— Theory Paper Grade 8 2009 A = Duration 3 hours ‘oN pworacory enti Candidates should answer all FIVE questions. Write your answers on this paper ~ no others will be accepted. ‘Answers must be written clearly and neatly ~ otherwise marks may be lost. 1 Complete the violin parts in the following extract adapted from a trio sonata by Corelli, (15 } following the figuring shown under the basso continuo, | Largo Violin 1 Violin 2 Basso continuo saaneaae ener 6 a 8 (© 2009 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 3 Scanned with CamScanneri by re 2 Complete the given outline of the following passage, adapted from a Piano less OY Costes : Guilmant (1837-1911). si oe s Andante —— Scanned with CamScanner‘ompose a complete melody of not less than 12 bars using ONE ofthe following openin and forthe given unacompaniedinstrment. Continue me he eae noe earencas (+? appropriate performance directions. Write the complete melody on the staves below VIOLIN, Largo, mesto e patetico Clementi (adapted) < Ta SS BASSOON Allegretto scherzando —< nf Scanned witfi CamScannerAndantino Violin 1 Violin 2 Scanned with CamScannerHn, ok at the extract printed opposite, which is from the second movement of Grieg's &_) String Quartet Op. 27, and then answer the questions below. (a) Give the meaning of sul A (first violin, bar 13) (b) Identify the chords marked # in bars 8 and 14 by writing on the dotted lines below. Use either words or symbols. Indicate the position of each chord, show whether it is major, minor, augmented or diminished, and name the prevailing key in bar 8 Bar 8 Bar 14 (©) Mark clearly on the score, using the appropriate capital letter for identification, one example of each of the following. Also give the bar number(s) of each of your answers. The first answer is given. In bars 1-9 A. a place where the viola must play an open string (circle the note concerned). Bar B_ an upper auxiliary note in the cello part (circle the note concerned). Bar From bar 10 onwards Ca double-stop that forms the harmonic interval of a perfect 5th in the second violin part (circle the notes concerned). Bar D_ a false (cross) relation between the first violin and the cello parts (circle each of the notes concerned). Bar E__ two consecutive notes showing enharmonic change in a violin part (circle the notes concerned). Bars ... F the repetition of a one-bar melodic phrase starting a perfect 4th higher than the original phrase in the same instrument. Bar(s) ic intervals sounding between: fth quaver . Gi) first violin and upper note of the second violin, bar 13, fifth quaver (©) Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following statement: In the last four bars of the extract, the first violin and viola play the same notes an octave apart. ® ” ° @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scanned with CamScannerand then an & 5. Look at the extract printed on pages 9-10, which is from Ravel's La valse, anc ce eS ro the questions below. (a) Give the meaning of: div. en 3 (eg. bar 1, second Violins) .snssnennn ins). sur la touche (the same as sul tasto) (e.g. bar 2, second violi tr (bar 2, timpani) Sourd. (bar 2, trumpet) + (eg, bar 6, horns) () (i) Write out the parts for third and fourth horns in bars 2-3 as they would sound at concert pitch. Using the blank staves at the foot of page 10, write out the parts for second clarinet and bass clarinet in bars 5-6 as they would sound at concert pitch and using the given clefs. (©) Mark clearly on the score, using the appropriate capital letter for identification, one example of each of the following. Also give the bar number(s) of each of your answers. The first answer is given. In bars 1-4 A. an instruction in a string section to play a note using a harmonic. Bar ....2. B an instruction in a string section to play a glissando, Bar(s) C aharmonic interval of a compound major 3rd (major 10th) sounding between two different brass instruments (circle the notes concerned). Bar .. () Complete this statement: At the start of bar 1, the instruments sounding at the same pitch as the top line of the double basses are the . , the .. . and the . % ® ® @ @ © @ @ @ Scanned with CamScanneron ante Bane Conan, 2 rope 1 Von 2 len Vetnaie Mouvement de Valee viennoise i. Scanned with CamScanner(b) Gi) Clarinet 2 bars 5-6 Bass clarinet Scanned with CamScannereory Paper Grade 8 2009 B & Duration 3 hours =F nar FvoTecopy ‘emus Candidates should answer all FIVE questions. Write your answers on this paper ~ no others will be accepted. Answers must be written clearly and neatly ~ otherwise marks may be lost. 1 Complete the violin parts in the following extract adapted from a trio sonata by Corelli, following the figuring shown under the basso continuo. Violin 1 Violin 2 Basso continuo n Scanned with CamScanner2. Complete the given outline of the following passage, adapted from a sonatina for piano (ip by Kirchner (1823-1903). Andante Scanned with CamScanner‘ompose a complete melody of not less than 12 bars using ONE of the following openings e_) and for the given unaccompanied instrument. Continue in the same style and include appropriate performance directions. Write the complete melody on the staves below. > CELLO Poco adagio Dvotik (adapted) FLUTE Andantino 3 Scanned with CamScannerke hy elo, é Aotce 4 | Scanned with CamScannerKe at thi ook 3 © extract from a piano piece, printed opposite, and then answer the questions e&__) (@) ently the chords marked + in bars 4 and 12 by writing on the dotted lines below. Use either ee en els. Indicate the position of each chord, show whether it is major, minor, augmented or diminished, and name the prevailing, key in bar 4 Bar 4 “ cor . Key Bar 12 Key: Ab major % (b) Mark Clearly on the score, using the appropriate capital letter for identification, one example of each of the following. Also give the bar number(s) of each of your answers. The first answer is given. In bars 1-8 A a harmonic interval of an augmented 2nd in the right-hand part (circle the notes concerned). Bar .. B an upper auxiliary note in the right-hand part (circle the note concerned). Bar .. 2 C a dominant middle (inner) pedal note (not sustained) Jasting one and a half bars, in the relative major key. Bars ..... 2 In bars 9-14 D a false (cross) relation sounding at the same time between the right-hand and left-hand parts (circle the notes concerned), Bar @ E a rising chromatic semitone (augmented unison) in the right-hand part (circle the notes concerned). Bar @ F a melodic interval of a diminished 3rd in the right-hand part (circle the notes concerned). Bar @ (©) Write out in full the last t1v0 beats of the right-hand part of bar 6 as you think it should be played. 8 (a) Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following statement: ; There is no perfect cadence in the tonic key in this piece. @ (©) Give the meaning of Sees” (bar 10). Q (9 From the list below, underline the most likely composer of this piece. " Handel Brahms Mozart J. 8. Bach a 15 Scanned with CamScanneres 17-18, which is from the second movement of Elgar's ee a. 5 Look at the extract printed on pag on alow. Symphony No, 1, and then answer the ques (a) Give the meaning of: % Piatti @ Tamburo piccolo © div. (violas, bar 4) (b) (i) Write out the parts for hors in bars 1=4 as they would sound at concert pitch and using the given clefs. 1 Horns 3 4 © (i) Using the blank staves at the foot of page 18, write out the parts for first and second clarinets and bass clarinet in bars 11-12 as they would sound at concert pitch. Use the given clefs. ® (©) Complete the following statements: (i) The violas have to play an open string in bar ..... ® (ii) The harmonic interval sounding between the first and second clarinets on the first beat pf bar 2 is a(n) .. @ (iii) Syncopation is played by double-reed instruments in bar @ (iv) On the first beat of bar 3, the instruments that play the lowest sounding note are the the the . and the . @ 16 Scanned with CamScanner=| ’ enigma conn nt Scanned with CamScanner(b) Gi) Clarinets bars 11-12 Bass Clarinet & Scanned with CamScannereory Paper Grade 8 2009 C ‘Duration 3 hours ‘oonor puotocoPY Bhusie Candidates should answer all FIV] Write your answers on this pap. Answers must be written