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 quaver (dotted eighth 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 up a perfect 5th.

Transpose this note down a minor 3rd.

Transpose this note down a minor 3rd.

Transpose this note up a minor 3rd.

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 for A major?

Which of these shows the correctly written key signature of F sharp major?

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 Bb minor harmonic?

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

Select the clef which will make this into a major 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 dominant note in Eb minor – true or false?

This is the submediant note in G 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 6th higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is a compound diminished 3rd higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is a major 3rd higher than this note?

Which of the below notes is a perfect 5th 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 E flat 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 morendo mean?

What does scherzando mean?

What does con brio mean?

What type of written-out ornament is this?

What type of written-out ornament is this?

The timpani produce sounds of a definite pitch:

The baritone voice is lower than the bass voice:

The bassoon is a brass instrument:

The cello normally plays at a lower pitch than the viola:

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.

Which is the correct way to complete bar 7, box E, with rests?

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.

Name the chord sounding in bar 8. The key is G minor.

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.

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 name of the melodic interval marked C.

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 letter name of the highest sounding note in the cello part.