Name. School Candidate s Signature... Index No /. Date. 511/2 MUSIC PAPER 2 JUNE / JULY, 2012 TIME 2 ½ Hours TESO SOUTH DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) 511/2 PAPER 2 (THEORY) JUNE / JULY, 2012 TIME 15 Minutes INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES Answer questions in all sections In questions1, choose either (a) or (b) In question 4, Choose either any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and d 1
1. a) EITHER Answer all the questions in the paper as directed. SECTION A: Basic skills ( 32 marks) Continue the following opening to make 16 bar melody for voice, introducing a sequence and a duplet- Modulate to the relative minor before returning to the tonic. Phrase your work. (12marks) OR b) Using staff notation, write a melody and fit in the following words. NO STIR IN THE AIR O STIR IN THE SEA, THE SHIP WAS STLL AS SHE COULD BE HER SAILS FROM HEAVEN RECEIVED NO MOTION HER KEEL STEADY IN THE OCEAN 2. Harmonize the given melody for soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass ( SATB) Choose appropriate chords from i,ii,iv,v, and vi. (20marks) SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (48 marks) 3. AFRICAN MUSIC (14 MARKS) 2
a) Identify any four side effects of playing very loud music in a public service vehicle. (14mks) i) It may interfere with driver s concentration. ii) Passengers can easily be carried away by the music hence go past the place they supposed to alight. iii) Some of the songs / music may not be appropriate to the kind, of mixed group of passengers. iv) Too loud music may not allow two people to have a conversation as they travel. v) The conductor may not hear when a passenger asks to a light. vi) The loud music may affect listening habits as it may harm the ear drum. b) Name four roles of a soloist in a group performance of an African traditional folk song ( 4mks) i) Start the performance by appropriately pitching the song. ii) Sets the pace or correct mood for the performance. iii) Be able to sing wider range of pitch. iv) To be Audible while singing. v) Be able to improvise text to suit occassion. vi) Have good memory for the song. vii) Be courageous to perform before any size of Audience. viii) Be dynamic and able to lead the group correctly in relation to ornamentation and dynamics. c) Identify any two vocal solo ornaments used in African folk songs. (2mks) i) Ullulation ii) Dirge d) Identify the following dances i) KIGARU Meru dance for mothers ii) OTENGA Luo Nyatiti dance for men and women iii) HELLA- Somali dance for boys and girls iv) ISUKUTI Luhya dance for men and women WESTERN MUSIC a) D. SCARLLATTI i) Name four contemporary composers of D. Scarlatti. (2mks) J.S. Bach 3
Rameau George Fredrick Hander Gluck ii) Name any three keyboard instruments that were extensively used at the time of D. Scarlatti. ( 1 ½ mks) Clavichord Harpsichord Organ iii) Identify any three vocal works by D. Scarllatti other than Opera. (1½ mks) Oratonios Mass movement Cantatas Stabat mater iv) State four factors that influenced D. Scartlatti as a composer. (2mks) His father was a musician that taught him music. Had an appointment as maestro dicapella in Rome that gave him experience Worked in Royal chapel in Portugal ( Lisbon) Was exposed to Spanish music in spain b) C.P.E BACH i) Name the Nationality of C.P.E Bach. (1mk) German ii) Identify two musical appointments C.P.E Bach had. (2mks) Director of music of five churches at Hamburg Employed by Fredrick the great as a domestic musician that played harpschord. iii) With example, identify four main contributions of C.P.E Bach to the music of his period. (4mks) a) Keyboard music e.g fugees, Rondos, Keyboard concerts. b) Orchestral music e.g Symphonies, concerts. c) Chamber music Trio Sonatas, violin sonatas d) Choral music - Oratories, 22 passion e) He wrote an essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments f) He developed and pioneered use of Sonata form and made it of higher/ imaginative quality. 4
