Short Composition Tasks
Putting it together: writing short, complete musical answers using the theory from this grade.
Explainer
This is where all your theory becomes music. Short composition tasks ask you to write a few original bars using the ideas you've learned.
Keep it simple: a clear key, a steady time signature, mostly stepwise movement, and an ending on the tonic.
Give your melody a shape — a small rise to a high point, then a settle back down to rest.
Worked examples
Example 1
A four-bar melody in C major
Stay in the key, move mostly by step, and finish on C (the tonic).
Example 2
Using a scale degree on purpose
Try building a phrase that climbs from the tonic to the dominant (1 to 5), then returns.
Example 3
Checking your work
Play or sing it back. Does it stay in the key? Does it end feeling settled?