Grade 1 Musicianship

Question 1

Answer 1

staff (or stave)

Question 2

Answer 2

treble clef

Question 3

Answer 3

bass clef

Question 4

What is the name of this note and how many beats is it worth?

Answer 4

semibreve (whole note), worth 4 beats

Question 5

What is the name of this note and how many beats is it worth?

Answer 5

minim (half note), worth 2 beats

Question 6

What is the name of this note and how many beats is it worth?

Answer 6

crotchet (quarter note), worth 1 beat

Question 7

What is the name of this note and how many beats is it worth?

Answer 7

quaver (eighth note), worth half a beat

Question 8

Answer 8

sharp, which raises a note by a semitone

Question 9

Answer 9

flat, which lowers a note by a semitone

Question 10

Answer 10

natural sign, which cancels a sharp or a flat

Question 11

What is the pattern of tones and semitones for a major scale?

Answer 11

tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone
T, T, S, T, T, T, S

Question 12

In music, what is an accidental?

Answer 12

An accidential is a sharp, a flat, or a natural written in front of a note.

Question 13

What is a key signature?

Answer 13

A key signature is a set of sharps or flats placed immediately after the clef on each line.

Question 14

Which major key signature has no sharps or flats?

Answer 14

The key of C major.

Question 15

Which major key signature has one sharp?

Answer 15

The key of G major.

Question 16

Which major key signature has two sharps?

Answer 16

The key of D major

Question 17

Which major key signature has only one flat?

Answer 17

The key of F major.

Question 18

Which major key signature is this?

Answer 18

G major

Question 19

Which major key signature is this?

Answer 19

D major

Question 20

Which major key signature is this?

Answer 20

F major

Question 21

What is a time signature?

Answer 21

The time signature tells us how many beats are in each bar.

Question 22

What time signature is this?

Answer 22

Four four time or
simple quadruple

Question 23

What time signature is this?

Answer 23

Common time, which is the same as four four time

Question 24

What do the numbers in the time signature tell us?

Answer 24

The top number tells us how many beats are in each bar.
The bottom number tells us what kind of beats they are.

Question 25

What does four four time (or common time) mean?

Answer 25

It means there are four crotchet beats in each bar.

Question 26

What is this time signature?

Answer 26

Three four time or
simple triple

Question 27

Answer 27

crotchet rest (1 beat)

Question 28

Answer 28

minim rest (2 beats)

Question 29

Answer 29

semibreve rest (4 beats)

Question 30

Answer 30

quaver rest (1/2 beat)

Question 31

What is it called when a piece begins on a weak beat?

Answer 31

an anacrusis

Question 32

How many beat are in the last bar of a piece that begins with an anacrusis?

Answer 32

The number of beats that would be needed to make a full bar with the anacrusis.

Question 33

What do we call keys that share the same key signatures?

Answer 33

relative keys

Question 34

How do you find the relative minor of a major key?

Answer 34

You step DOWN three semitones from the tonic note.

Question 35

How do you find the relative major of a minor key?

Answer 35

You step UP three semitones from the tonic note.

Question 36

What is the pattern of tones and semitones for a harmonic minor scale?

Answer 36

tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone and a half, semitone
T, S, T, T, S, T ½, S