Grade 5 Theory Exam

For piano students of Tony O’Brien Home. Exam Structure. Learning Pathway. Exam Topics.

“Enharmonic equivalence” means writing a note of the same pitch in different ways, e.g. F# as Gb, or B as Cb.  You are almost bound to get a question on this as part of question 1 or 4



1 (a) (ii) Write as a breve (double whole-note) an enharmonic equivalent of the first note of the extract.







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Very occasionally you might be asked to rewrite an extract in its enharmonic equivalent key, changing the key signature, e.g. rewrite a piece in C major in the key of B# sharp major!  They wouldn’t pick C major though! Almost always they pick the enharmonically related keys at 6 o’clock in the cycle of fifths (i.e. keys with 6 sharps and flats).



4 (b)  Re-write this extract in its enharmonic equivalent key.







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