ooh its today, best get some sleep!!

post your replies on how u thought it went here!!

OH MY GOD ive done it!!!!lol

i did paper B

you have done superbly, of this i am sure!

I think i did really well not sure what paper I got tho it was the one which asked the meaning of maestoso I didnt get that one right. Does anybody know what way these theory grades are marked? Do you get a mark like a pass merit and Distinction?

oooooh you got the same paper as me!

I had that paper 2!!!!

what did u think?!

i dont think ive done brilliant but fingers crossed ive passed! i compose dthe melody for a flute but god knows what it actually sounds like!!

the cadences were easy and so were the intervals

QUOTE (Sukimonster @ Jun 12 2004, 11:48 AM)

Does anybody know what way these theory grades are marked? Do you get a mark like a pass merit and Distinction?

It's out of 100:

90 Gets you a distinction;
80 A merit;
66 A pass.

Hope it went well for all of you.

You all got the same paper... paper B is the one for this exam session.
'A' is the spring one and 'C' is the winter one.

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Jun 12 2004, 12:40 PM)

You all got the same paper... paper B is the one for this exam session. 'A' is the spring one and 'C' is the winter one.

oh right lol!!!!

i gues that explains things, lol

oh god- did grade 8 theory today- a disaster! I'm so depressed- I actually think I've failed it! I don't suppose anyone else out there was doing grade 8 today??

QUOTE (Sukimonster @ Jun 12 2004, 11:48 AM)

I think i did really well not sure what paper I got tho it was the one which asked the meaning of maestoso I didnt get that one right. Does anybody know what way these theory grades are marked? Do you get a mark like a pass merit and Distinction?

It means 'majestically'. Im doing grade 5 theory next term. Yes, you do get pass merit or distinction.

from what i remember the cadences were 2-5-1 and 4-1. Did anyone actually bother learning all the words from the back of the book? Thats the bit that will bring me down a bit the rest was very well practiced.

whats the difference between paper A. B and C?

there are different papers for the 3 exam sessions.

I did it (G5 Theory) today as well... it's such a relief to have finally DONE IT!!! Just hoping that i've passed!!! It was harder than i expected, as I've done lots of past papers that have seemed WAAAAY easier. Oh well, only 6 weeks to wait and then i'll know........

By the way, what do you call a interval between an E# and a G? That was the only one that really foxed me.

And also, did any non-violinists know which the up bow note in that violin piece was? I am a violinist, so im lucky and it was easy... but did everyone else know? I just wandered.....

Well done tutti,
Charlotte xxx

i'm not a violinist please tell me what the answer was, I put that it was a small square bracket over one of the notes and the interval was a minor 3rd ( i think)
Did anyone else find the transposition difficult, the 1 line took me about 15 mins!!

I think it was an E# to G# (because the G# was in the key signature). I said the interval was a minor 3rd. For the intervals (I forget which order) I wrote major 7th, compound minor 2nd, minor 3rd, augmented 4th
and diminished octave.

The violin upbow was the very first note in bar 1. It was the note with a V shape on top of it.

hgirl, since I heard you are from Belfast, did you do your exam at the south dining hall at Queen's? If so, you must have been one of the two girls doing the exam at the top of the hall?

Sorry, it was the very first note with a small V over it. I also put Minor 3rd but im still panicking!!! o well nothing i can do now!!!

QUOTE (Sukimonster @ Jun 12 2004, 05:53 PM)

from what i remember the cadences were 2-5-1 and 4-1.

yay i got them right and i got the same interals as Chopininoff and i got the violin up bow!! there is still hope!! i messed up the composign melody though and i think transposition was a bit of a disaster!!

With intervals r u actually supposed 2 look at the key sig? I thought u went by the scale of what the bottom note was and if the note above it was in the scale then it was major or perfect but if it had been lowered 1/2 a semitone it was minor or diminished and if it was raised 1/2 a semitone it was augmented. Please tell me i'm right or i've just got the intervals all wrong

Also, for the transposition, did anyone else transpose it down 2 E flat major? First I did it 2 F major then changed my mind and thought E flat major was more logical.

yes you need to take the key sig into account. i dont at first to try to figure it out then to find out whether its augmented or whatever i look at the key sig

for example if u had a C to E thats a major third but if you had an Eb flat in the key sig it makes the interval a minor third coz the E has been lowered a semitone

does that make sense?!

yes Bb major transposed down a perfect 5th is Eb major, so you were right

Yea i know what u meen, but whenever i did what u said, my teacher always said it was wrong. But whenever I didn't look at the key sig I got it right. Oh well, i just hope I pass.

well what intervals did you put, did you put the same as Chopininoff wrote because i got them too and im sure they are right! i hope!

Can't remeber now, i put a minor something though.

well im sure youve done fine. can you remember what you put for the time signature question

I did grade 5 too! Think it went okay apart from the transposition. i ummed and aahed for ages over the key sig.!

i think the new key sig was Eb major but i kept thinking it was wrong! and then there were quite a few accidentals to figure out!!

Hey i just joined..

I did a grade 5 thoery paper yeserday u no the paper B wat was the second question answer.. the squggly line for bar 3 that rly had me stumped. I wrote for the others to join in is that rite..

I got the intervals rite im very proud as that is one of ma worst things or subject..

squiggly line isnt that spreading the notes of the chord?

Squiggly line is the chord to be played arpeggiated the key signature was Eb major.

QUOTE

Squiggly line

love the technical term!

QUOTE (MBC_Tiger @ Jun 13 2004, 07:26 PM)

QUOTE Squiggly line love the technical term!

best way to describe it!! i dont think there is actually a technical name for it, well i dont know it anyway!

there is a term because i can remember landles telling me but i can't remember what it is!

You mean the arpeggio sign?

Squiggly line is good!

yes the one that looks like a long rest!

as long as we all know what we are talking about!

did everyone know that there was a time signature question?! i nearlt misse dit but luckily looked and found it before i left!

it wasn't actually a squggly line haha it wasn't a accent it was um rly sharp one ..

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v134/m...anana/music.bmp kinda like that but younger be4 bar 3 ... if you get wat i mean or was it in bar 3 i wasn't too sure..