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Candidates should answer ALL questions. TOTAL MARKS

100
Write your answers on this paper - no others will be accepted.
Answers must be written clearly and neatly - otherwise marks may be lost.

1 Add the missing bar-lines t o these two melodies. The first bar-line is given in each.
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CJ f r er r1r r J II

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2 Add t he correct rest(s) at t he places marked * in t hese two melodies to make each bar complete. ( 10 )

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J r J I J. J~j II

* *
J J IJ
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 3 Rewrite this melody using notes of twice the value, beginning as shown.
Remember to group (beam) the notes correctly where necessary.

4 Answer both (a) and (b).

(a) Rewrite these bass-clef notes in the treble clef, keeping the pitch the same.
(10
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The first answer is given.

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II ~:
II ~:
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II
' II
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(b) In which major key are all these notes found? ........................................ ..

5 Add the correct clef and any necessary accidentals to make each of the tonic triads named below. (,-
Do not use key signatures. .
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II u II
ff
BP major C major A major

ft
II II
ff
D minor E minor

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6 Above each note write a higher note to form the named harmonic interval within the key of (10 )
A major. The first answer is given.

~: •tt# ~ II ~=-ff#
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II &ttn# II
-e-

8th/8ve 6th 3rd

&»n# II ~=•tt~ n II &•tt# n II

-e-

5th 4th 7th

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7 Write the time values J J ) ) ). 0

in the correct order, from the longest to the shortest. The first answer is given.
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8 Tick one box for each term/sign, as shown in the first answer. (io )
means: simile means: Grave means:

• gradually getting louder

gradually getting slower

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in the style of

sustained
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very slow, solemn

slower
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gradually getting quicker
□ in the same way
□ held back
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gradually getting quieter ~ without
□ expressive
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allargando means:

rather slow
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non troppo means:

very much
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~ ~ ~ means:

staccatissimo
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in time
□ not too much
□ smoothly
□
slow, stately
□ too much
□ forced, accented
□
broadening
□ not in time
□ slightly separated
□

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9 Look at this melody and then answer the questions below.

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Write your answer to question (b) on the stave below.

(a) (i) Give the numbe r of a bar that contains

all the notes of the tonic triad of A minor. (10
Bar .......... .. J
(ii) Give the time name (e.g. crotchet or
quarte r note) of the shortest rest in the melody.

(iii) Which other key has the same key signature as A minor?
.................................. ..

(iv) Answe r TRUE or FALSE to this sentence:

f means three quaver (eighth-note) beats in a bar.

(v) Give the number of the bar that contains the quietest note. Bar ........... .

(b) Copy out the music from the start of bar 5 to the end of bar
8, exactly as it is written above.
Don't forget the clef, dynamics and all other details. Write the music
on the blank stave
( 10 J
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above question (a).

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