MUSIC
PAPER TWO (P2)
GRADE 12
EXAM PAPERS AND MEMOS
SEPTEMBER 2016
SECTION A: AURAL
QUESTION 1 (COMPULSORY)
Play Track 1 THREE times. Pause for 30 seconds in between. |
1.1 Listen to the melodic and rhythmic phrase. Notate the rhythm of the missing notes in bars 2–3 below.
Play Track 1 ONCE more. |
Play Track 2 TWICE in succession. |
1.2 Make a cross (X) in the block next to the correct time signature of this extract.
(1)
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QUESTION 2 (COMPULSORY)
Play Track 3 ONCE to provide a general overview. |
Listen to the extract from the second movement of Cello Concerto, Op. 104 by A. Dvořák. Answer the questions that follow.
Play Track 4 TWICE. |
2.1 Name the interval at 2.1, for example Major 3rd.
Answer: Perfect 4th (1)
Play Track 4 FOUR times. Pause ONE minute between each repetition. |
2.2 Fill in the missing notation at 2.2 in bars 12 and 13. (3)
Play Track 5 ONCE. |
2.3 Identify the compositional technique used at 2.3 in bars 22–24.
Answer: Sequences (1)
Play Track 6 TWICE. |
2.4 Name the cadence used at 2.4.
Answer: Perfect Cadence (1)
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TOTAL SECTION A: 10
SECTION B: RECOGNITION OF MUSIC CONCEPTS
QUESTION 3: GENERAL LISTENING (COMPULSORY)
Mark THREE items in COLUMN A in QUESTIONS 3.1–3.4 that relate to the music that you hear. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.
3.1 (3)
Play Track 7 TWICE. |
COLUMN A | Track 7 |
Homophonic Texture | X |
Baroque Period | |
Concerto | X |
Polyphonic Texture | |
Classical Period | X |
Piano Sonata |
3.2 (3)
Play Track 8 TWICE. |
COLUMN A | Track 8 |
Primary chords | |
A cappella | X |
Polyrhythm | |
Parallel intervals | X |
Ankle rattles | |
Call and response | X |
3.3 (3)
Play Track 9 TWICE. |
COLUMN A | Track 9 |
Piano | |
Pennywhistle | |
Township Jive | X |
Accordion | X |
Syncopation | X |
Mbaqanga |
3.4 (3)
Play Track 10 TWICE. |
COLUMN A | Track 10 |
Suspensions | X |
Irregular metre | |
Minor key | X |
Regular metre | X |
Adagio | |
Timpani |
(12 ÷ 3) [4]
Answer QUESTION 4 (WAM) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (IAM).
QUESTION 4: WAM
4.1
Play Track 11 ONCE. |
4.1.1 Identify the brass instrument playing at the beginning of this extract.
Answer: French Horn (1)
Play Track 11 ONCE again. |
4.1.2 Describe this work with regard to genre, tempo and time signature.
Genre: Symphony (one mark)
Tempo: Allegretto (one mark)
Time signature: 6/8 OR compound duple (one mark) (3)
4.1.3 Provide this extract with a suitable title.
Answer: Shepherds’ Song (1)
4.2
Play Track 12 ONCE. |
4.2.1 Identify ONE woodwind and ONE string instrument that plays the melody at the beginning of this extract.
Woodwind instrument: Bassoon (one mark)
String instrument: Cello (one mark) (2)
4.2.2 With which ONE of the following genres do you associate this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1)
Play Track 12 ONCE again. |
4.2.3 Identify the composer and give a title for this work.
Composer: Mendelssohn (one mark)
Title: Fingal’s Cave OR The Hebrides Overture (one mark) (2)
4.3
Play Track 13 TWICE. |
4.3.1 Which style of composition that was predominantly used during the Baroque period is evident in this extract?
Answer: Fugal exposition OR Fugue (1)
4.3.2 Name the subgenre in opera music that is associated with this extract.
Answer: Overture (1)
4.3.3 Identify the composer of this work.
Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1)
4.4
Play Track 14 TWICE. |
Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 14.
Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. (3)
COLUMN A | Track 14 |
Pamina and Papageno | X |
Allegro assai | |
Papageno and Papagena | |
Andantino | X |
Sarastro and chorus | |
Recitative | |
Larghetto | |
Duet | X |
(16 ÷ 2) [8]
OR
QUESTION 5: JAZZ
5.1
Play Track 15 TWICE. |
5.1.1 Identify the woodwind instrument playing in this extract.
Answer: Clarinet (1)
5.1.2 Identify the South African jazz style.
Answer: Marabi (1)
5.1.3 Name the group that you associate with this extract.
Answer: Manhatten Brothers (1)
5.2
Play Track 16 TWICE. |
5.2.1 Identify the South African jazz style.
Answer: New Jazz (1)
5.2.2 Give TWO reasons to motivate your answer to QUESTION 5.2.1.
Play Track 16 TWICE. |
5.2.3 Describe the music with regard to typical rhythmical features and time signature(s).
Rhythm: Syncopation
Time signature: Simple quadruple to simple triple (2)
5.2.4 Identify the group performing this work.
Answer: The Jazz Epistles (1)
5.3 Play Track 17 TWICE.
5.3.1 Identify the style and artist that can be heard in this extract.
Answer: Style: Early Jazz (one mark)
Artist: Dolly Rathebe (one mark) (2)
5.3.2 Name ONE chordophone and ONE electrophone instrument featured in this extract.
Chordophone: Piano
Electrophone: Electric Guitar (2)
5.4
Play Track 18 TWICE. |
Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 18. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. (3)
COLUMN A | Track 18 |
Piano improvisation | |
Blues Notes Band | X |
Dollar Brand | |
Cape Jazz | |
Trumpet improvisation | X |
Brotherhood of Breath | |
Kwela | |
Jazz in exile | X |
(16 ÷ 2) [8]
OR
QUESTION 6: IAM
6.1
Play Track 19 TWICE. |
6.1.1 Identify the type of African song associated with this extract. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.
6.1.2 Identify ONE vocal technique used in this extract.
Answer: Ululation (1)
6.1.3 Which voice group performs this song?
Answer: Men OR Tenor and Bass (1)
6.2
Play Track 20 ONCE. |
6.2.1 Identify the South African style.
Answer: Isicathamiya (1)
Play Track 20 ONCE. |
6.2.2 Describe the instrumentation used in this extract.
Answer: Male voices (one mark)
singing a capella music (one mark) (2)
6.2.3 Identify the group performing in this extract.
Answer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1)
6.3
Play Track 21 ONCE. |
6.3.1 Name and define the style that you hear in this extract.
Answer: Maskanda/Maskandi (one mark)
Virtuoso instrumentalist playing traditional music on Western instruments (one mark) (2)
6.3.2 With which African tribe do you associate this music?
Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.
Play Track 21 ONCE. |
6.3.3 Identify ONE prominent chordophone instrument used in this extract.
Answer: Acoustic Guitar (1)
6.3.4 Why is this South African style so closely related to Blues?
Answer: Because of the cyclical, repetitive (one mark) and picking of strings on the guitar (one mark) (2)
6.4
Play Track 22 TWICE. |
Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 22. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. (3)
COLUMN A | Track 22 |
Djembe | |
Polyrhythm | X |
Philip Tabane | |
Monophonic | |
Free Kiba | X |
Tabla drums | |
Sello Galane | X |
vhaVenda drums |
(16 ÷ 2) [8]
TOTAL SECTION B: 12
QUESTION 7 (COMPULSORY)
Read and study the questions for ONE minute.
Play Track 23 ONCE to provide an overview. |
Play Track 23 ONCE again. |
7.1 Name the overall form of this work.
Answer: Compound Ternary Form OR Minuet and Trio Form (1)
7.2 Give an analysis of the form of the Minuet.
Minuet: (9 ÷ 3) (3)
SECTION | BARS | MAIN KEYS |
A | 1–8 | C major |
B | 9–12 | F–G major |
A1 | 13–20 | C major |
7.3 Give an analysis of the form of the Trio.
Trio: (9 ÷ 3) (3)
SECTION | BARS | MAIN KEYS |
C | 21–28 | C minor |
D | 29–35 | Eb major |
C1 | 36–43 | C minor |
7.4 How is the key of the Trio related to the key of the Minuet?
Answer: Parallel key (C major – C minor) (1)
Play Track 23 one last time. |
TOTAL SECTION C: 8
GRAND TOTAL: 30