ABRSM Syllabus (2020+) Trinity Candidates: download practice tests from Trinity here: http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1256 Answer all questions. You have 1 hour and 30 minutes. Scoring: 50/75=Pass, 60/75=Merit and 65/75=Distinction 1. Add the …
ABRSM Syllabus (Grade 2) Grade 2 As in Grade 1, with the addition of: Read the ABRSM music theory syllabus here.
On From Grade One For Grade Two Music Theory, you have to know all the foreign musical terms and symbols which are listed for Grade One, and a few more. …
A “triplet” is a group of three notes played in the time of two. To look at how triplets work, we’ll first look at a short rhythm in 3/4 time. …
Working out Intervals The method of working out intervals is the same for both melodic (i.e. separate notes) and harmonic (i.e. notes played together) intervals: Count up the letter names, …
Tonic triads are simple chords with just three notes in them. To build a tonic triad, we start by taking the first note from any scale (which is also known …
Rests Review Rest UK rest Name US REst Name Semibreve/Whole bar rest Whole note/whole measure rest Minim rest Half rest Crotchet rest Quarter rest Quaver rest Eighth rest Semiquaver rest …
ABRSM Grade 2 Music Theory introduces a new kind of exercise with time signatures which you didn’t see in Grade 1: rewriting music in a new time signature. This is …
In your music theory exam you will probably be asked to work out the time signature of a bar or bars. in Grade Two, there are only three possibilities for …
You might be asked to add bar lines to a short melody or check whether bar lines have been written correctly. The question could look something like this: Add the …