Grade 5 Music Theory

• converting simple time to compound time


  • normal notes to dotted notes
  • triplets to normal quavers
  • two quavers to duplets
• what is quintuple time


  5 4 and 5 8
• what is septuple time


  7 4 and 7 8
• what are quintuplets and sextuplets


  five and six notes that are played in the same amount of time as a group of four notes of the same time value
• what are perfect cadences


  V-I
• what are plagal cadences


  IV-I
• what are imperfect cadences


  I-V or II-V or IV-V
• order of strings instrument from highest pitch to lowest


  • violin
  • viola
  • cello
  • double bass
  • harp
• order of woodwind instruments from highest pitch to lowest


  • piccolo
  • flute
  • oboe
  • cor anglais
  • clarinet
  • bassoon
• order of brass instruments from highest pitch to lowest


  • trumpet
  • horn
  • trombone
  • tuba
• how do you change the pitch of harps


  using pedals or levers
• what clef does the cor anglers use


  treble clef
• is the cor anglais transposing


  yes
• what instruments produce sounds of definite pitch

  • tubular bells
  • xylophone
  • marimba
  • glockenspiel
  • vibraphone
  • celesta
• what instruments produce sounds of indefinite pitch


  • tambourine
  • castanets
  • tam-tam
  • triangle
• what reed does a clarinet use


  single reed
• what instruments use a double reed


  • oboe
  • cor anglais
  • bassoon
• what instruments are transposing?


  • clarinet
  • cor anglais
  • horn
  • trumpet
• what instruments aren't transposing?


  • violin
  • cello
  • flute
  • bassoon
  • timpani
• order of singing voices from highest to lowest


  • soprano
  • mezzo-soprano
  • alto
  • tenor
  • baritone
  • bass
• what does con pedale mean


  with right pedal
• what does senza pedale mean


  without the right pedal
• what does una corda mean


  press the left pedal
• what does the code mean?


  release the left pedal
• what does mano sinstra mean


  with the left hand
• what does mano destra mean?


  with the right hand
• the semibreve rest hangs below the fourth line whilst the minim rest sits on the middle line
• the note immediately after a.dotted note will add up to the same value as the dot
• in quintuple time, the beats are grouped as 2+3 or 3+2
• in septuple time, the beats are grouped as 4+3 or 3+4
• us a new rest for each new beat of silence except when using a single rest for a complete bar of silence and using a single rest when the first or second half of a bar is silent