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hi welcome to this lesson about grade 5
digital
exam online the question one here is
about rhythm
so when you are given three options like
this you need to first decide you will
uh count the rhythm in crotchet
or quaver so you have nine eight
the eight down here actually represent
the value of the notes
so eight means you need to count the
rhythm in quaver
it represents the rhythm of the value of
quaver four down here represents
crotchet
so by looking at the grouping here you
know the first group here has three
quavers
because this uh crotchet beat has two
quavers
this one consists of two quavers and
this is one quaver
so this grouping of this group of notes
has three quavers
which means you cannot count in complete crotchet grouping
second group
they group these five notes like this
they actually come from three
quavers okay these two is one quaver
these two is one quaver
again it's three quavers and the last
group apparently you have three quavers
again
so each group has odd number of uh
quaver beat so which means you need to
count this in
nine eight okay so over here you have
nine quavers
okay one two three four five six
seven eight nine so the answer for this
will be nine eight
so this is the way you decide uh whether
you should count it in crotchet
or quaver beat so oh it says circle the
correct time-signature so you circle
nine eight next one uh you can analyze
the music like this
first note has the quaver if this one
has a quaver
then the first dot the value of the
first dot will be half of the note
so the first dot will be quarter
which has two tails
the next note will have will be uh demisemiquaver with three tails
because the first dot is half of the
value of first note
and the value of second dot will be half
of the first
dot so by looking at this you
know that this
is a quaver
semiquaver and these two notes
together is another one quarter okay so
you know
half is one crotchet
okay so i can explain this again
this is half
the first dot here is one quarter okay
the next dot the second dot and this
loop there together is another quarter
so this whole group is one crotchet and
the next group will have
 quaver and in this triplets rhythm
we only we don't count the last note the
actual value for this whole group of
triplets
is actually one quaver so over here you
have another group of
complete crotchet beat so in this case
you know that
this music has to count in uh crotchet
time
so the first group is one crotchet
this is one crotchet this is two
crotchets
this is quarter quarter half so quarter
quarter half make another crotchet
so all together you have four groups of
crotchets so four four represent four
groups of crotchets so that's your answer
next one uh this is half this is half
this is half so odd number of quaver beats
so from here you know you need to count
in quaver
okay so because the grouping of crotchets
incomplete
you are you have three quavers it's
not complete crotchets so you have to
count in quavers but this is quaver
this is quaver
the last group the actual value for last
group is actually two quavers
because when you have three notes that
are same value and with a triplet sign
we don't count the last note okay so
this is two quavers so all together we
have seven quavers
so this is seven eight okay uh
let's look at the next question one
point two
uh the concept will be the same
now this is in compound time so compound 
time we need three quavers per group
here another three quavers three quavers
one and half time also consists of three
quavers
so from here you need to convert it into
a
simple time so for the grouping of three
quavers
okay so if you look at this first group
it has actually three quavers this
rhythm actually comes from three quavers
but when you change it to simple time
you cannot have three quavers
so the only way to make it to be simple
time is to add triplets
so you'll see uh the three
options here all have triplets
so this one is correct this is correct
this is correct so the next group also
three quavers so you need another
triplets
so this is correct you add triplets
triplets
this will not be counted so you have
crotchet this one also a crotchet
uh the third one doesnt have crotchet so
this is out okay so this question
this answer is out okay so by deleting
the
answer that has mistake you know uh
the
the rest of the answer could be your or
could be correct okay next one
is another three quavers so this one
you just need to add triplets
okay so this one is correct this one is
correct
okay so far question one and two are
correct
the last one is dotted crotchet this dotted crotchet has three quavers
okay so then when they merge all three
into one rest they will add a dot
so when you want to uh change this into
a simple time you can just simply remove
the dot
so only the question two the second
answer
only the second answer remove the dot so
this one is wrong
so you know this is correct one okay so
by doing this
uh you'll make a correct decision
so the question uh for this question the
answer will be the second one
okay uh let's look at the next one
complete the following two
sentences by adding a number to each of
your questions
so in 6 16 first of all you need to
understand that
the 16 down here represent the value of
semiquaver so 6/16 let's look at
this
rhythm 6/16 will be
one two three which means you have six
semiquavers in the bar
four five six okay because the number 16
down here
represents semiquavers so six semiquavers
uh now how many dotted quaver beats in
about the question is asking you
how many dotted quaver beats uh in this
bar
so if you merge the value of three semiquavers
is actually equal to one dotted crotchet
so over here you have two groups of
dotted crotchets
so you know this is two dotted quavers in
a bar
next one a breve is equal to how many
crotchets
so let's look at the breve
if you don't know what does breve mean
you just need to think of semibreve
semibreve is
half of the breve okay semibreve is
