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Exam practice
Timed practice for AMEB Grade 5 Music Theory, set out in the board's own sections. Every answer comes with an explanation.
Theory of Music Grade 5 is a written theory exam from the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB).
This practice test covers Grade 5: keys and scales, intervals, modulation, harmony, melody writing, general knowledge and the set works.
Set-work questions use our own engraving of the scores. Harmony and a melody to words are practiced as questions with one answer each. Each is also set once in full as a written task with a model answer.
Exam mode runs a clock of 3 hours for the whole practice test.
The full practice test holds 70 questions.
Study mode has no clock. It checks each answer as you go.
The board's paper has 100 marks. Australian Music Examinations Board sets Pass at 65, Credit at 75, Honours at 85 and High Distinction at 95.
A practice score is a guide to these bands only.
Source: AMEB SA & NT, "Our exams" (Theory of Music up to Grade 6).
Which notes form the ascending scale of C♯ harmonic minor?
The answer is A, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B♯ and C♯.
In C♯ harmonic minor the accidentals are C♯, D♯, F♯, G♯ and B♯. Its seventh is raised. It rises as C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B♯ and C♯.
A melody in B minor gains an A natural and closes with C♯ to D. Which key has it reached?
The answer is B, D major.
A natural cancels the raised seventh of B minor, and C♯ rising to D confirms D major, the relative major. F♯ minor would bring E♯. E minor sharpens D. G major drops the C♯.
What is the lowest note of the oboe?
The answer is B, B♭ under middle C.
Oboes descend to B♭, one tone beneath middle C. The flute stops at middle C itself. The written floor of the clarinet is the E further down. An A below that B♭ lies beneath the standard oboe.
Exam mode gives 3 hours for the whole practice test. It holds 70 questions. Study mode has no clock.
It follows the board's order in seven sections, from Pitch, Tonality, Keys and Scales to Set Works.
Yes. Each answer comes with an explanation of why it is correct.
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