Hi all its been a long while since i was on here last but i need help with the following:
Exams in 2 weeks,but need help with trasposition on the following-perfect 5th and minor 3rd.
I have no probs with major 2nd as its only a tone but can someone please explain the counting and what happens with the accidentals with the others.
Thanks
Good luck to thoes taking the exams as well !!!!
"Yorkie"

So Say you have a clarinet in A and you are writing it out at concert pitch, for all the instruments in the G5 exam the players part will be higher than the sounding pitch. So that means the part needs transposing down a minor 3rd therefore everything including the key signature (if you're asked for one) needs to be transposed a minor 3rd and so you just add any accidentals that are necessary. Just 2 areas of caution if for example the note you've been asked to transpose is a B natural then the sounding pitch would be a G# not an Ab because that would be an augmented 2nd which is different. Secondly if you are writing a section out with a key signature make sure you don't add unnecessary accidentals - a good rule if your writing with a key signature is that you only need an accidental if there's one in the part.
I hope this has helped I've probably either confused you or told you loads of stuff you already know.

What I do when I am working past papers is to draw a couple of octaves of a keyboard, and then write down number of semitones which relate to intervals. For example:
1 minor second
2 major second
3 minor 3rd
4 major 3rd
5 perfect 4th
6 tritone
7 perfect 5th
8 minor 6th
9 major 6th
10 minor 7th
11 major 7th
12 octave

Of course, the intervals question is more complex, as you probably know, 5 semitones could also be an augmented 3rd, depending on the accidentals and notes concerned. However, the combination of the keyboard, the maths above PLUS your knowledge of keys should see you OK in the transposition question!

This site in addition to the advice already given by stetenove and Oboecop, may help you.

http://www.mymusictheory.com/grade5/lesson...ruments.html#at

I have used this site while preparing for the G5 theory.

It may help to write out the 2 scales one above the other.....firstly the starting key then the transposed interval.
You can check note for note afterwards if you like and have time using the knowledge of intervals you've already learned by grade 5.
It might help to remember that as far as looks go an interval of (any) 3rd is line to line or space to space and a 5th you miss out a line or space and put the note on the next one like this
3rd

5th

I am preparing for Grade 5 too and I have found this the most fail-safe method.