MUSIC PAPER 2
GRADE 12
NOVEMBER 2019
MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. This question paper consists of THREE sections:
   SECTION A: Aural (10)
   SECTION B: Recognition (12)
   SECTION C: Form (8)
2. QUESTION 1, QUESTION 2, QUESTION 3 and QUESTION 7 are COMPULSORY.
3. Answer QUESTION 4 (Western Art Music (WAM)) or QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) or QUESTION 6 (Indigenous African Music (IAM)).
4. Write ALL your answers on this question paper. Use a pencil for music notation and blue or black ink for the other answers.
5. This examination will be done while the candidates are listening to a CD.
6. The music teacher of the centre must conduct the examination in the presence of the invigilator.
7. The last page of this question paper is manuscript paper intended for rough work. The candidate must NOT remove this page.
8. Candidates may NOT have access to any musical instrument for the duration of this examination.
9. Candidates must take note of the mark allocation of each question to provide enough information in their answers.
10. Write neatly and legibly.

Note to the marker: Candidates must be credited for any correct answers not given in the marking guidelines.
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:

½ mark per beat as indicated = 2 marks(2)
1.2 Which ONE of the notations below best represents the flute part? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.
Answer:

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QUESTION 2
Listen to the extract below. Answer the questions that follow.

2.1 Give a suitable Italian term to describe the tempo of the music in the extract above.
Answer: Largo/Larghetto/Adagio/Lento/Grave
1 mark (1)
2.2 Identify the compositional technique that is used at 2.2.
Answer: Sequence/Rhythmic repetition
1 mark (1)
2.3 Name the cadence formed at 2.3.
Answer: Imperfect cadence
1 mark (1)
2.4 The notation of bar 3 has been omitted at 2.4 on the score. Fill in the missing pitches and note values that correspond with the music.
Answer:
See score
Correct pitch and rhythm (1 mark per beat) = 2 marks
Correct pitch or rhythm only (½ mark per beat) (2)
2.5 Name the interval formed between the given note and the missing note at 2.5.
Answer:
Perfect 4th
See score
1 mark (1)
2.6 Which type of non-chordal note has been omitted at 2.6?
Answer: Anticipation
1 mark (1)
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TOTAL SECTION A:10

SECTION B: RECOGNITION OF MUSIC CONCEPTS
QUESTION 3: GENERAL LISTENING (COMPULSORY)
Note to marker: If a candidate selected more items than requested, only the first answers must be marked.
3.1 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 7. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.
Answer:

Any THREE correct answers = 3 marks (3)
3.2 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 8. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.
Answer:

Any THREE correct answers = 3 marks (3)
3.3 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 9. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.
Answer:

Any THREE correct answers = 3 marks (3)
3.4 Choose THREE descriptions from (a)–(d) and write down what you hear.
Answer:

1. Classification of instrument - chordophone/string instrument
2. Prominent compositional technique - repetition/ostinato
3. Voice type - tenor/umngqokolo/baritone
4. Scale - pentatonic

Any THREE correct answers = 3 marks
At (c) no mark for “male” (3)
(12 ÷ 3)
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Answer QUESTION 4 (WAM) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (IAM).
QUESTION 4: WAM
4.1 With which style period do you associate this music?
Answer: Classical period
1 mark (1)
4.2 Motivate your answer to QUESTION 4.1.
Answer:

• Balanced phrases
• Clear use of cadence points
• Simple texture (homophonic)
• Clear difference between melody and accompaniment
• Mozart/The Magic Flute
  Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1)

4.3 Name the percussion instrument used in this extract.
Answer: Glockenspiel/Celesta/Metallophone
1 mark (1)
4.4 Name the characters of the two singers in this extract.
Answer:

1. Pamina
   1 mark
2. Papageno
   1 mark

Either character may be mentioned first (2)
4.5 Which TWO of the following terms describe this extract? Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks.
Answer:

2 x 1 = 2 marks (2)
4.6 Name the texture that is used in EACH of the following extracts.
Answer:
Track 13: Polyphonic
1 mark
Track 14: Homophonic
1 mark (2)
4.7 Identify the genre in this extract.
Answer: Overture/Opera
1 mark (1)
4.8 What does this character represent?
Answer: High Priest of Wisdom (Freemasons)/symbol of good/calm/peace/moral values/light
1 mark (1)
4.9 Write down the descriptive title of this movement.
Answer: Thankful feelings after the storm/Shepherd’s song
1 mark (1)
4.10 Which TWO solo wind instruments play the melody at the beginning of this extract?
Answer: Clarinet and (French) horn
2 marks (2)
4.11 Explain TWO ways in which this extract could describe the image of the sea.
Answer:

