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Borabu Masaba District Mock-Music Paper3 Question Paper

Borabu Masaba District Mock-Music Paper3

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

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511/3
MUSIC
PAPER 3
(THEORY)
JULY/AUGUST - 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS

BORABU-MASABA DISTRICTS JOINT EVALUATION TEST– 2012
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

511/3
MUSIC
PAPER 3
(THEORY)
JULY/AUGUST - 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Answer all questions in this paper
2. In question one, choose either (a) or (b)
3. In question four choose any two of the questions number a, b, c and d

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS (32 MARKS)

1. Either
a) Continue the following opening to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice, introduce a
sequence. Modulate to the dominant and then back to the tonic

Or
b) Using staff notation, write a melody and fit it in the following words. (12 marks)
Nakupenda mwana wangu
Siku kadha ‘mekukosa
Karibuni barikiwa
Sisi sote twakupenda

2. Harmonize the following melody for soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass(SATB) choose suitable chords from the following I, II, IV, and VI. (20 marks)

SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANLYSIS: AFRICAN MUSIC
3. a) Identify and classify the following instruments. (4 marks)
i) Emouo
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ii) Obokano
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iii) Kayamba
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iv) Isukuti
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b) List four roles of costumes in the performance of a cultural dance. (4 marks)
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c) State four reasons tha have led to the change in performance of African folk songs.
(4 marks)
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d) Name the communities that perform the following dances. (2 marks)
i) Ramogi
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ii) Kilumi
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4. WESTERN MUSIC.
Answer any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d)
a) DOMENICO SCARLATTI
i) Name the Nationality of Scarlatti. (1 mark)
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ii) For what media were Scarlatti’s 555? (1 mark)
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iii) Name any 2 of Scarlatti’s notable admirers of his works. (2 marks)
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iv) Name at least three compositional styles that Scarlatti used. (3 marks)
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b) C.P.E
i) IN which music period did Bach live? (1 mark)
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ii) Outline 3 church works by C.P.E Bach. (3 marks)
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iii) What is the meaning of the following. (3 marks)
- Passion
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- Motet
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- Litany
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c) RICHARD STRAUSS
i) List any three characteristics of Romantic Period. (3 marks)
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ii) State two factors that influenced Strauss into music. (2 marks)
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iii) How did Strauss’ marriage to Pauline Ahna affect his compositions?(2 marks)
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d) CLAUDE DEBUSSY
i) In which period of music did Claude Debussy live? (1 mark)
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ii) Name any one opera by Claude Debussy. (1 mark)
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iii) What kind of works are the following?
- The sea
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- Garden in the rain
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- String Quartet in G major
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- Afternoon of Faure
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… iv) Name any one contribution of Claude Debussy to the music of his period.(1 mark)
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5. PRESCRIBED TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC SET WORK
NYATITI BY OGWANG’ LELO
a) What kind of performance is this recording? (2 marks)
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b) Which community is associated with Nyatiti? Give reason for your answer/(3 marks)
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c) What is the relationship between the voice and Nyatiti? (3 marks)
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d) Name the instruments used in the recording. (2 marks)
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6. PRESCRIBED WESTERN MUSIC SET WORK
GLORIA BY ANTONIO VIVALDI
i) Identify the tonic key of this piece of music. (1 mark)
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ii) State any four characteristics of Baroque period as witnessed in this music.(4 marks)
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iii) Identify the following instruments according to the family they belong. (5 marks)
- Oboe
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- Double Bass
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- Trumpet
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- Cello
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- Organ
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SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE. (20 MARKS)
7. a) State the function of the following in musical performance. (4 marks)
i) Tuning fork
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ii) Metronome
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b) Name any three ornaments used in the performance of African folk songs. (3 marks)
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c) Name the four categories of chordophones. (4 marks)
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d) Transpose the following melody a minor third up. (5 marks)

e) State the meaning of any four of the following:
i) Modulation
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ii) Triad
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iii) Timbre
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iv) Accidental
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v) Quartet
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vi) Parlando
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