KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Boys’ Secondary, Kirkop

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION – 2016/2017

Level 6-7-8

FORM 4 MUSIC OPTION TIME: 1h 30min

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Global Mark

Max. Mark 20 20 5 10 10 15 10 10 100 Mark

Instructions to students: Answer ALL questions. Good English and orderly presentation are important.

Read carefully each question

DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE Name: __________________________________ Class: ___________ Exercise 1: Name the note: _____/20 marks (1 each)

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Exercise 2. Name the Interval _____/20 marks (1 each)

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Exercise 3: Write down the following intervals: ___/5 marks

Perfect Octave Augmented 4th Diminished 5th Perfect 5th Minor 6th

Exercise 4: Transcribe the following except to Alto Clef ____/10 marks

Exercise 5: The following melodies are written in concert pitch. Transpose for the following instruments: ___/10 marks

Clarinet in B-flat ____/5 marks

French Horn ____/5 marks

Exercise 6: Write the following scales in semibreves and mark the semitones:

____/ 15 marks

F-sharp harmonic minor with key signature ascending only in Treble Clef: __/3 marks

B major without key signature ascending and descending in Bass Clef: __/3 marks

B-flat melodic minor with key signature ascending and descending in Treble Clef: __/3 marks

D-flat major with key signature descending in Bass Clef: __/3 marks

C melodic minor without key signature ascending and descending in Alto Clef: __/3 marks

Exercise 7: Write the following triads (in root position) using the key signature as indicated below:

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I of A minor in root position

II of C minor V of B-flat major

I of G-sharp minor

IV of C major

Exercise 8: The following is an extract from the last movement of Concerto for 2 Violins by J.S. Bach. Look at it and answer the questions below. ____/10 marks

i. Describe the time as simple or compound; duple, triple or quadruple

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ii. Give the meaning of Allegro _______________________________________________________________(2)

iii. The key is D minor. Circle 3 notes, in the 1st violin part in bar 1, which make up the tonic triad. (2)

iv. The violin and cello are members of the string family. Name two other instruments

from the same family.

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