ANSWERS: CXC Music Paper 01: June 2009

SECTION I MUSICAL PERCEPTION

1. EXCERPT A
1st sketch Jazz
2nd sketch Folk
3rd sketch Gospel
4th sketch Classical guitar
5th sketch Blues

2. EXCERPT B
a) Hi-hat / steelpan any one
b) Electric guitar
c) Rhythmic feature -syncopation (ii) Melodic feature - sequence

3. EXCERPT C
a) compound duple (6/8 meter)
b) Two features NOT in the excerpt are (i) Use of idiophone and (v) pentatonic melody

4. EXCERPT D
a) A1 A2 A1 B
b) (i) minor (ii) the articulation is legato
c) (i) B below the first leger line below staff (ii) middle C#

5. EXCERPT E
a) Negro spiritual
b) (i) Homophonic texture (ii) Tenor
c) Strophic form (same melody for all verses)
d) Pentatonic scale (common scale used in negro spirituals)

6. EXCERPT F
a) Ad lib., increase in tempo
b) Electric Guitar
c) Rhythm (ii)

SECTION II MUSICAL LITERACY

Audio Recording: Rosamunde

7. (a) Describe the metre of Rosamunde for example, compound quadruple.

Answer: Simple Duple
(b) Identify the term that BEST represents the TEMPO of the piece. Place a tick () in the box with the
correct answer.
Answer: Andantino
(c ) Specify the overall form of the piece.
Answer: AABA /Ternary
(d) State the relationship between the opening key and the key at bar 19.
 Answer: The opening key is in G major and the key at bar 19 is G minor its parallel minor. (N.B.
parallel keys are the major and minor scales that have the same tonic. A major and minor scale sharing
the same tonic are said to be in a parallel relationship.)
(e) Give the technical name of the key to which the piece modulates at measure 44.
Answer: Dominant
(f) Give the English meaning of EACH of the following:
(i) poco rit (bar 53): Answer: A little held back
(ii) (bar 3): Answer : segno - the sign
(g) Rewrite bars 51 and 52 (TREBLE STAVE ONLY) in note values twice the original.
Answer:
(h) Transpose bars 39 and 40 (BASS stave only) UP a PERFECT 4th. Prefix the new key signature.

(i) Complete the description of the intervals numbered and bracketed in the score, giving the quality (for
example, MAJOR)
Answer: minor 6th. (bar 4) (Count from F# to D to get the amount of steps between the notes which equals 8)
Answer: Major 2nd (bar 45). (Count the number of semitones starting from C to D which equals 2 semitones)
(j) State the difference in dynamics between measures 30 and 32.
Answer: Measure 30 should be played loudly ( ) whereas bars 32 should be played very softly ( ).
SECTION III - SET WORKS

SET WORK: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION ( Mussorgsky-Ravel)

8 a) Name the genre of the work.

Answer: Western art or Romantic music / suite / program music (any one of these answers)

(ii) What other art form is associated with this work?

Answer: Program music

b) Place the movements in the order in which they are heard. DO NOT include the recurrent theme. The
FIRST movement has been inserted for you.
(i) The Gnome
(ii) Il Vecchio Castello The Old Castle
(iii) Tuileries
(iv) Bydlo
(v) Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques - The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

c) i) What is the MOST predominant theme of this set work?

Answer: The promenade
ii) State TWO ways in which the composer varies this theme.
Answer: by changing the timbre / texture / key / length of the theme (any 2 of these answers)

d) Identify ONE instrument under EACH of the following categories, as scored by the composer in this
set work.

Answer: Any one from the list given

Aerophone Cordophone Idiophone Membranophone

Flute, oboe, clarinet, Violin, harp, Triangle, cymbal, whip, side drum, bass
saxophone, bassoon, cello, contrebass tam-tam, gong, rattle, drum, timpani
trumpet, trombone, tuba, glockenspiel, xylophone,
Horns bell,

e) i) Name the movement from which the following theme is taken.

Movement : Bydlo

ii) What is the TONALITY of the given theme?

Answer: G# minor

f) The features outlined below are related to THREE movements from this work.

Features:
Simple triple metre
Quintuple metre
Frequent tempo changes
Descending arpeggios in woodwind and strings
Predominant use of chromatic scale passages.

Select, from the list above, the feature(s) that correspond(s) to EACH of the following
movements, and write your5 answers in the appropriate spaces.

Movements Features

(i) Gnome Simple triple metre

Frequent tempo changes

ii) Promenade Quintuple metre

iii) The old Castle Predominant use of chromatic scale passages

Descending arpeggios in woodwind and strings