Hello people,

I feel very silly at the moment as I can not for the life of me work out the answer to the following grade 1 theory question :-


Rewrite the following bars without changing their effect, but making any necessary corrections in the use of beams, ties and dots. (the question earlier states that ties should be avoided wherever possible)

The bar given :- minim tied to a semiquaver, semiquaver, quaver and then crothet. The time signature is 4 4.


Surely it is a miss print and the semiquaver should be tied to the second, instead of the minim being tied to the first semiquaver. Or do you just keep the tie?

I'd really appreciate anyone's help!!!

THANKS

I think that you need to take it as written.
Keep the tie and beam the semis and quaver together.

Hi

I would change it to minim with tie, beamed semiquavers and quaver, crotchet.

As the others have said, you keep the tie and beam together the semis and quaver. If there had been say two tied crotchets at the beginning, you would have put a minim instead. As the minim and first semi are different beats you keep the tie. You beam the semis and quaver together as together they equal one crotchet beat.

This kind of question makes sense after you've done a few!

The phrase "without changing their effect" is paramount. If you remove the tie completely, you change the effect. If you tie the two semiquavers together, you change the effect - and it would be pointless doing that as you'd end up with a quaver. Try playing the different versions to hear how they would differ and it might make more sense.

So when it says ties should be avoided, it means superfluous ties; sometimes using a tie is the only, or most efficient, way of expressing a particular rhythm - such as minim tied to semiquaver.

Thanks Everyone!!!!!

I feel even more silly now you have all told me the answer!! It's been a while since I've had to do theory, I just had a bit of a mind blank.


THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!