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SECTION MUSICAL PERCEPTION (40 minutes) Answer ALL questions in this section. Listen to the selected excerpts, then shade the correct response on the answer sheet provided; _ Items 1-5 refer to the following excerpt. _ EXCERPT A l " Excerpt A will be played TWO times. ‘The rhythmic chord strumming style played 1. Which of the following Caribbean genres. 4. . BEST describes this excerpt? by the guitar is (A) Rhumba (A) syncopated (B) Calypso down-beat (©) Spouge v sustained (@ Reggae (D) off-beat 2. The family of instruments heard playing 5. The melodic passage sung by the vocalist the melody in the introduction is BEST in this excerpt described as * uses repetitive phrases (A) brass }) has a wide vocal range (B) strings (©) hasa simple triple meter @) dance band (D) _ hasa steeply rising melodie contour (D) woodwinds = ti 3 The tonality of this excerpt is (@) major ; minor modal chromatic Lgomts 6-10 refer to the following excerpt. Excerpt B Excerpt B will be played TWO times, 6 The genre of this excerpt is 9. (A RP (B) folk @) jaz (D) country and western 7. Whichof the following chord progressions is heard at the end of the excerpt? eo wi @) IVT IVA (D) VV & ‘The cadence heard at the end of the excerpt 10. (A) plagal (B) perfect @ imperfect (D) interrupted Which of the following time signatures: BEST identifies the meter of the excerpt? » , 3 Oe 4 © 4 ©) The feature which BEST describes the rhythm of the melody played by the saxophone is @® rubato (B) staccato (©) _ syncopation (D) augmentation we the Htems 11-5 ‘ems 11-15 refer to the following excerpt Excerpt C Excerpt C will be played THREE ti oo ing is true. of the ® ara duple meter Uses & ‘compound lup! © En - ‘Uses a crescendo inthe eee 4 ilo i cs shrases in the verse (C ‘Has inte ular pt ‘aerophone: 12. The structure of the piece may be BEST described as 14, Which of the following is NOT 8 musical ‘eature characteristic of the genre in the (A) strophie excerpt? (@ verse and chorus os (©) calland response (D) through composed (A) Narrow vocal range (@) Wide range of expression (C) Repetitive metodie phrases (D) Uses mainly acoustic instruments 15, Which of the following patterns BEST represents the rhythmic pattem of the idiophone heard in the excerpt? —— | ot we eH —= =" @B) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE s 16-20 refer to the following excerpt. erpt D -erpt D will be played THREE times. ‘The orchestral family that is heard in the opening of the excerpt is (A) _ brass (8) __ strings (Cc) percussion oo woodwinds: 17. section of the excerpt is created by (A) atonality (B)__pedal point (©) __ seventh chords @) chord inversions 48. Which of the following harmonic textures does the composer introduce towards the end of the excerpt? Contrapuntal Monophonic Homophonic Melody and accompaniment the special harmonic effect in the FIRST 20. Which of the following rhythmic devices are heard in this excerpt? (A) Rubato and syneopation (B) Irregular rhythm and rubato (C) Syneopation and diminution (jg) Off-beat ostinato and augmentation There was key change during the excerpt. Which of the following BEST describes how the key modulated? (A) Tothe dominant key (B) To the subdominant key (@ _ Upahalf step or semitone (D) Down a half step or semitone lowing excerpt» refer to the fol Items = EXCERPT E excerpt E will be played THREE times: 31, Which ofthe following BEST deseribes the 24. musical style of the excerpt? (A) __ Big band jazz (B) Rhythm and blues (C) Traditional gospel (@) Contemporary gospel 25. The cadence heard at the end of the phrase sung by the soloist, “Thank you Lord, for all you’ve done for me” can be described ze as (A) plagal @ perfect (C) _ imperfect (D) _ interrupted 3. Which of the following structural devices is MOST evident in the performance of this excerpt? (A) Loop (B) Drone (©) Cadenza (@ — Calland response ‘The tonality of this excerpt is (A) major (@) minor (©) atonal (D) _ chromatic One characteristic feature of the singing style heard in this excerpt is (A) scat (B) duet @ adlib (D) Acappella Brandenburg Concerto 2 26. 21. 28. 29. 30. The meter of this piece may be described 31. (A) compound duple (B) compound triple (©) irregular meter @ simple tripte "isatempo 32. @) walking pace (B) moderate pace (©) __ very slow pace (D) moderately fast pace ‘The opening key of this piece is 33. (A) B flat major (B) _B flat minor @ —Dminor (D) major ‘The ornament that features prominently throughout the score is the 34. ill (B) turn (©) acciaceatura (D) —_appoggiatura The ornament found in Measure 15 in the violin part is a (A) will 35. (B) tum @ — acciaccatura (D) —_appoggiatura Which of the following is the highest note played by the flute in Measure 20? (a) “A (B) © eo Which of the following is the lowest note played by the violincello in Measure 16? (A) (D) o- © The broken chord created by the notes in. Bar | of the violincello is (4) F minor D minor (©) Dmajor (D) Bb major Consider the notes in Bar 6. Which of the following scales can all these pitches form when arranged in an ascending scale pattern? (A) D major scale (®) D natural minor scale (C) melodie minor scale (D) _ D harmonic minor seale The melodie interval identified by the box in Measure 9 in the cello part is (A) Minor 3rd (B) Major 3rd (C) Diminished 3rd (D) Diminished 4th ae 36. 