Sample examinatlon paper

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Section 1 (10 marks) eramine

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Put a tick ( ) in the box next to the correct answer.

Example
Name this note:

A DC c
This shows that you think C is the correct answer

1.1 Name this note:

Cnatural Csharp A natural

1.2 Which is the correct time signature?

1.3 For how many crotchet beats does this note last?

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1.4 Add the total number of crotchet beats of silence in these rests.

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15 The relative major of A minor is: Cmajor Gmajor Fmajor

1.6 Which sentence is correct? D minor is the relative minor of C major

The most closely related minorkey to each major key is its relative minor
F major has one sharp in its key signature

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to
the correct answer
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D natural minor
scale going down
D natural minor scale
going up
1.8 Which chord symbol fits
A natural minor scale going up
above this tonic
triad?

Em G Am
19 Name this interval:

Major 2nd Perfect 4th Minor 3rd

1.10 The following is:

A minor tonic triad in root position

A minor tonic triad in first inversion

C major tonic triad in root position

Section 2 (20 marks)

2.1 Write a one-octave G major scale in semibreves, going down. Use a key signature.

write a broken chord using D minor tonic triad (going up).

2.2 Using quavers beamed in fours,
notes each time. Finish on the first A above the stave.
Use patterns of four

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 Section 3 (10 marks)

3.1 Circle five ditferent mistakes Cin the OOwln

following miuslc,
muslc, lhen wrilo ll ol cortrely.
then rite n

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Section 4 (10 marks)
Here is a section of a tune. Make a sequence by repealing it twice, beginning one tio

each time.

Section 5 (15 marks)

to
5. Iranspose this tune up an octave to make it suitable
for a soprano voice Siin

Section 6 (15 marks)

to the given
of the scale of E minor in any register
6.1 Write tune using the first five degrees
a
and finish on the tonic.
rhythm. Use a key signature

Please turn over for Section 7

 Boxes or
Section 7 (20 marks) examiner's
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LoOk al the tollowing piece and answer the questions below.
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Remember
You may use
American
P hgato - olto cantabile names for
note values
in your exam,
but there is
no need to
CT'LsC. mf
use themat
all if you do
not want to
7.1 In which key is this piece?
numeral below the last note of this piece to show that the tonic triad should
7.2 Write a Roman
accompany it.
7.3 What does olto cantcabile mean?
Did
7.4 At what speed should a musician play this piece? knc
f the n
ofa tu
into a
7.5 Comment on the phrase lengths in this piece.
range.
it is s
for t
Put a bracket ( ) above a sequence in bars 5 and 6. to si
7.6
7.7 How many notes higher or lower is the pattern of this sequence repeated?
7.8 Describe the shape of this tune..
7.9 What doesmean?
7.10 Put a box (O) around an example of an interval of a perfect 5th in the piece.
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 Different words same meaning
In music there are often different words to describe
Remember the same thing. You need to know the words that are n
You may use heavy type for Grade 2.
American
names for
accompaniment backing
Am (in relation to chord symbols)- Ami, Amin, A
note values
in your exam, diminuendo - decrescendo (decresc.)
but there is long/length - duration
no need to
use them at natural minor scale Aeolian mode
all if you do player musician
not want to.
semiquaver sixteenth hote
contour
shape (in relation to the shape of a tune)
-

transpose move

Did you Voice ranges

know? lelle
Soprano
f the notes
of a tune fit
into a voice
range, then
it is suitable
Alto
for that voice
to sing.

*
Tenor

Bass

* Sometimes music for tenor voice is written in treble

clef an octave higher than it sounds, as you will learn
in a later grade. Although you need to know its range
at sung pitch you don't need to write for tenor voice
at Grade 2.

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