Grade 3 Music Theory Test (ABRSM)
ABRSM Syllabus (2020+) Answer all questions. You have 1 hour and 30 minutes. Scoring: 50/75=Pass, 60/75=Merit and 65/75=Distinction 1. Add the time signature to each of these five melodies. …
Spotting Errors
In the Trinity Grade 3 Music Theory Exam, you might be given a short piece of music with about 5 deliberate mistakes in it. You need to rewrite the whole …
Rewriting Rhythms (Grade 3 ABRSM)
What is Rewriting? We can rewrite a melody using different value notes, without changing the rhythm. For example, here’s a rhythm in 3/4: And here’s the same rhythm in 3/2: …
Transposition (Grade 3 ABRSM)
Transpose at the Octave Transpose means “write in another place”. Transposed music can be written in a different clef, different key, or different octave, or any combination of these! But …
Interval Qualities
Interval Number We can describe an interval by using a number. For example, this interval is a 5th, because there are five letter names between the lowest and the highest: …
Beaming and Grouping (Grade 3)
Grouping & Beaming Notes A beam is the line that joins together. In the ABRSM Grade 3 music theory exam you might be asked to find a bar with the …
Rests (Grade 3)
Here are the rests you need to know for the grade 3 music theory exam, in order of length, starting with the longest: semibreve – minim – crotchet – quaver …
Compound Time Signatures
Table of Note Names UK v. USA Simple Time Signatures Up till now you have only learnt about simple time signatures. (Perhaps you didn’t think they were very “simple” though!) …
Tonic Triads (ABRSM Grade 3)
Degrees of the Scale The degrees of the scale are numbers given to each note of the scale in order.The numbers are based on the ascending scale: In a harmonic …
Key Signatures and Key (Grade 3)
Key signatures are written after the clef and before the time signature. Key signatures have to be written very carefully. You need to make sure the flats and sharps are …