Music Studies 2020

Question booklet

• Questions 1 to 15 • Answer all questions • Write your answers in this question booklet

Examination information

Materials • Question booklet • Score booklet • Formula sheet • Manuscript paper • SACE registration number label

Instructions • Show all working in the question booklet • Use a sharp dark pencil, or a black or blue pen • You may use manuscript paper for rough work

Total time: 130 minutes Total marks: 170

Attach your SACE registration number label here page 2 of 16 Recorded examples of music will be played to help you to answer Questions 1 to 13. Answer all questions in the spaces provided after each question.

1. One example from each of the following four groups ((a), (b), (c), and (d)) will be played twice, followed each time by a 10-second pause in which you select which example was played by ticking the appropriate box. After the pause, the example will be played a third time so that you can check your answer.

(a) Tick the appropriate box to indicate which rhythm is played. Two bars of dotted-crotchet beats will be given on the metronome to set the tempo.

= 58

(2 marks)

(b) Tick the appropriate box to indicate which melody is played. One bar of beats will be given on the metronome to set the tempo.

Swing = 100 =

(2 marks)

page 3 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER (c) Tick the appropriate box to indicate which chord type is played.

A major seventh chord.

A minor seventh chord.

A half-diminished seventh chord.

An augmented-seventh chord. (2 marks)

(d) Tick the appropriate box to indicate the time signature of this extract.

6 8

5 8

7 8

2 4 (2 marks)

2 2. A six-bar melody in 4 time will be played three times, followed each time by a 20-second pause in which you are to complete the rhythm of the melody on the stave provided. This melody does not have rests and some of the rhythm is given. After the pause the melody will be played a fourth time so that you can check your answer. Each time before the melody is played, two bars of crotchet beats will be given on the metronome to set the tempo.

= 72

(7 marks)

page 4 of 16 3. Two short melodies ((a) and (b)) will be played three times, followed each time by a 10-second pause in which you are to write the interval produced by the first two notes of the melody. • Name each interval by number and tonality name (e.g. perfect fourth) in the space provided for part (i). • Write the second note of the interval on the stave provided for part (ii); the first note of the interval is given.

(a) This melody is for viola.

(i) Name of interval: ______(2 marks)

(ii)

(2 marks)

(b) This melody is for flute.

(i) Name of interval: ______(2 marks)

(ii)

(2 marks)

4. Two short melodies with accompaniment ((a) and (b)) will be played twice, followed each time by a 15-second pause. Tick the appropriate box to indicate the scale on which the melody is based. After the pause the melodies will be played a third time so that you can check your answer.

(a) This melody is for acoustic guitar with electric bass accompaniment.

Major pentatonic scale.

Harmonic minor scale.

Dorian scale.

Natural minor scale. (2 marks)

(b) This melody is for vibraphone with rhythm section.

Blues scale.

Minor pentatonic scale.

Melodic minor scale.

Mixolydian scale. (2 marks)

page 5 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 5. A four-bar excerpt for violin with piano accompaniment will be played five times, followed each time by a 20-second pause in which you are to complete the violin part on the stave provided; the rhythm of the violin part is given above the stave, and some notes of the melody are provided. In addition, you are to complete questions (a) and (b) below. Each time before the excerpt is played the tonic chord will be played to set the tonality, and one bar of crotchets will be given on the metronome to set the tempo.

= 80

Violin (i)(i)

1 2 3 4

PianoPiano

(5 marks)

(a) Identify the cadence in bars 3 and 4 marked by the bracket.

______(2 marks)

(b) Write the scale degree name of the second note of the melody, marked (i).

______(1 mark)

page 6 of 16 6. The following melody will be played twice, followed each time by a 15-second pause. Tick the appropriate box to indicate which chord progression was played as the harmonic backing, using the chord language with which you are more familiar. The harmony uses one chord for each bar. After the pause, the melody will be played a third time so that you can check your answer.

= 100

Traditional harmony Chord symbols

i VI VII ii ඦ V 7 i Gm E FA ඦ D7 Gm

i iv v VI V 7 i Gm Cm Dm E D7 Gm

iVIvii ඦ V 7 VI Gm E Dm A ඦ D7 E

i iv VII ii ඦ V 7 VI Gm Cm F A ඦ D7 E

(2 marks)

7. The first four bars of a melody will be played once, followed by a 10-second pause. After the pause the first four bars will be played a second time, followed by a 3-minute pause. During the pause, you are to develop and complete the eight-bar melody on the stave provided, to complement the first four bars.

