Music Theory Grade 3 Test

Aced it on the first go. Knowing F-C-G-D-A-E-B and imagining Mr Cato’s trick made it possible to do the scales in keys I haven’t fully remembered yet

Edit: I realize now I could of done T-T-S-T-T-T-S instead but I guess I’ve been too focused on trying to remember the scales and didn’t even think about it

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The Wooten video was a real 'Ka-ching" moment and a must-see for ALL theory students.

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I got confused by this as well.

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I guess the exam has been updated, but my point is exactly the same; I have enjoyed a lot the test, but when I reached question 3 about minor pentatonic scale I was puzzled: this was not part of any previous lesson as fast as I know.

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The A minor penatonic scale was included in music theory 2.1 module " UNDERSTANDING FRETBOARD DIAGRAMS FOR SCALES" (Fretboard Diagrams For Scales | JustinGuitar.com).

I remembered because I incorporated it into my practice.

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You are absolutely right!! Thank you!

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could not understand question 3 and 13.

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I’m pretty happy I got a 100% and it took me about 10 minutes. I’m not bragging, I’m just thrilled. This means I know more about music theory than I have ever known in my life thanks to this course. Awesome.

Onward!

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I did awesome in this. I do have to ask though, for a person who doesn’t plan on learning notation or tablature at all, how practical is learning just the number of flats/sharps in a specific key or how to recognize a key signature by the number of flats/sharps? Is that something I’m going to need if I plan on purely learning by ear?

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The biggest advantage it will give you is you could look at a piece of sheet music and know what key it was in so you’d know what the chords would most likely be and what key to use if you were to solo over it without knowing how to read the actual Sheet music. Just by know how many sharps or flats are in the song.
Like everything in music there are exceptions to the rule.

Even playing by ear you need to know what notes are in each scale to help you figure out the most likely chords.

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Examen passed :raised_hands:!

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Pretty sure the diagram for question 12 on the blank printed test is wrong. The root note should start on the 3rd fret. It’s the G major scale.

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As this pattern has no open strings, it’s movable. The diagram in the test is a general one.

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The pattern is an E shape major scale pattern. Jozsef is correct the pattern is movable anywhere on the neck.

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@dmccaff @Adam87 @dave.pritchard101 @QuantumHoward @isvo @Avleen

A Minor Pentatonic lessons in Grade 2: The A Minor Pentatonic | JustinGuitar.com

and in the Theory course: Fretboard Diagrams For Scales | JustinGuitar.com

@Avleen re: Q13

Check the Key Signatures On Staves and the Mr Cato’s Trick lessons.

Quest ion 16.
Write out the notes of the Major Scale in the following keys:
C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C#

I don’t understand why are do we call it a E# and B# instead of a F and C? I thought B# and E#'s do not exist…?

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Hi David,
I asked the same question on a different thread. Here is the answer I got:

There were a couple of other answers. You might want to have a look at those too.

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94% Made a silly mistake on the major scale intervals and put the T T S T T T S starting from the 1st note rather than the second. Looking forward to the next course. Really excellent and well explained. Thanks.

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Hello @seekchange and welcome to the comunity.

All seven letters must be used once and once only.
No letter can be used more than once.
To ensure this rule is adhered to names using enharmonic equivalents must be used.

I hope that helps.
Cheers :smiley:
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