clearh E questions. er ~ no others will be accepted. ly and neatly ~ otherwise marks may be lost. 1 Complete the flute and violin parts in the followi ig extract adapted from a trio sonata FJ by Telemann, following the figuring shown under the basso continuo. Soave Flute Violin Basso continuo ete. 9 Scanned with CamScanner‘omplete the given outline of th g, passa; pied from a piano piece by &ss Zhe ro. iano s ne of the following passage, adapt Czerny (1791-' Anda Scanned with CamScannerlompose a complete melody of not less than 12 bai 20 i 1an 12 bars using ONE of the following openings ind for the given unaccompanied instrument. Continue in the same style and include appropriate performance directions. Write the complete melody on the staves below. FLUTE Allegro ——~ Haydn (adapted) nf fe CELLO Andante con moto a Scanned with CamScannerNicht schleppend Piano 8 Soprano (Gesprochen) Teh weiss nicht, dass ich 50 tau = 0 trau Allegretto e Ein Mar-chen aus das kommt mie nicht aus dem Sinn, das a ‘una conde y Scanned with CamScannerHook at the extract printed! opposite, which is from Lisia’s song Die Loreley, and then (3 answer the questions below. a) (a) Give the meaning of: | Gesprochen (the same as parlando) (bar 9) smorz, (smorzando) (bar 22) una conda (bar 23) (b) Identify the chords marked * in bars 13 and 22 by writing on the dotted lines below. Use either words or symbols. Indicate the position of each chord, show whether it is major, minor, augmented or diminished, and name the prevailing key in bar 13. sue Key Bar 13 Key: D minor Bar 22 | (©) Mark clearly on the score, using the appropriate capital letter for identification, one example of each of the following, Also give the bar number(s) of each of your answers. The first answer is given. In bars 1-14 A a chromatic semitone (augmented unison) in the right-hand piano part (circle the notes concerned). Bar B four consecutive melodic notes in the piano part that form a diminished 7th chord (circle the notes concerned). Bar(s) ... ® © a harmonic interval of an augmented 3rd in the right-hand piano part (circle the notes concerned). Bar .. @ From bar 15 onwards D a Ib-V7c-I progression in the key of D minor. Bar E a harmonic interval of a compound major 3rd (major 10th) between the voice and the left-hand piano part (circle the notes concerned). Bar ... @ (@) Answer raur or Fase to the following statements: Q) (i) The largest melodic interval in the vocal part is a major 7th. @ (ii) The Dis in bar 7 of the right-hand piano part are appoggiaturas. Scanned with CamScannerVv i Schoenberg's 5 Look at the extract printed on pages 25-26, which is from & a7 eee ., and then answer Kanmersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9, for 15 solo instruments, the questions below. « of (@) Give the meaning of: schneller col legno (eg. viola, bar 1) Best. (gestopft) (hors, bar 2) a Pesante (bar 9) i zu 2 (horns, bar 10) ; (©) (Write out the parts for homs in bars 2-3 as they would sound at concert pitch and using the given clef. c Gi) Using the blank stave at the foot of page 26, write out the part for Bb clarinet in bars 6-8 as it would sound at concert pitch, f (©) Pescribe four ways in which the composer builds the tension and excitement in bars 8-10, ‘ @ ; w ? @ ‘ a (a) Describe fully the harmonic intervals sounding between: (cor anglais and top note of the viola, bar 2, first beat. 7 (ii) oboe and double bass, bar 9, first beat o Scanned with CamScanner(Sehr rasch, nach und nach wieder schneller) ? Englschhorn taint ins rinte in Basshasnete ine Fagot 1 HimerinF elel oF (Sehr rasch, nach und nach wieder schneller) ize. Bogen 1. Vieline pe 7 2.Vioine v Bratsche Violoncello Kontrabass Copyright 1922 by Universal Edition Copyright renewed 1950, Reproduce by permission, All sights reserved Scanned with CamScannerPesante af A. a Engl tn cy x o bx. cy Hat Pesante 33 ae Sa @ on 1.Min — f Bog 3 2—— Boge 2 Br f (b) i) Bb Clarinet, bars 6-8 fen Dang, af Scanned with CamScannerDuration 3 hours si Candidates should answer all FIVE questions. Write your answers on this paper ~ no others will be accepted. Answers must be