half of the breve so semibreve
is four crotchets
crotchet times four so now they're
asking you a breve
breve means this one
okay so breve is double of semibreve so
it has
eight crotchets so in this case semi uh
sorry a breve is equal to
eight crotchets okay let's move on to the
next question
click one box to show which bar is
grouped correctly
so the first when they ask you a grouping
of note you look at the time signature
the time signature is nine four nine
groups of crotchets
so uh apparently nine four means
you need to have three groups of
three crotchets because nine four is
compound triple
so each group will have three crotchets uh
three crotchets three crotchets three
crotchets this is the correct grouping
so now you just need to check whether
they group their notes into
three crotchets for each group
so first first answer you have three
crotchets here
and second answer this is crotchet
crotchet crotchet
and the last group also consists of
three crotchets
looks like the first one is correct okay
let's look at the second one
this one is three crotchets but the
second group only has two crotchets
and the last group of note consists of
four crotchets
so apparently this is wrong okay so far i
only see the first one is correct
last one also three crotchets and these
four
semiquavers supposed to belong to one
crotchet but they don't they didn't
group it together
they should join together because they
belong to same family of one
crotchet so apparently this is also
wrong
so now the first only the first question
is group correctly so this will be your answer
okay so this is how you make the
decision of which one is correct
next one tick correct or wrong uh
tick across for each box to show
whether the rest are correct or
incorrect
so first one this is three crotchets beat
so apparently
the first group has half
the dot is half the the value of the dot
is half of the note so the dot will be semiquaver
or semi sorry the dot the value of the
dot will be a semiquaver
and this is also a semiquaver so this
whole group is one crotchet which is
correct
next group of note has quarter
half and crotchet so the next group of
note they split into a smaller value
when it's split into a smaller value
means you need to count it in quaver so
then
this one for this group of notes you have
complete quaver which is correct okay
this is quaver
and the next rest is also a quaver so
this whole group is
complete group of grouping of crotchet
so this is correct
so you can put a tick here because the
group the way they group the notes is
correct
the next group you have
crotchet first group is grouped correctly
for a second group when you have a
triplets it means the notes under this
triplet must have
same value of notes into
three notes with same equal value so
over here i don't see
having a value of 3 having 3 or same
equal value because this is 1 1 if i
split into 2 is half
half and this is a quarter
so the values are not the same when you
have triplets the three notes under this
triplet sign must have same value uh
of nodes okay so the value here are
different quarter half half so this is
wrong
the grouping here is wrong last one okay
you have complete crotchet here
this is also a complete crotchet and the
last group you have
four uh quarters four quarters
yes it make one complete crotchet so this
is correct
because this makes one complete crotchet beat so
this is correct
okay so that's how you decide the answer
is right or wrong
let's go to the next page next week you
should pick one box to show
the name of this note so uh you know
this if you
have some basic music theory knowledge
you know this is a tenor clef
for tenor clef your middle c is here
this is your middle c
but this is the middle c and
since this is our middle c you can count
from c
downwards okay so if you um
uh afraid that your loss count of which
note you are at you can write down
c d e f g
a b c so from here
you know this is a sequence of all the
letter names
and you can count from this middle c so
this is c
b a g
f e d
c b is here b is on the line
a so this is a so by following the
sequence
of the letter names over here you can get
the answer
a for this note so during exam this is a
method that can help you to trace the
notes
so the answer is here you just need to
put a tick yeah
next one tick one box to show the
correct enharmonic equivalent of this
note
so first you name this note in treble
clef you know this is an e
okay f a c e that's the fastest way to
name a note
so you know this is e you just need to
look for
another note that has same pitch and
same position on the keyboard
so you know this is your keyboard
and c d and e are here so
now you are looking for this note okay
another answer they have the same pitch
as this e
so the first one is a d sharp
okay so d sharp is here which is not the
same okay they are not same
we want to look for this e so this d
sharp is out
uh so this is out we put a cross first
next one
next one is a f flat hey
we don't have f in this keyboard so you
just extend it
okay when you extend the keyboard you
know the f is here
the f flat when there is a flat sign
you need to go a semitone lower to the
left side
so f go a semitone lower we come here so
this is the f
flat so f go a semitone lower so become
f
so this f flat and e actually the same
note
so you know this is the answer okay um
now let's look at the next question this
question you need to use a c
as a guide note okay use a middle c as a
guide
okay for next one this is an alto clef
the question of the c
is an alto clef so the for alto clef
your middle c is the middle line okay i
have drawn with a blue color
here so over here they say a and b are
at the same pitch please take note
same pitch means exactly the same note
okay if this note
e flat is above the middle c then your
answer
this e flat should be above the middle c
also but over here
is below the middle c so the first one
is wrong then you circle false
okay so that is how you decide whether
it's wrong right
