Bishops Music Department

June 2015 Grade 11 Harmony and Theory Exam 70 Marks

Name: ______

Instructions: Answer all questions in pencil. Answer all questions on this paper. Write neatly and accurately, illegible answers will be marked incorrect.

Question one

Study the extract below from (German Dance by Haydn) and answer the questions that follow.

10 marks

1.1 What compositional device is used in the first and second sections of this piece?

Answer: ______1 mark

1.2 Name the non-chordal note C in bar 2 beat 1.

Answer: ______1 mark 1.3 Find an example of an accented passing note in the left hand. Mark on the score. 1 mark

1.4 Analyse the chords in bar 15. Mark on the score. 2 marks

1.5 Name the key in bars 11 – 12.

1.6 What form of scale is used in 1.5?

1.7 Name the intervals found in the score:

1.7.1 Bar 1

1.7.2 Bar 3

1.8 Write the third inversion of the chord in bar 7 beat 3 in the treble clef. 1 mark Use semi-breves. Question two

Complete the following motif to form a 12 bar melody in ternary form.

Indicate your choice of voice/instrument and add appropriate dynamics, phrasing and articulation.

Voice/Instrument ______15 marks

The melody will be marked according to the following guidelines:

DESCRIPTION MARK ALLOCATION CANDIDATE’S MARK Form and cadential points 3 Musicality: melodic shape and climax 7 Dynamics and articulation 2 Correctness of notation: no. of bars, note stems, beats per bar, accidentals, spacing 3 TOTAL 15 Question three

Write the following scales and mark all semitones. 20 marks

3.1 In the bass clef, the blues scale on Bb ascending without key signature. Write in a compound triple time of two bars. 4 marks

3.2 In the treble clef, c melodic minor ascending and descending with key signature. Write in simple triple time of four bars. Begin with an upbeat. 6 marks

3.3 Identify the scale on which each melody below is based. 10 marks

6 marks

Scale: ______

Scale: ______Scale: ______

Question four 25 marks

Complete the four-part harmonization by adding suitable chords. Show all your figuring. Include:

6 4.1 a passing 4 progression

4.2 the dominant quartad in 3rd inversion

6 4.3 a cadential 4 progression

4.4 the supertonic and submediant chords

4.5 two chords in 1st inversion

Non-chordal notes.