MUSIC
PAPER TWO (P2)
GRADE 12 
EXAM PAPERS AND MEMOS
SEPTEMBER 2016

MEMORANDUM

SECTION A: AURAL 
QUESTION 1 (COMPULSORY) 

1.1 Listen to the melodic and rhythmic phrase. Notate the rhythm of the missing  notes in bars 2–3 below. 

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) 

Listen to the extract from the second movement of Cello Concerto, Op. 104 by  A. Dvořák. Answer the questions that follow. 

2.1 Name the interval at 2.1, for example Major 3rd. 
Answer: Perfect 4th (1)

2.2 Fill in the missing notation at 2.2 in bars 12 and 13. (3)  

2.3 Identify the compositional technique used at 2.3 in bars 22–24.
Answer: Sequences (1) 

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) 

3.2      (3) 

3.3   (3) 

3.4         (3) 

(12 ÷ 3) [4]

Answer QUESTION 4 (WAM) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (IAM).
QUESTION 4: WAM 
4.1 

4.1.1 Identify the brass instrument playing at the beginning of this extract.
Answer: French Horn (1) 

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 

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)
 

 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 

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 

Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 14. 
Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.  (3) 

(16 ÷ 2) [8] 

OR

QUESTION 5: JAZZ 
5.1 

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 

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. 

• • Featured South African musicians Dollar Brand, Kippie  Moeketsi, Jonas Gwangwa and Hugh Masekela all destined  to shape South African jazz (one mark)
  • Influences of American modern jazz (Bebop) mixed with a  more distinctively South African sound (one mark) (2)

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 

Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 18. Make a  cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.  (3) 

(16 ÷ 2) [8]

OR

QUESTION 6: IAM 
6.1 

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 

6.2.1 Identify the South African style. 
Answer: Isicathamiya (1)

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 

 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.

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 

Mark THREE items in COLUMN A that is related to Track 22. Make a  cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks.  (3) 

(16 ÷ 2) [8] 

TOTAL SECTION B: 12

QUESTION 7 (COMPULSORY) 
Read and study the questions for ONE minute.

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)

7.3 Give an analysis of the form of the Trio. 
Trio: (9 ÷ 3) (3)

7.4 How is the key of the Trio related to the key of the Minuet? 
Answer: Parallel key (C major – C minor) (1) 

TOTAL SECTION C: 8 
GRAND TOTAL: 30