- Answer all questions in this paper
- In question 4 choose any two of the questions numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d)
SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS
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- Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks. (9 marks)
- Using staff notation, compose a tune to suit the following lyrics. Add phrase marks. (6 marks)
Praise the father God almighty,
Who is maker Lord and King.
- Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks. (9 marks)
- Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Choose appropriate chords from I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate a passing six-four in the third bar. (15 marks)
SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (48 marks)
- AFRICAN MUSIC
- Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4 marks)
- Adet ………………………………………...………………………………………………………
- Karing’aring’a ……………………………...…………………………………………………………
- Efumbo……….……………………………………………………………………………………….
- Uta wa wathi…………………………………………………………………………………………..
- State any three roles of a soloist in an African dance performance. (3 marks)
- Name any three Kenyan dances that derive their names from instruments that accompany them. (3 marks)
- State any four characteristic features of an African singing game. (4 marks)
- Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4 marks)
- WESTERN MUSIC
Answer any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).- Claudio Monteverdi
- During which musical period did Claudio Monteverdi live? (1 mark)
- Define an opera (1 mark)
- List any three characteristics of Monteverdi’s Operas (3 marks)
- Identify the following works by Monteverdi. (2 marks)
- De la belleza le dovute lodi …………………………………………………………………………
- Armida abbandonata ……………………………………………………………………………….
- Cazonette, libro primo ………………………………………………………………………………
- Orfeo …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- What was Alessandro Scarlatti’s nationality? (1 mark)
- Give any two appointments held by A. Scarlatti. (2 marks)
- State any two contributions of Alessandro Scarlatti to the Opera. (2 marks)
- Name two sources that influenced Scarlatti as a musician. (2 marks)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck
- State the year of birth and death of C.W. Gluck. (1 mark)
- What title is given to Gluck’s first opera? (1 mark)
- Gluck is well known for his reforms to the opera music genre. State any three reforms he brought about to this genre. (3 marks)
- Name the two main instruments that were played by Gluck. (2 marks)
- Claude Debussy
- Name any one of Debussy’s piano teachers in his early stage at the conservatoire. (1 mark)
- Name any two of Debussy’s contemporaries. (2 marks)
- In 1884, Debussy won an award.
- Name the award. (1 mark)
- Name the work that made him win the award. (1 mark)
- Identify the following works. (2 marks)
- Claire de Lune ……….……………………………………………………………………………
- Rodrigue et chimene .………………………….…………………………………………………
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Prescribed Traditional African Music
Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi a PPMC Recording- Name the media of this recording. (2 marks)
- Outline three roles played by the voice in the recording (3 marks)
- In which two ways have transitions been marked in the recording? (2 marks)
- State any three characteristics of African music evident in the recording. (3 marks)
- Prescribed Western:
Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Op 3 No.2 Movement 4- What type of work is this? (1 mark)
- What is this music scored for? (2 marks)
- Citing bar numbers, identify the form of this music. (2 marks)
- Citing bar numbers identify where the following composition devices have been used. (3 marks)
- Imitation ………………………………..………………………………………………………
- Repetition …………………………………………………………………...………………….
- Sequence …………………………………………………………………..…………………...
- Identify any two characteristics of the period when this music was composed evident in the music. (2 marks)
- Unprepared Analysis
Study the music extract below and answer the questions that follow.- Identify the media of this score. (1 mark)
- In what period of music was the music composed? (1 mark)
- Citing bar numbers, describe the form of the music. (2 marks)
- Name the cadence at the end of this music. (1 mark)
- Describe the tempo of the music above. (1 mark)
SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 marks)
- Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
- Dirge
- Ostinato
- Sonata
- Oratorio
- Translate the following music to solfa notation. (5 marks)
- State any three differences between an adeudeu and a nyatiti. (3 marks)
- Name any two personnel found in a music recording studio. (2 marks)
- Write the following musical abbreviations in full. (2 marks)
- PPMC
- KMF
- MCSK
- KECOBO
- Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
MARKING SCHEME
SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS
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- Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks. (9marks)
16 bar – 1 mk
Phrasing – 1 mk
Sequence – 1 mk
Modulation – 2 mks
Cadences – 2 mks
Lyricism – 2 mks - Using staff notation, compose a tune to suit the following lyrics. Add phrase marks. (6marks)
Syllabic division – 1 mk
Accents/ Time signature – 2 mks
Phrasing – 1 mk
Cadences – 1 mk
Lyricism – 1 mk
- Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks. (9marks)
- Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Choose appropriate chords from I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate a passing six-four in the third bar. (15marks)
Chords – 6 mks
Passing 64 – 1 mk
Voice range – 1½
Voice leading – 1½
Cadences – 2 mks
Chord progression – 3 mks
DEDUCTIONS
Bracing – ½ (max 1 mk)
Chord alignment – ½ (max 1 mk)
Stemming - ½(Max 1 mk)
Note value - ½ (max 1 mk)
Parallel 5ths and octaves – max 2 mks
Ovelaps – max 1 mk
Voice crossing – max 1 mk
SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (48 marks)
- AFRICAN MUSIC
- Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4marks)
- Adet - Turkana horn
- Karing’aring’a - Struck ideophone from Kikuyu community
- Efumbo – Luhya double headed drum.
