
                   
 
Rallentando

1. How fast should this piece be played: ___________

2. How can the time signature be described: _________ ____________

3. What happens at bar 9? ________________________________________

4. How many slurs are in this piece of music? _______

5. How many ties? ______

6. What key is this piece written in? ______________

7. Why are there only five quavers in the last bar?

__________________________________________________________________________

8. What is the symbol above the A in bar 10? ___________________________________

9. If you were to transpose this music for Trumpet in B flat, what key would the new part be
written in? ____________

10. If you were to transpose this music for Alto Saxophone, what key would the new part be
written in? ___________ /10

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