37. 38. i 9. ‘The musical device used in Bars 1~7 is 3 (A) ostinato (B) sequence (C) imitation @ repetition The texture of this extract is BEST described = 40. (A) polyphonic (B) monophonic (©) homophonic @ melody and accompaniment To which of the following keys does this extract modulate at the end at Bars 22-239 (A) F major (& = C major (©) Dminor () — Aminor The technical name for the Frstnoy flute in Bar S is the Of the (A) tonic (B) _ mediant dominant (D) _ leading tone The cadence which appears at the eng gp the extract at Bars 22-23 is (A) _ plagal (B) perfect (C) imperfect (@ interrupted items 41-45 vingmuss’ iy ee Ha Hems 41—45 refer to the following 4 ing, fo Sandré. “Listen Gey carefully to the audio recording: times, ! You Can’t Catch Me! ‘Trés vivement { J = 120) -13- ‘The chord labelled (a) in Bar 18 is the 41. The term that BEST describes the musical 44. symbol used in Bar 19 is (A) root position of F major (A) accent 9 first position of F major @) off-beat (©) first inversion of D minor © fermata (D) second inversion of D minor @) —anacrusis 45. ‘The Italian term that BEST describes 42. The Barat which the piece is at its loudest the articulation of the piece played at the beginning of the score is (A) Bar 3 legato (B) Bar 8 (B) _tenuto et ees © marcato (D) Bar 17 ©) Bolents 43. The Italian term which BEST represents the tempo of this piece, as indicated by the metronome mark at the beginning of the piece is (A) largo , vivace (C) _ allegretto (D) accelerando 46. — Muscians who travelled to make a living 47. What are the distinctive characteristics of mainly during the Pre-Baroque period were called (A) buskers @ _nrinstrels (©) composers (D) conductors the Modem period? @ — Atonality and aleatoric devices (B) Simplified tonality and textures (©) Use of sonata and symphonic form (D) Use of structures based on the fugue ea 49% 50. Si. -14- With which of the following musical eras was Johann Sebastian Bach associated? @ = Baroque (B) Romantic (C) Renaissance (D) Avant Garde In which of the following style periods did the string orchestra develop into a large ensemble of over 75 players? (A) Baroque @) Classical (C) Romantic (D) Renaissance ‘The style period in which keyboard music was frequently written in polyphonic texture is the (A) Baroque @® (C) (D) Which of the following wind instruments became increasingly popular in the late Romantic and early Modern periods? (A) Tuba @) Clarinet (©) Recorder (D) Saxophone 52. 54. 55. Ludwig Van Beethoven Was BEST know Fanwhich of the following musical forms, Madrigals, Motets, String quartets, ‘Symphonies (B) Concertos, Madrigals, String quar. tets, Symphonies (C) Concertos, Piano sonatas, Madri- gals, Motets (we Concertos, Piano sonatas, String quartets, Symphonies (A) Which of the following styles are precursors associated with the evolution Of the popular Reggae style in the 1960's? (A) Duband Blues (B) Soca and Dance Hall (@ —_ Skaand Rock Steady (PD) Rhythm’n’ Blues and Deejay Which of the following artistes is associated with a traditional gospel style? (A) Mary Mary (B) Kirk Franklin (C) Carlene Davis @® Mahalia Jackson Reggae is a form of music which is native to the country of (A) Belize @® Jamaica (C) Turks and Caicos (D) Trinidad and Tobago 56. 57. 58. Which of the following composers wrote oratorios? (A) Andrae Crouch (B) Claude Debussy @ George F. Handel (D) Leonard Bernstein The early roots of Jazz music evolved 2 we the following cultural 60. Which of the following composers was a MOST likely to compose a musical theatre (A) North American and Asian Picco, Fes 1 a (B) West African and European @) John Lennon (C) South American and Caribbean (B) Hector Berlioz (@ West African and South American (C) Claude Debussy (D) Leonard Bernstein With whieh of the following cultural musie festivals is parang folk associated? (A) Camival (B) Jonkunnu (C) Flower festival @) Christmas Caroling END OF SECTIONS I and It RECHECK THIS PAPER. .wED EIGHT MINUTES TO YOU ARE ALLOWED FUT pcr THE PAPER WHEN THE TIME IS UP. THE INVIGILATOR WILL CO) 59. Which ofthe following instruments is NOT a typical instrument found in the ‘parang. band’? (A) G (B) Cuatro Drum kit (D) Tock tock

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