AMEB Music Theory Grade 4 free practice questions with answers

1. Write the scale of B major, ascending, through one octave, on the treble clef. Use the key signature and add any accidentals the scale needs. Write semibreves. [4]

• Key signature: B major has 5 sharps (F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp, A sharp).

• Tones and semitones going up: T T S T T T S.

• The notes are B C# D# E F# G# A# B.

2. Write the scale of B minor (harmonic form), descending, through one octave, on the bass

clef. Use the key signature and add any accidentals the scale needs. Write semibreves. [4]

• Key signature: B minor has 2 sharps (F sharp, C sharp).

• Tones and semitones going up: T S T T S A S.

• Harmonic minor raises the 7th note by a semitone, so there is an augmented 2nd (3 semitones) between the 6th and 7th notes.

• The notes are B A# G F# E D C# B.

3. This is the scale of G major. Draw a bracket under each pair of notes that are a semitone apart. [3]

S S

• Semitones lie between the 3rd and 4th, and the 7th and 8th notes.