- Uta wa wathi – Kamba musical bow.
- State any three roles of a soloist in an African dance performance. (3 marks)
- Keep the pace/ tempo of the song
- Pitch the song
- Control performers’ movements
- Cue the performers
- Lead performers
- Co-ordinate the entries in the song.
- Any other relevant points.
- Name any three Kenyan dances that derive their names from instruments that accompany them. (3 marks)
- Isukuti dance
- Orutu dance
- Ndarama
- Msomdo
- Mabumbumbu
- State any four characteristic features of an African singing game. (4marks)
- Simple songs sung in unison
- Repetitive songs with non-sense words
- Have repeated actions
- Imitate actions of adults
- They are playful
- They imitate an activity or game which has a related song
- Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4marks)
- WESTERN MUSIC
Answer any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).- Claudio Monteverdi
- During which musical period did Claudio Monteverdi live in?
- Renaissance period.
- Define an opera (1 mark)
- A musical setting of secular libretto/ words for soloists, chorus and an orchestra with actions, scenery and costume.
- List any three characteristics of Montevardi’s Operas (3 marks)
- The use of flexible and expressive Recitatives instead of arias
- He matched the dramatic climax with the musical climax
- Wide usage of dissonance
- Brought out singers and instrumentalists virtuosity in the operas
- Identify the following works by Monteverdi. (2 marks)
- De la belleza le dovute lodi - (Ballet)
- Armida abbandonata - (Opera)
- Cazonette, libro primo - (Madrigals)
- Orfeo - (Opera)
- During which musical period did Claudio Monteverdi live in?
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- What was Alessandro Scarlatti’s nationality? (1mark)
- Italian
- Give any two appointments held by A. Scarlatti. (2 marks)
- Choir master and conductor under Queen Christina in Rome.
- Chapel master under Viceroy of Naples
- Music director at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
- State any two contributions of Alessandro Scarlatti to the Opera. (2marks)
- Founded the Neopolitan school of opera.
- Wrote many operas
- Facilitated the liberation of dramatic expression.
- Development of the opera orchestra.
- Established Italian overture with three sections i.e fast, flow, fast.
- Name two sources that influenced Scarlatti as a musician. (2 marks)
- Carissimi
- Bernado
- He came from a musical family.
- His early travels exposed him and gave him more encounters with music.
- His appointment by the viceroy.
- What was Alessandro Scarlatti’s nationality? (1mark)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck
- State the year of birth and death of C.W. Gluck. (1 mark)
- 1714 - 1787
- What title is given to Gluck’s first opera? (1 mark)
- Artaserse
- Gluck is well known for his reforms to the opera music genre. State any three reforms he brought about to this genre. (3 marks)
- He lessened the difference between recitative and aria, and wrote expressive accompanied recitatives and lyrical arias.
- The orchestra added dramatic commentary as well as providing instrumental support for the singers.
- There was no opportunity for vocal improvisation or virtuosic displays of vocal agility or power.
- Use of simpler and more flowing melodic lines.
- Had an overture that was linked by theme or mood to the ensuing action.
- There were no da capo arias.
- Name the two main instruments that were played by Gluck. (2 marks)
- Violin
- Organ
- State the year of birth and death of C.W. Gluck. (1 mark)
- Claude Debussy
- Name any one of Debussy’s piano teachers in his early stage at the conservatoire. (1 mark)
- Antoine Francois (piano)
- Albert Lavignac (solfege)
- Ernest Guiraud (composition)
- Emily Durand (harmony)
- Cesar Frank (organ)
- Name any two of Debussy’s contemporaries. (2 marks)
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Jean Sibelius
- Edward Edgar
- Antonin Dvorak
- in 1884, Debussy won an award.
