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Instructions

Follow the instructions in each section.
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
For question 4, answer any two questions from a, b, c and d.

For examiner’s use only

Section	Question	Maximum score	Candidate’s score
A	1	15
A	2	15
B	3	14
	4	14
	5	10
	6	10
	7	6
C	8	16
Total Score		100

QUESTIONS

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS
Answer all questions in this section

1. Use the given opening to compose a melody of sixteen bars for voice, with a modulation to the relative minor and return to the tonic. Introduce a syncopation. (9 marks)
  
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2. Use the text below to compose a melody and set the text to it. (6 marks)
  Twatangaza twahimiza, amani ni muhimu,
  Dumisheni amani, ili nchi iwe salama.
Harmonize the following melody for SATB. Choose appropriate chords from I, ii, IV, V and vi. Use a passing six four chord. (15 marks)

SECTION B: HISTORY OF MUSIC AND ANALYSIS (54 marks)

1. Apart from warming, state two other ways of tuning membranophones. (2 marks)
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2. Solo and chorus as a style of singing has its advantages. Outline any four of these advantages. (4 marks)
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3. State two differences between bung’o and nzumari. (2marks)
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4. Give any four points justifying the importance of a music student participating in the Kenya Music Festival competitions. (4 marks)
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5. What is the difference between orutu and arutu? (2mks)
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WESTERN MUSIC
Answer any TWO questions from a, b, c and d.

1. Claudio Monteverdi
  1. Give three styles used by Monteverdi to bring emotional intensity to his music. (3mks)
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  2. State two ways in which Monteverdi’s association with St. Marks cathedral was significant.
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    (2mks)
  3. What was Monterverdis contribution to the development of the madrigal?
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    (2mks)
2. ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
  1. Give any four contributions of Alessandro Scarlatti to the Music of the Baroque period. (4mks)
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  2. Alessandro had a number of Contemporaries who directly and indirectly influenced his music. State any six of them. (3mks)
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3. CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
  1. Explain three ways in which Gluck’s travels contributed to his musical growth. (3mks)
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  2. State two reform operas by Gluck. (2mks)
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  3. How did the following people impact on Gluck’s music
    David Garrick (1mk)
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    Ranieri Calzabigi (1mk)
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4. CLAUDE DEBUSSY
  1. State Debussy’s country of origin (1mk)
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  2. Explain the reason behind Debussy’s admission to Frances leading musical college to study music. (1mk)
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  3. Outline two music areas studied by Debussy in the above mentioned college. (2mks)
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  4. Give three charecteristics of Debussy’s music. (3mks)
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Prescribed Traditional African Music
Chuka drummers. PPMC recording
1. Describe this performance in terms of media. (3marks)
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2. State the instrument that initiates transition in the performance. (1 mark)
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3. Explain three ways in which variation has been achieved in the performance. (3mks)
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4. Describe the sequence of events in the introduction section. (1mk)
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5. Give two reasons that justify this performance as being African Music. (2mks)
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Prescribed Western music:
Sonata da Chiesa Opus 3 Fourth movement by Corelli Archangelo
1. 1. Sate a musical term which best describes the progression between the last beat of bar one and first beat of bar two. (1mk)
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  2. Identify any other passages with similar progression as (i) above. (1mk
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2. 1. Give the texture of the music between bar 11 – 14. (1mk)
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  2. Explain your answer in 1b above 1mk
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3. 1. In which musical period was this performance written ? 1mk
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  2. Give a reason for your answer in (ci) above 1mk
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4. Identify two sections with an ascending interval of an octave 2mks
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5. Using bar numbers, describe the form of this music. 2mks
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ANALYSIS OF UNPREPARED WORK (6 marks)
Answer the following questions with reference to the music piece below.
1. For what medium is this music written? (1 mark)
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2. Describe the form of this music citing bar numbers. (2 marks)
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3. Give the key scheme of the music. (1 ½ marks)
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4. State the bar numbers in which the following developmental devices have been used. (1 mark)
  1. Sequence ____________________________________________________________
  2. Scalic motion ________________________________________________________
5. Describe the range of the music. ( ½ mark)
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SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 MARKS)

1. Differentiate between a whole consort and a broken consort. (2marks)
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2. Outline three ways through which hip-hop music has influenced the performance of traditional dances in Kenya. (3 marks)
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3. State four factors that influence the quality of sound produced on a traditional African fiddle. (4 marks)
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The following melody was written for trumpet in B flat. Rewrite it in concert pitch. (4 mks)
Name any three composers of the Kenya national anthem. (3 marks)
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MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS

