I'm doing some grade 5 theory papers as a refresher and so that I can make sure I still know all that stuff before moving on, but I've come across a question which is a new on on me I think... after saying "describe fully the following intervals", it asks "name one scale in which they're all found"

Does it mean, ie a scale in which all the notes in those intervals are found, or a scale in which one could play all those intervals in without additional accidentals, or what? *confused*

And while I'm asking - when you have to put in chords under the notes at the end of a piece of harmony, do you just have to right I, IV, etc?

I think the first question means which scale you could attach all the intervals to with out needing accidentals - e.g. C maj you would expect to see Cmaj, Dmin, Emin, Fmaj, Gmaj....etc.

For grade 5 all you need to add is the chord I, IV, etc - you don't need the inversion.

OK... I described the intervals as, for example "diminished 5th" etc, is that right? Been a long time since I did any theory papers!

What I thought it meant (which I think is right from what you've just said) is basically that for example with C major you might get C-G as a perfect 5th or *thinks* E-G as a minor 3rd etc?

Thanks, I thought you didn't need the inversion but had a moment of panic!

Yep, all sounds right to me.

OK - thanks Suzy!

ps, anyone want to mark my paper???

I've got a very 'grade 5 theory' heavy examination entry to do for next term..........

I'm going to have a lovely big pile of practice papers to mark......

I can if you really want.

me!

I'd be happy to have a look at your theory work Sarah.

that would be interesting... 3 people comparing marks for one paper...

I wish you could have a look at my sax Barry!

....it's when it gets to the 'composing a melody' question that there may be a 'question of interpretation'!.....



Hope it's going OK!

I can see me going through the same tribulations as you, only with the violin noodle! With me, it'll be '1001 ways to make a violin not sound like a violin'...........

I give up! I'm sure you'll be fine with the violin, Barry. If I can play a violin, a monkey should be able to play one, but give me something a little more sophisticated and I can't play it.

Noodle, you're doing yourself down....

The violin seems a tricky proposition to me, as a woodwind player.

What is it about the sax that you're finding hard?

(Sarah, I'm sorry I've sent your thread sailing off topic.........)

Playing it! It's flat , it sounds like a and my cat is afraid of it.

I'll have a think about what you can do.........

Thanks Barry. Maybe I should try something else...

No worries

Noodle, if it's any consolation, I find the violin about a billion times harder than wind instruments: horses for courses - I find the violin way more complicated and stand in awe of anyone who can play, and TEACH it, no less, at a high level! Heck, even at a beginner level - I'd rather teach piano, which I am patently not good at, than violin, which I am supposedly grade 6 + at




Awwww you guys are great

I need to finish that question I hadn't filled in I kept getting distracted so I kept a record of time spent - so far it has been 54 minutes spread over about 7 hours

I'll scan it and work out some way of getting it where people can see it. And then hope I haven't made any really dumb mistakes! Haven't done any theory for ever such a long time - I'm using it as a diagnostic to check I haven't completely and utterly forgotten everything before I attempt to move on to grade 6.... I don't want to give you guys big workloads but telling me anywhere I need to read up on would be fab.

You could email it, Sarah.

Thanks for what you said about finding the violin harder than wind instruments. This is the first instrument I have tried that I couldn't do something with.

You're welcome noodle - it's true! I've been playing the violin for almost 3/4 of my life and I still struggle with the blessed thing. I'm absolutely convinced that different people just have different "knacks" for things. Whereas flute I've always been able to get a note out of, and it seems logical to me, and while I only really "play" recorder besides that, I've yet to meet a wind instrument that I couldn't get a tune out of - even if (oboe for instance) it sounds like a dying duck!

I'll get back to you guys on the theory paper - I keep getting distracted by the forum!!!

OK, so I've finished and scanned it, anyone who's stupid kind enough to mark it please let me know your email addy

ps I'm liable to have made really dumb mistakes, please don't laugh at me too hard!

To sum up the original thread, because they've all gone "off subject"

what is being asked is "find a ascale in which all the intervals can be found"

you must do just that - there will be a scale, major or minor in which every note of every interval given will be included.

Don't forget to think about minor harmonic and minor melodic as possibilities, but do NOT alter any notes of the given intervals.

Thanks diapason.

I realised this morning (I was lying in bed with my mind wandering!) that I whipped a G natural out of nowhere - I've been looking and looking and wondering where on earth I got that from! I don't *think* it makes much difference to my answer though, fortunately