• First theme and melodic lines suggest the rise and fall of the sea
• The swell of crescendos and decrescendos convey the movement of the sea
• Sforzando chords for the full orchestra suggest crashing waves
• Minor key suggests a grey, bleak seascape

Any TWO correct answers = 2 marks (any other correct answer which links the musical idea to programmatic elements will be accepted) (2)
(16 ÷ 2)
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TOTAL SECTION B: 12
OR

QUESTION 5: JAZZ
5.1 With which style do you associate this music?
Answer: Cape jazz
1 mark (1)
5.2 Motivate your answer to QUESTION 5.1.
Answer:

• Blending African and swing elements
• A typical saxophone nasal tone with vibrato/a scoop at the end of phrases
• Classical hymn-like harmony blended with jazz feel
• Marabi cyclic chord progression
• Robbie Jansen/Robbie Bop

Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark(1)
5.3 Name ONE membranophone used in this extract.
Answer: snare/tenor drum/bass drum
1 mark (drum kit not accepted) (1)
5.4 Which TWO items describe this extract? Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks.
Answer:

2 x 1 = 2 marks (2)
5.5
Which TWO items describe this extract? Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks.
Answer:

2 x 1 = 2 marks (2)
5.6 Name the female African jazz singer that is usually associated with this song.
Answer: Dolly Rathebe/Miriam Makeba/Thandi Klaasen/Abigail Kubheka
Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1)
5.7 Describe the role of the guitar in this extract.
Answer:

• Provides short solo introduction (picking)
• Provides and strums the rhythmic feel
• Provides rhythmic drive
• Provides an African percussive timbre
• Provides harmony/chords

Any TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
5.8 Identify the wind instrument in EACH of the following extracts.
Answer:
Track 23:
saxophone
Track 24:
clarinet/soprano saxophone
Track 25:
trumpet
3 x 1 = 3 marks (3)
5.9 Name the texture that is used in EACH of the following extracts.
Answer:
Track 26:
Polyphonic/Overlapping/Multi-layered
Track 27:
Homophonic/Melody and accompaniment
2 x 1 = 2 marks (2)
5.10 With which ONE of the solo artists below do you associate this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.

1 mark (1)
(16 ÷ 2)
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TOTAL SECTION B: 12
OR

QUESTION 6: IAM
6.1 With which style do you associate this music?
Answer: Isicathamiya
1 mark (1)
6.2 Motivate your answer to QUESTION 6.1.
Answer:

• TTBB/SATB
• Male singers only
• Call and response
• Repetition
• Crepitation
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Hello My Baby

Any TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
6.3 Which TWO items are relevant to this extract? Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks.
Answer:

TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
6.4 Identify the chordophone in this extract.
Answer: uhadi/umakhweyane/umrhubhe/lihadi/mouth bow
1 mark (1)
6.5 Which TWO of the following items describe this extract? Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks.
Answer:

TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
6.6 Name the vocal technique used by the low, deep voice.
Answer: umngqokolo/throat-singing/overtone-singing
1 mark (1)
6.7 With which artist do you associate this music? (1)
Answer: Phuzekhemisi/Shwi/Khuzani/Izingane Zoma/
Igcokama Elisha
Any other maskandi artist will be accepted
1 mark
6.8 Describe the use of praise poetry (ukubonga) in this extract.
Answer:

• Main purpose of the recitation is to introduce the performer
• To provide background and articulate his experiences, genealogy and heritage
• Draws the audience into the performance because it is intelligible only to those familiar with the contexts, symbols and sounds specific to umaskandi life-worlds

Any TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
6.9 Describe the texture in this extract after the instrumental introduction.
Answer: Call and response between the soloist and backing vocals
1 mark (1)
Homophonic (melody with accompaniment)
6.10 Name the vocal technique used by the backing vocalist in this extract.
Answer: Ululation
1 mark (1)
6.11 Identify the aerophone used in this extract.
Answer: Dinaka/Nanga
1 mark (1)
6.12 With which ONE of the following dances would you associate this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block.

1 mark (1)
(16 ÷ 2)
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TOTAL SECTION B: 12

SECTION C: FORM
QUESTION 7
Listen to the piece below while you study the score.

7.1 Name the form type of this piece.
(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:

ONE mark for each correct section = 2 marks
ONE mark for correct bar numbers of each section = 2 marks (4)
7.3 What is the function of the F# note in bar 11?
Answer:

• Chromatic note
• Decoration to melodic line
• (Chromatic) passing note

ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1)
7.4 Name the cadences marked X and Y.
Answer:

• Cadence X: Imperfect
• Cadence Y: Perfect

TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2)
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TOTAL SECTION C: 8
GRAND TOTAL: 30