MUSIC
PAPER 2
GRADE 12 
NSC EXAMS
PAST PAPERS AND MEMOS NOVEMBER 2018

MEMORANDUM 

SECTION A: AURAL 
QUESTION 1 
1.1 Listen to the melodic and rhythmic phrase. Notate the rhythm of the missing  notes in bars 2–3 below. 
Answer:  
(3) 

1.2 Which ONE of the notations below best represents the solo voice part?  Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. 
(1) [4] 

QUESTION 2 
Listen to the extract below and answer the questions that follow. 

2.1 Name the interval formed between the Db note and the missing note in bar 24.  

• Answer: Perfect 4th (1) 

2.2 Which type of non-chordal note do you hear in bar 54? 

• Answer: Anticipation (1) 

2.3 Name the cadence at bars 11 to 12. 

• Answer: Perfect cadence (1) 

2.4 Listen to the music from bars 1 to 6. Some of the notation in bar 4 has been  omitted from the score. Fill in the missing pitches and note values that  correspond with the music that you hear. 

• Answer: See score (2) 

2.5 Name the solo instrument that plays the melody line in this extract. 

• Answer: Trumpet (1) [6] 

TOTAL SECTION A: 10

SECTION B: RECOGNITION OF MUSIC CONCEPTS  
QUESTION 3: GENERAL LISTENING (COMPULSORY) 
Listen to the following tracks and answer the questions that follow. 

3.1 With which items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you hear in  Track 7? Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. 
Answer: 

3.2 Which ONE of the following statements is correct? Make a cross (X) in the  appropriate block. 
 Answer: 

3.3 With which items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you hear in  Track 9? Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. 
Answer: 

3.4 With which items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you hear in  Track 10? Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. 
Answer: 

3.5 Choose any TWO items in COLUMN A and identify what you hear, in  COLUMN B. 
Answer: 

(12 ÷ 3 =) [4]

Answer QUESTION 4 (WAM) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (IAM).
QUESTION 4: WAM  
4.1 With which ONE of the following characters in COLUMN A do you associate  EACH track? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block for each track. 
Answer: 

4.2 Give a suitable Italian term to describe the tempo of the music in this extract. 

• Answer: Largo/Larghetto/Adagio (1) 

4.3 Name the wind instrument heard at the end of this extract. 

• Answer: Flute (1) 

4.4 Which item describes the compositional technique used in this extract? Choose from the list below. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.
Answer: 
 (1) 
4.5 What is the title of the movement from which this extract is taken? 

• Answer: Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the countryside (1) 

4.6 Which solo wind instrument plays the melody? 

• Answer: Clarinet (1) 

4.7 Which wind instrument plays an accompaniment to this melody at the start of  this extract? 

• Answer: Bassoon (1)

4.8 Describe how Beethoven employs the string section in this extract. 
Answer: 

• Forms part of the accompaniment 
• Interjecting/punctuating two chords at the end of each subphrase (cadences) 
• The two chords are played accented or > or detached 
• Decrescendo/Diminuendo at the end of the track 
• Features in the Introduction 
• Alternating playing between strings and winds
• Employs homophonic texture 

4.9 Choose THREE statements below that best describe the music that you hear.  Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate block. 
Answer: 

4.10 Write down the title of the work from which this extract is taken. 

• Answer: Hebrides Overture/Fingal's Cave  (3)
  (Lonely Island) = ½ mark(1) 

4.11 Identify from which part of the work this extract is taken. Choose from the list  below and make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. 
Answer: 

(16 ÷ 2=) [8] 
TOTAL SECTION B: 12 

OR

QUESTION 5: JAZZ 
5.1 With which FOUR items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you  hear? Make a cross (X) in FOUR appropriate blocks. 
Answer: 

5.2 Which item describes the melodic movement of the horn section? Make a  cross (X) in the appropriate block. 
Answer: 

5.3 Apart from the drum kit, name ONE other instrument that forms part of the  rhythm section in this extract. 

• Answer: Bass guitar/Rhythm guitar/Piano (1) 

5.4 With which one of the South African solo artists do you associate this extract?  Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.
Answer:  

5.5 With which THREE items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you  hear? Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. 
Answer:

Answer: 

5.6 Describe the role of the piano in this extract. 
Answer: 

• Provides short introduction 
• Plays the ostinato 
• Plays short melodic riffs 
• Provides rhythmic drive 
•  Provides an African percussive timbre 
• Provides harmonic basis (modal chords) 

5.7 Name the instrument that plays the accompaniment in the introduction of this  extract. 

• Answer: (Rhythm) guitar/banjo/double bass (1) 

5.8 Describe the role of the backing singers. 
Answer: 

• provides harmonic support 
• Adds tone colour (male voices) 
• Thickens texture (new layer of sound) 

5.9 Name ONE group that you associate with this jazz style. 
Answer: 

• The Manhattan Brothers 
• The Merry Blackbirds 

OR

(16 ÷ 2=) [8] 
TOTAL SECTION B: 12 

QUESTION 6: IAM  
6.1 With which FOUR items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you  hear? Make a cross (X) in FOUR appropriate blocks.  
Answer: 

6.2 Describe the whistling that you hear. 
Answer: 

• Provides melodic material over marimba accompaniment 
• Has an improvisational character 
• Glissandi 
• There are multiple (3-4) whistles (polyphonic) 
• Call and response 

6.3 Write down a suitable term to describe the rhythmic feature in the  accompaniment. 
Answer: 

• Polyrhythms/Cross rhythms 
• Repetitive overlapping rhythmic pattern. 

6.4 With which THREE items in COLUMN A do you associate the music that you  hear? Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.  
 Answer: 

6.5 Identify the differences between Track 29 and Track 30. Choose only TWO  items in column A for your comparison. 
Answer: 

6.6 Name the style that you associate with both extracts. 

• Answer: Mbaqanga (1) 

6.7 With which artists/bands do you associate each track? 
Answer: 

• Track 29: Soul Brothers
• Track 30: Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens/Cool Crooners 

(16 ÷ 2=) [8] 
TOTAL SECTION B: 12

SECTION C: FORM 
QUESTION 7  
Read and study the questions for ONE minute. 
Listen to the piece below while you study the score.

7.1 Name the form type of this piece? 

• Answer: AB/Binary (1) 

7.2 Motivate your answer to QUESTION 7.1 by giving a schematic layout of the  form of this piece. Use the table below.
Answer: 

7.3 Name the texture type of this extract. 

• Answer: Homophonic (1) 

7.4 What is the function of the F natural in bar 8? 
Answer: 

• It shows a temporary/short modulation to C Major 
• The lowered leading note of G major suggests a secondary dominant,  V7/IV 

7.5 Which ONE of the following features is used in this piece? Make a cross (X) in  the appropriate block. 
Answer: 
(1) [8] 

TOTAL SECTION C: 8
GRAND TOTAL: 30