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WelshAdd dots where necessary to make the bars complete.
Lessons
- Grade 1: The Stave
- Grade 1: Notes & note values
- Grade 1: Treble & bass clefs
- Grade 1: Key signatures
- Grade 1: Major scales
- Grade 1: Simple time signatures
- Grade 1: Accidentals
- Grade 1: Adding missing bar lines
- Grade 1: Intervals
- Grade 1: Single dotted notes & rests
- Grade 1: Tonic Triads
- Grade 1: Terms & Signs
- Grade 1: Questions on a melody
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Grade 1: Single dotted notes & rests: Introduction
A dot after a note or rest makes it half as long again.
The dot needs to go just to the right of the note or rest. If the note-head is in a space, the dot goes in the same space; if the note-head is on a line, the dot normally goes in the space just above the line, like this:
Rests: Introduction
The semibreve rest hangs below a line, usually the fourth line, like this:
The minim rest sits on a line, usually the third line, like this:
The crotchet rest is shown like this:
The quaver rest is shown like this:
The semiquaver rest is shown like this:
Grade 1: Single dotted notes & rests
Please note: The grade 1 to 5 theory exams are now online. Some of the questions in the online exam have been rephrased to accommodate the new style. In this video tutorial some of the descriptions refer to the written paper of old. With regard to the online exams you will no longer be required to write your answers but you will need to analyse the questions and tick or highlight an answer.Grade 1: Single dotted notes & rests
Download the following questions or write the notes on manuscript before completing.
Question 1
How long does each note last? The first answer is given.
Answer 1
See the image for the answers.
Question 2
Answer 2
Take a look at the images for the answer
Rests Question 1
Add a rest at the places marked * in this melody to make each bar complete.
Rests Answer 1
The second bar uses a semibreve rest, this is the rest we use for a completely silent bar in any time signature except 4/2. The crotchet rest in bar three makes up the missing first crotchet beat. In bar four we use the minim rest for the final two beats. Note: in 4/4 time if the first or last half bar is completely silent we use the minim rest not two crotchet rests.
Rests: Question 2
Add a rest at the places marked * in this melody to make each bar complete.
Rests: Answer 2
The quaver rest is used in bar one to make up our third beat. The third beat in bar three is completed by using the crotchet rest.
Rests: Question 3
Add a rest at the places marked * in this melody to make each bar complete.
Rests: Answer 3
The second beat in bar one is completed by using the semiquaver rest. We use the crotchet rest to complete the second beat in the last bar.
Rests: Question 4
Add a rest at the places marked * in this melody to make each bar complete.
Rests: Answer 4
The minim rest is used in bar one to complete the missing two crotchet beats. Remember in 4/4 time a completely silent half bar at the beginning or end of the bar is shown with a minim rest not two crotchet rests. Bar two needed a crotchet rest for the first beat and a quaver rest was used in the final bar to make up a full crotchet beat.