written clearly and neatly ~ otherwise marks may be lost. 1 Complete the violin parts in the following extract adapted from a trio sonata by Corelli, (Ca) following the figuring shown under the basso continuo. Allegro Violin 1 = Violin 2 Basso continuo 2 Scanned with CamScanneri 7 from a piano piece by (i 2 Complete the given outline of the following passage, adapted fr Pi Bertini (1798-1876). Allegretto Scanned with CamScannerCompose a complete melody of not less than 12 bars Using ONE of the following openings and for the given unaccompanied instrument. Continue in the ene style and indie, Cd) pPropriate performance directions. Write the complete melody on the saves nan VIOLIN Andantino —— TROMBONE Maestoso Scanned with CamScannerMolto vivace pp semplice aa gt t 13 — tard. [a tempol — po] Scanned with CamScannerVr ~* PING piece. \ eS y words or horas Marked « in ba, ; 7 augmented or dim Indicate ge tS 7 and 22 ‘inished, ang Position of by writin, and Bar7 na each chee nthe dotted lines below. Use either ime the prevailing key. show whether it is major, minor, Bar 22 ® ® incre: using the appropriate capital I i of ea ing. k pital letter for identification, one example is given, '& Also give the bar number(s) of each of your answers. The list snotree A a place wi highes a pees top note of the left-hand part is an the lowest note of the right-hand part. Bar B in bars 1-8, a false (cross) relation (circle the notes concerned), Bar @ a two-bar melodic sequence a 6th lower than the original, Bars . ® D_ in bars 1-8, a harmonic interval of a compound major 7th (major 14th) sounding between the outside parts (circle the notes concemed). Bar @ Ea diminished 7th chord in the key of By minor. Bar ® F a falling melodic interval of a chromatic semitone (augmented unison) in an inner part (circle the notes concerned). Bar .. @ (©) Complete the following statements: (In bar 1 semplice means ® (Gi) The reprise of the opening four bars begins in bar wu. but there is a difference in the melody in bar ® (2) From the lst below, underline the name of the most likely composer ofthis extract, and give two reasons for your choice. Schumann Mozart J.$. Bach, © Reasons: a a 3 Scanned with CamScanner's Satyricon 5 Look at the extract printed on pages 33-34, which is from John Ireland's Saty overture, and then answer the questions below. letter for identification, one example (a) Mark clearly on the score, using the appropriate capital | papers rs. of each of the following, Also give the bar number of each of your answer is given, In bars 1-6 A’ syncopation played by a brass instrument. Bar . B a note and its enharmonic equivalent sounding at the same pitch at the same time in the harp and second trombone parts (circle the notes concerned). Bar .. C plucked triple stop in which the outer notes form the interval of a minor 6th. Bar . @ @ D a harmonic interval of a diminished 5th sounding between two of the same double-reed instruments (circle the notes concerned). Bar . 2 (b) @_ Write out the parts for homs in bar 4 as they would sound at concert pitch. 1 2 Hors @ ii) In this piece, the parts for trumpets are in C. Write out the parts for trumpets in bars 2~4 as they would appear for trumpets in Bb, using the appropriate key signature @ (©) Give the meaning of: sostenuto .. @ con moto sempre ® (d) Complete the following statements: (i) The instruments playing at the same pitch as the violas for the last three quavers of bar 4 are the and the ... ® (ii) The lowest notes in the extract are played by the ® () Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following statement: In bar 7, the three notes of the harpist’s left-hand part are all doubled at the same pitch by brass instruments. ... ® Scanned with CamScannerNw (Andante sostenuto) \ Poco meno, ma con moto sempre Fautol Flauto tt Piccolo Fagot Comi nF m w Trombe 1 inc 1 Trombont 1 | “Trombone I ‘eTuba Campana eps Oa ) | (Andante sostenuto) ‘Poco meno, ma con moto sempre a Violino Violino Viola Violette —_——S + {©1949 Sane Bel Ld, London England Scanned with CamScannerAL A ice od at wt camp vin va va. Scanned with CamScanner