Grade Five Music Theory - Lesson 1: Good Notation Exercises
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Test Yourself on Grade Five Music Theory Notation Symbols!
In the ABRSM grade 5 theory exam, you will only get full points for describing a musical symbol if you give an explanation in English. This means it's not ok to only write an answer such as "staccato" - you have to explain what that actually means. (This rule does not include ornaments).
Music Symbols Test 1
Write the name or meaning of each of the following symbols/terms. (Point your mouse at the image to reveal the answer.)
| 1 |  (for a string player) |
2 |  |
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4 |  |
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t.c. |
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8 |  |
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10 |  |
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| 11 |
Con sord. |
12 |
Arco |
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| 13 |  |
14 |  |
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| 15 |  |
16 |
FFF |
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20 |  |
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22 |  |
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| 23 |
Pizz. |
24 |  |
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26 |  |
Musical Symbols Test 2
Draw/write each of the following indications. (Point your mouse at the light bulb to reveal the answers.)
| 1 | Staccato |  |
2 | Breve/double whole rest | |
| 3 | Trill | |
4 | Release the damper pedal | |
| 5 | Minim rest (half rest) | |
6 | Pause/fermata | |
| 7 | Demisemiquaver/Thirty-second note | |
8 | Play until the end | |
| 9 | Stop using the mute | |
10 | Play until the coda sign | |
| 11 | Go back to the beginning | |
12 | Very quiet | |
| 13 | Gradually get quieter | |
14 | One note very loud | |
| 15 | Press the right piano pedal | |
16 | Moderately loud | |
| 17 | Go back to the sign | |
18 | Play with the mute | |
| 19 | Staccatissimo | |
20 | Coda sign | |
| 21 | Crotchet/quarter rest | |
22 | Semibreve rest (whole rest) | |
| 23 | Accent | |
24 | Breve (double whole note) | |
| 25 | Double bar (end of section) | |
26 | Hemidemisemiquaver (sixty-fourth note) | |