1. 16 bars 1 mark
  Lyricism (singability) – within voice range 1 mark
  Modulation and back (well established modulation) 2 marks
  - 1 mark for the new key
  - 1 mark for the return to the tonic
    Cadences (½ mark each – any two including the final and any other) 1 mark
    syncopation 1 mark
    Melodic curve (½ mark) and climax (½ mark) 1 mark
    Phrasing mark as a whole) 1 mark
    Rhythm (variation and conformity) 1 mark
    Total 09 marks
2. Text setting to music (speech rhythm/accents - ½ mark for each phrase) 2 marks
  Syllabic division (½ mark – as a whole) ½ mark
  Lyricism of melody (mark as a whole) 1 mark
  Cadences (½ mark for final and any other) 1 mark
  Suitable time signature ½ mark
  Melodic curve /climax/shape ½ mark
  Musicianship/creativity (choice of key, performance instructions,
  Word painting, phrasing) ½ mark
  Total 06 marks
Award marks as follows
Chords ½ mark for each correct chord x 12 chords 8 marks
Passing six four to be marked as part of correct chords.
Voice leading (½mark for each voice; Alto, Tenor, Bass) 1½ marks
Correct cadences at end of each phrase @½ mark 1 mark
Voice range (mark as a whole) 1 mark
Progression (devoid of harmonic faults) 3½ marks
Deduct ½ mark each for any of the following faults (maximum of 3½ marks)
Consecutive perfect 5ths ½ mark
Parallel octaves ½ mark
Crossing of parts ½ mark
Voice overlapping ½ mark
Spacing ½ mark
Doubled 3rds in major chords ½ mark
Doubled leading note ½ mark
Wrong use of 2nd inversion chords ½ mark
Wrong rhythms/note values (mark as a whole) ½ mark
Wrong Stem direction (mark as a whole) ½ mark
Exposed 5ths or 8ves ½ mark
From unison to 5ths or 8ves and vice versa ½ mark
Hidden 5ths to octaves and vice versa ½ mark
Others –missing key signature, missing double bar lines ½ mark
If all the chords are wrong, then no harmony.
Total 15 marks
If 7more than a half of the chords are wrong, no marks for Voice Leading and Progression
1. Tightening and loosening the laces or straps.
  Using uvuva (the inner tube of a tyre) e.g. musondo drum
  1mk x 2 (2 marks)
2. It facilitates the distribution of roles
  - Makes mastery of text easier
  - Involves the whole group-full participatin of all members.
  - Keeps participants alert incase of key change and entries
  - Greater variety of texture
  - Pitching is easily set by the soloist
  - Makes the performance interesting
  - Allows soloist a break before the next section
  - Allows for spontaneous improvisation/creativity by soloist 1 x 4 (4mks)
3. Bung’o is larger than nzumari. (1mk)
  - Bung’o has fewer holes than nzumari
  - Bung’o is lower in pitch than nzumari 1mk x 2 (2mks)
4. Exposure to performances of various types of music items
  - Opportunity to apply what has been learnt in class
  - Gain musical knowledge from adjudicators comments
  - Improvement of performance standard 1 x 4 (4marks)
5. Orutu is a fiddle (chordophone) from the Luo community
  - Arutu is a membranophone among the Samia people.
    1 x 2 (2mks)
1. 1. Claudio Monteverdi
    - He originated style concitato to express the hidden tremors of the soul
    - He introduced novel sound-effects such as tremolo
    - He introduced pizzicato as a symbol of passion
    - He used dissonance and instrumental colors for dramatic, expressiveness, atmosphere and suspense.
    - He emphasized the contrast between characters by abrupt changes of key
    - He personified effects in his music drama. 3 x 3 ( 3 marks)
  2. - He was appointed to the post of choirmaster of St. Mark’s Cathedral, a most coveted post
    - He restored the old style for the Cathedral services
    - The Cathedral was an important center for Venetian music culture
    - His ability to blend the traditional and modern styles earned him the appointment
      2 x 1 (2 marks)
  3. - He wrote 9 madrigal books
    - He introduced the style prima pratica and seconda pratica in his madrigals
      1 x 2 (2 marks)
2. ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
  1. He established the form of the Italian overture in three sections i.e. Allegro-adagio-allegro.
    - This became forerunner of the classical symphony.
    - He contributed to the development of the orchestra in the opera. .
    - He was the founder of the Neapolitan school- A group of musicians in Naples town Italy.
    - He wrote more than 100 operas, and each could be 3 to 4 hours long.
      1 x 4 (4mks)
  2. - Giocomo Carissimi
    - Bernado Pasquini
    - Antonio Vivaldi
    - Domenico Scarlatti
    - Filippo Scarlatti
    - Giovanni Batista