- Name the award. (1 mark)
- Grand Prix de Rome
- Name the work that made him win the award. (1 mark)
- L’Enfant prodique (The prodigal child)
- Name the award. (1 mark)
- Identify the following works. (2 marks)
- Claire de Lune - Piano suite
- Rodrigue et chimene - Opera
- Name any one of Debussy’s piano teachers in his early stage at the conservatoire. (1 mark)
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Prescribed Traditional African Music
Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi a PPMC Recording- Name the media of this recording. (2 marks)
- Drums
- Whistle
- Voice
- Jingles
- Outline three roles played by the voice in the recording (3 marks)
- Communicates the message in the performance.
- Performs the vocal ornaments.
- Mark transitions.
- Helps identify the community.
- In which two ways have transitions been marked in the recording? (2 marks)
- Sudden stops with brief moments of silence.
- Use of the whistle.
- Intense playing of drums.
- Use of vocal ornaments such as the shouts.
- State any three characteristics of African music evident in the recording. (3 marks)
- African music lacks a definite meter.
- African music is gender specific.
- It is accompanied by traditional African instruments.
- African music makes use of vocal ornaments.
- There is use of call and response style of singing.
- Name the media of this recording. (2 marks)
- Prescribed Western:
Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Op 3 No.2 Movement 4- What type of work is this? (1 mark)
- Trio Sonata
- What is this music scored for? (2 marks)
- Organ
- 2 violins
- viol
- Citing bar numbers, identify the form of this music. (2marks)
- Binary form. Section A starts from bar 1 to 19 and B from bar 20 to 43.
- Citing bar numbers identify where the following composition devices have been used. (3 marks)
- Imitation
- Bar 1-2 of violin I is imitated by violin II at bar 3 – 41 at a 4th lower.
- The bass imitates the same bars 1-2 of violin I at bar 62 – 81 at 2 octaves lower.
- Violin II bars 21 – 22 is an imitation of violin I bars 20 – 21.
- Violin II bars 24 – 251 is an imitation of violin I bars 23 – 241.
- Violin II bars 292 – 311 in an imitation of violin I bars 282 – 311.
- Repetition
- Bars 282 – 29 is a repeated at bars 302 – 31.
- Sequence
- Violin 1
- Bars 132 – 14
- Bar 23 – 251 (descending sequence)
- Bars 28 – 29 (descending sequence)
- Violin 2
- Bar 29 – 31 (descending sequence)
- Organ
- Bars 15 – 17 (descending sequence)
- Bars 82 – 111
- Violin 1
- Imitation
- Identify any two characteristics of the period when this music was composed. (2 marks)
- Use of terraced dynamics (f, p)
- Irregular phrasing (section A has 19 bars while B has 24 bars)
- Use of imitation.
- Use of abrupt modulations.
- What type of work is this? (1 mark)
- Unprepared Analysis
Study the music extract below and answer the questions that follow.- Identify the media of this score. (1 mark)
- Violin and piano
- In what period of music was the music composed? (1 mark)
- Classical period
- Citing bar numbers, describe the form of the music. (2 marks)
- Ternary form. Section A (bar 1 to 8), section B (bar 9 to 12) and section A1 (bar 13 to 16).
- Name the cadence at the end of this music. (1 mark)
- Perfect cadence.
- Describe the tempo of the music above. (1 mark)
- Fast and lively.
- Identify the media of this score. (1 mark)
SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 marks)
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- Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
- Dirge
- Song sung for the dead.
- Ostinato
- Repeated rhythmic or melodic motif.
- Sonata
- An instrumental work in three or four movements.
- Oratorio
- Instrumental music that tells a story. It could be a literal, scenic or descriptive idea.
- Dirge
- Translate the following music to solfa notation. (5 marks)
Doh is D
Time is 44
DI:-.tI l,s.f,m:rI d., r: tI Id:- II - State any three differences between an adeudeu and a nyatiti. (3 marks)
ADEUDEU NYATITI It is a harp It is a lyre It comes from the Iteso community Comes from the Luo community Has tuning pegs Has tuning knobs Its strings run to one curved arm Strings run to a crossbar Has no bridge Has a bridge Can be strummed Only plucked - Name any two personnel found in a music recording studio. (2 marks)
- Music producer
- Sound engineer
- Mixing engineer
- Recording engineer
- Studio Manager
- Musician
- Write the following musical abbreviations in full. (2 marks)
- PPMC
- Permanent Presidential music commission.
- KMF
- Kenya Music Festival.
- MCSK
- Music Copyright society of Kenya.
- KECOBO
- Kenya copyright board.
- PPMC
- Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
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