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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
chromaticLgomts 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 theHtems 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 PAGEs 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 semitonelowing 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) AcappellaBrandenburg Concerto 226.
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
ae36.
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
(@ interrupteditems 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,
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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
ea49%
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 Tobago56.
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
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a typical instrument found in the ‘parang.
band’?
(A) G
(B) Cuatro
Drum kit
(D) Tock tock