    - George Friderick Han
      Half x 6 (3mks)
3. CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
  1. They marketed him and his music through exposure to different environments
    - They earned him different appointments in the places he visited.
    - He acquired vast life and societal experience which provided rich data bank that he could compose from.
    - He met other contemporaries from which he leant from.
      1 x 3 (3mks)
  2. Orfeo/ Orpheus
    - Euridice
    - Alceste
    - Paris and Hellen 1 x 2 (2mks)
  3. - David Garrick- Had the capacity to move the emotions of his audience through his high skilled acting, impacting on Gluck’s operas.
    - Ranieri Calzabigi-Gave Gluck original libretto(lyrics) for opera Orfeo and Euridice and contributed to Gluck’s disregard to Picking metastasio lyrics for opera composition. 1 x 2 (2mks)
4. CLAUDE DEBUSSY
  1. France 1 mark
  2. Because he showed enough musical talent at the age of 10. 1 mark
  3. Piano
    Composition 2 marks
  4. - His melodies were based on a wider variety of poetry
    - His music was influenced by symbolist poetic movement of the late 19th Century
    - He used the style of harmonic and orchestral coloration through use of dissonance
      1 x 3 (3 marks)
Prescribed Traditional African Music- Chuka drummers. PPMC recording
1. - Whistle
  - Drum
  - Shakers/ rattles 1 mark for each correct point. Total (3 marks)
2. - Whistle 1 mark
3. - Through veriety in rhythms
  - Through tempo changes
  - Variation in different use of voice
  - Use of different melodies/songs
    1 mark for each correct point. Total 3 marks
4. Whistles begins followed by drums then shakers and lastly voice. 1 mark
5. - Use of short melodies
  - The melodies are repetitive.
  - Accompanied with African traditional instruments.
  - Use of African language in singing
  - Singing is done in unison
  - Use of paramusial or extra musical sounds. 1 x 2 (2mks)
Prescribed Western music: Sonata da Chiesa Opus 3 Fourth movement by Corelli Archangelo
1. 1. Sequence 1 mark
  2. Any correctly identified bar(s) or passage with sequence 1 mark
2. 1. Polyphonic texture 1 mark
  2. Imitative entries of musical strands at an interval 1 mark
3. 1. Baroque period 1 mark
  2. Terraced dynamics (abrupt changes from f to p)
    Use of figured bass
    Use of basso continuo
    Polyphonic texture 1 x 1 (1mk)
4. 1. Bar 6 in Violin II, Bar 7 of violin I,
    Bar 28 in violin I,
    Bar 32 in violin 1
  2. Binary form (AB)
    Section A - bar 1 to bar19.
    Section B – bar 20 to bar 43. 1 x 2 (2mks)
1. For what medium is this piece written? Piano (1mk)
2. Using bar numbers outline the form of the music. (2 marks)
  Rondo form A bar 1-8
  B bar 9-16
  A bar 17-24
  C bar 25-32
  A bar 33-40 (mark as a whole)
3. Outline the key scheme of the music.
  Bar 1-24 C major
  Bar 25-30 A minor
  Bar 31-40 C major ( ½ a mark each total 1 ½ marks)
4. Using bar numbers and parts, identify where the following compositional devices have been used:
  1. Sequence 1-4, 5-8 ,9-14
  2. Scalic motion - Bar 1, 2, 3, 17, 18,19 in the bass stave ( ½ a mark each total 1 mark)
5. Describe the range of the music. ( ½ mark)
  Compound sixth/ E-upper C
1. 1. Differentiate between a whole consort and a broken consort (2 marks)
    Whole consort- When the instruments in the ensemble are all of the same family
    Broken consort- When the the instruments in the ensemble belong to more than one family
    1 x 2 (2mks)
  2. Outline three ways through which hip-hop music has influenced the performance of traditional dances in Kenya.
    Incorporation of modern dance styles into Kenyan dances hence affecting originality
    Use of modern costumes in the Kenyan dances.
    Modernization of instruments used
    Modern Dance patterns and formations now used in Kenya dances 1 x 3 (3mks).
2. Outline four factors that influence the quality of sound produced on a traditional African fiddle. (4 marks)
  - Fingering technique
  - Length of string
  - Bowing technique
  - Material of bow
  - Type of string
  - Type of resonator e.g wooden and metallic.
  - Type of bridge. 1 x 4 (4mks)
3. 1. The following melody is written for a trumpet in B flat. Rewrite it in its concert pitch.
    
    Rewrite the melody in the key of G major.
    1 mark for every correctly written bar plus key signature 1 x 4 (4mks)
4. Name any three composers of the Kenya national anthem. (3 marks)
  - Peter Kibukosya
  - George Senoga Zake
  - Graham Hyslop
  - Thomas Kalume
  - Washington Omondi 1 x 3 (3mks)