Grade 2: Music in Context
Read a short melody and answer questions about it — contour, degrees of the scale, dynamics and bar structure, based on the ABRSM Grade 2 syllabus.
- Read a short melody and answer questions about it.
- Notice contour, scale degrees, dynamics, and bar structure.
Worksheet
Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select TRUE or FALSE for the statement: All the notes in bars 1-4 of this melody can be found in the key of E minor.
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Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select how many times the 7th degree of the scale occurs.
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Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The highest note in the melody is ...
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Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The softest note in the melody is in ...
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Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The notes in bar 2 have the same rhythm as the notes in ...
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Answer Key
- TRUE — Bars 1-4 use only E, F sharp, G, A, B, C, D and D sharp, all of which belong to E minor, so the statement is TRUE.
- 4 — The 7th degree of E minor is D (D natural or D sharp). It appears four times in the melody.
- E — The highest note reached in the melody is E, in bar 1.
- bar 8 — The dynamic pp (very quiet) appears at bar 8, which is the softest point in the melody.
- bar 5 — Bar 2 is eight quavers; bar 5 has the same rhythm of eight quavers.
1. Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select TRUE or FALSE for the statement: All the notes in bars 1-4 of this melody can be found in the key of E minor.
2. Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select how many times the 7th degree of the scale occurs.
3. Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The highest note in the melody is ...
4. Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The softest note in the melody is in ...
5. Look at this melody and then answer the question that follows. Select the correct answer: The notes in bar 2 have the same rhythm as the notes in ...