g) His clavier keyboard sonata in quick slow quick movements did influence haydn c) RICHARD STRAUSS i) To which musical period did strauss belong? (1mk) - Romantic ii) What type of work is Macbeth? (1mk) - a symphonic poem. iii) Name any three characteristics of the music of Strauss. (3mks) His music has a tonal idiom Instrumental solos are prominent in many of his works. Used extended harmony, modulation and chromatic. The music is discordant. iv) For what medium did Strauss compose/ Write ALPINE? (1mk) - Orchestra v) Name any two controversial operas of Strauss. ( 1mk) - Salome - Elektra Both are full of passionate existence d) CLAUDE DEBUSSY i) Where did Debussy first study music? - Paris conservatoire ii) Name four characteristics of the music of Debussy. (4mks) - His music had whole tone scale - Used unresolved harmony and sonority - Used old modes in some of his work - His piano music used much pedal - Used overtones as parallel discords. iii) What kind of works are. a) Chansons de Bilitis - Choral music b) The martyrdom of St. Sebastian Incidental music (1mk) 5
5. PRESCRIBED TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC (10 mks) a) Identify any two comparisons between the introductory and final sections of performance. (2 mks) i) In both sections the Nyatiti Instrument starts the performance ii) In both sections there are talkings by the performe. iii) In both the Nyatiti and gara ( Jingles / Ankle bells) Instruments perform b) Identify four roles of the Nyatiti instrument in the performance. (4mks) i) It marks the start of the performance ( prelude) ii) Sets the pitch for the singer iii) Serves as a response to the singer iv) The Nyatiti short Ositionato is used to round off the singer s phrases in the second / middle section of performance. v) It motivates the performer. vi) Enriches the performance / makes music more sonorous c) Name four singing styles used by the performer in the performance. (4mks) - Solo Singing Only one singer performs - Reputation The voice in the middle section performs by imitating the Nyatiti Ositination. - Call and Response - The voice calls, while the Nyatiti seems to provide a response. - Overlapping - The voice in the middle section overlaps the Nyatiti Osilination. - Chanting The voice in the final section is in speech like singings, demonstrating the dirge like mood in the section. 6. WESTERN PRESCRIBED SET WORK (10mks) a) Using bar numbers, Identity and explain four compositional styles/ devices used in the set score. (4mks) i) Unison is in bar / between aboe and the violins. ii) Antiphon Is a question and answer like responsible form of performance e.g in bar 3-6. Violin in bar 4 responds to the unison of bar three. iii) Sequence Bar 63 in violin 2 has a reputation of a tune at different intervals. iv) MELISMA bar 62-65 vocal parts are with a syllable held over many bars. 6
v) Cantus firmus / TENERE One pitch is performed over several bars. E.g bars 25-27 in the bass vocal section vi) Augmentation _ Longer notes are used to replace shorter notes. E.g bar 17 and bar 28 29 vii) Figured Bass Basso continue / ground bass bar 22 24. b) Identify any two main characteristics of the set music work. ( 2mks) i) Repetition ii) The vocal part has mostly long notes making music appear slow. c) Using bar numbers, explain the form used in the set work Gloria. (1 ½ mks) i) Bar 1-17 instrumental introduction ii) Bar 17 59 middle section/ main section iii) Bar 59 72 final section / Recapitulation. iv) Music is in three part hence TENARY FORM. d) Why was the Gloria composed? To be sung during mass as a setting of Gloria in excess deo. e) Classify the instructions used to accompany the voice parts. (2mks) Accompany the voice parts Wood wind Oboe The brass Trumpet String _ Violin I and II, viola, Cello and double bass The organ Wind keyboard to place Basso continue 1mk for each classification. (2mks) SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE ( 20mks) 7. a) Explain the meaning of the given as used in a music performance. (4mks) i) CODETTA A short tail pieced used to conclude a theme / section of a whole movement( a little ending) ii) RITORNELLO A little return, is an orchestral part between vocal and other instrumental parts. iii) TUTTI All together. All parts perform. iv) ALLEGRO Fast. Movements or tempo of performance b) Write the given melody in a key C into staff notation using Alto Clef basic beat: crotchet (6mks) 7
M: -. fe : s/l : f : m : r/d: - :t, /d:-:-// ½ mk for clef ½ mk for each note ½ mk for time sign c) Name one idiophone and one aerophone used in the Nyatiti performance (2mks) i) Idiophone Jingles / Ankle bells/ Gara ii) Aerophone Male voice of the solo singer d) Outline three factors influencing the sound quality of African drums. i) ii) iii) e) Re write the following in the way would be played. (5mks) 8