Grade 2 Practice Paper 1
1. Add the time signature to each of these 5 tunes.
2. Write a four-bar rhythm using the given opening.
3. Add the correct clef and any necessary accidentals to make each of the scales named below. Do not use key signatures.
D major
F major
4. Rewrite this melody without using a key signature. Remember to include sharp, flat or natural signs where they are needed. The key is B minor, and the first three notes are given as an example.
5. Name each key as shown by its key signature. The first answer is given.
C major
major
minor
major
minor
major
6. Add the correct rest at each place marked * in this tune to make each bar complete.
7a) Rewrite each of the notes below in the other clef, keeping the pitch the same. The first is done for you.
b) In which key do all these notes occur?
8. Look at this tune and then answer the questions that follow.
(a) Give the meaning of each of these:
Moderato:
mf:
cantabile:
:
f:
(b)
(i) State the letter name of the lowest note.
(ii) Draw a circle around two notes that are a 3rd apart.
(iii) Complete the sentence: Bar 7 has the same rhythm as bar
(iv) The key of this extract is C major. On which degree of the scale (e.g. 1st, 2nd) does the melody begin?
(v) Write an expression mark in bar 7 to show what the composer would do if he wished for the piece to slow down at the end.
(c) Copy out the music from bar 4 to the end of the melody, exactly as it is written above. Don’t forget the clef, key signature, time signature, tempo marking, dynamics and all other details.
2. Write a four-bar rhythm using the given opening.
3. Add the correct clef and any necessary accidentals to make each of the scales named below. Do not use key signatures.
D major
F major
4. Rewrite this melody without using a key signature. Remember to include sharp, flat or natural signs where they are needed. The key is B minor, and the first three notes are given as an example.
5. Name each key as shown by its key signature. The first answer is given.
C major
major
minor
major
minor
major
6. Add the correct rest at each place marked * in this tune to make each bar complete.
7a) Rewrite each of the notes below in the other clef, keeping the pitch the same. The first is done for you.
b) In which key do all these notes occur?
8. Look at this tune and then answer the questions that follow.
(a) Give the meaning of each of these:
Moderato:
mf:
cantabile:
:f:
(b)
(i) State the letter name of the lowest note.
(ii) Draw a circle around two notes that are a 3rd apart.
(iii) Complete the sentence: Bar 7 has the same rhythm as bar
(iv) The key of this extract is C major. On which degree of the scale (e.g. 1st, 2nd) does the melody begin?
(v) Write an expression mark in bar 7 to show what the composer would do if he wished for the piece to slow down at the end.
(c) Copy out the music from bar 4 to the end of the melody, exactly as it is written above. Don’t forget the clef, key signature, time signature, tempo marking, dynamics and all other details.
