Grade 5 Music Theory Test (ABRSM)

Select the correct time signature for this bar:

Select the correct time signature for this bar:

Select the correct time signature for this bar:

Which of the three bars below is the correct rewriting of this bar?

Complete the sentence by typing a number.
This time signature means there are _______ dotted crotchet (dotted quarter note) beats per bar.

Complete the sentence by typing a number.
This time signature means there are _______ dotted semiquaver (dotted sixteenth note) beats per bar.

Which of the following bars is grouped correctly? 

True or false? The box shows correctly written rest(s).

True or false? The box shows correctly written rest(s).

True or false? The box shows correctly written rest(s).

What is the name of this note?

What is the name of this note?

Which of the below notes is the correct enharmonic equivalent of this note?

Transpose this key signature down a perfect 5th.

Transpose this note down a major 2nd.

Transpose this note up a minor 3rd.

Transpose this note down a minor 3rd.

Transpose this note up a major 2nd.

Look at these notes then choose the correct sentence.

Look at these notes then choose the correct sentence.

Look at these notes then choose the correct sentence.

Which of these shows the correctly written key signature of C minor?

Which of these shows the correctly written key signature of F minor?

What is the key of this melody?

What is the key of this melody?

What is the key of this melody?

Which two notes are missing from this scale of G minor harmonic?

Select the clef which will make this into a minor scale.

Select the clef which will make this into a minor scale.

Select the clef which will make this into a major scale.

True or false: this is a correctly written chromatic scale?

True or false: this is a correctly written chromatic scale?

This is the mediant note in D sharp minor – true or false?

This is the leading note  in F major – true or false?

This is the submediant note in E minor – true or false?

What is this interval?

What is this interval?

What is this interval?

What type of interval is this?

What type of interval is this?

What type of interval is this?

Which of the below notes is a compound augmented 7th higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is a compound diminished 4th higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is a diminished octave higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is an augmented 2nd higher than this note?

Which of these are three suitable chords to use at the places marked A, B and C, to form a cadence?

Which of these are three suitable chords to use at the places marked A B and C, to form a cadence?

What type of cadence is this?

What type of cadence is this?

Name the chord marked in the box. The key is D major.

Name the chord marked in the box. The key is C minor.

Name the chord marked in the box. The key is B minor.

What does con spirito mean?

What does semplice mean?

What does affetuoso mean?

What type of written-out ornament is this?

What type of written-out ornament is this?

The cymbals are a percussion instrument:

The tenor voice is higher than the soprano voice:

The bassoon is a brass instrument:

The tuba normally uses the bass clef:

The violin is the highest member of the string family:

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

Which of these bars show(s) bars 3-4 of the cello part at the same pitch as the original?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

What is the total value of the tied Gs in the left-hand piano part, from bars 1-4?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

What does the final bar line tell the player to do?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

What does “Andante” mean?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

The key is G minor. Which key shares the same key signature?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

The cello belongs to the string family. What is the name of the lowest sounding standard orchestral instrument in this family?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

Is the time signature of this piece simple or compound?

Look at the following extract which has been adapted from a piece for cello and piano by A. Longo, and answer the question.

Give the technical name of the note marked D in bar 2. The key is G minor.