Grade 3 Music Theory, Unit 7, Lesson 2 of 2
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Questions on a melody

Music theory, Music in context, 4 minutes

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The questions that come up on a Grade 3 melody, answered on one tune in F sharp minor: key and time, highest and lowest notes, an interval and a degree.

The key and the time

A melody in F sharp minor

The key: three sharps fit A major or F sharp minor. The E sharp (the raised 7th of F sharp minor) and the ending on F sharp say F sharp minor. The time: , two dotted crotchet beats in a bar: compound duple.

Quick check

A melody's time signature is missing. Each bar holds six quavers, beamed in two groups of three. Which fits?

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