Moderato

(8 marks)

page 7 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 8. Refer to the score for ‘Recycled’ on pages 2 and 3 of the score booklet. This music will be played once, followed by a 10-minute pause in which you are to answer questions (a) to (f ) below and on page 9. You may answer the questions at any time during the music or the pause. After the pause, the music will be played a second time so that you can check your answers.

(a) Identify the form of this music, providing bar numbers for the different sections in your answer.

______

______(7 marks)

(b) Explain how the following score markings affect the rhythm in this music.

(i)

______

______(2 marks)

(ii)

______

______(2 marks)

(c) In bars 13 to 16, the clarinet plays a melodic phrase derived from a descending scale. Tick the appropriate box to indicate the scale.

Natural minor scale.

Harmonic minor scale.

Major scale.

Dorian scale. (2 marks)

page 8 of 16 (d) Describe the relationship between the clarinet part in bars 29 to 32 and the treble clef part of the piano in bars 33 to 36.

______

______(2 marks)

(e) In concert pitch:

(i) what is the key of this piece at bar 1? ______(1 mark)

(ii) what is the key of this piece at bar 29? ______(1 mark)

(iii) what is the relationship between these two keys?

______

______(2 marks)

(f ) Tick the appropriate box to indicate which one of the following is played by the clarinet in concert pitch in bars 48 and 49.

Straight

(2 marks)

page 9 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 9. A 2-minute piece will be played four times, followed each time by a 60-second pause. You may answer questions (a) and (b) below at any time during the music or pauses. This piece is in binary form (AB).

(a) Describe the rhythm and meter in:

(i) the A section.

______

______(4 marks)

(ii) the B section.

______

______(4 marks)

(b) Describe the texture and timbre in:

(i) the A section.

______

______(4 marks)

(ii) the B section.

______

______(4 marks)

page 10 of 16 10. An excerpt from the 2-minute piece in Question 9 will be played twice, followed each time by a 10-second pause in which you are to indicate which melody and rhythm was played by ticking the appropriate box. After the pause the excerpt will be played a third time so that you can check your answer.

(2 marks)

page 11 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 11. The melody for a traditional tune, ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’, will be played once. Twinkle, twinkle little star

Twin-kle twin-kle lit - tle star How I won-der what you are Up a - bove the world so high

Like a dia-mond in the sky Twin-kle twin-kle lit - tle star How I won-der what you are.

Refer to the arrangement of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’ on pages 4 and 5 of the score booklet. The arrangement of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’ has been written for a string quartet. It will be played twice, with a 60-second pause in between so that you can begin to answer questions (a) to (f ) below and on page 13. After the second playing there will be a 5-minute pause for you to complete your answers. After the 5-minute pause the arrangement will be played a third time so that you can check your answers.

(a) How has the rhythm of the original melody been adapted for this arrangement?

______

______(2 marks)

(b) Indicate which instrument plays the melody in the following sections of the arrangement:

(i) Bars 5 to 12 ______(1 mark)

(ii) Bars 13 to 20 ______(1 mark)

(iii) Bars 21 to 27 ______(1 mark)

______

______(2 marks)

page 12 of 16 (d) Describe the following techniques used in the arrangement.

(i) pizz. ______(1 mark)

(ii) arco ______(1 mark)

(e) Rewrite the viola part in bar 24 marked (i) at the same pitch, but in the treble clef.

(2 marks)

(f ) Indicate which standard chord progression is used in bars 26 and 27, indicated by the bracket and marked (ii).

______(2 marks)

page 13 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 12. Refer to the scores for ‘Fanfare’ and ‘Threnody’ on pages 6 to 9 of the score booklet. Each piece will be played only once. After both pieces have been played there will be a 10-minute pause in which you are to answer questions (a) to (c) below. You may begin to answer the questions while the music is being played.

(a) Describe the texture in each piece.

______

______(4 marks)

(b) Compare the use of rhythm and meter in each piece.

______

______(4 marks)

(c) Describe three compositional techniques that are used in either of these pieces. Indicate the bar numbers where these features occur. Do not refer to features from your answers to Question 12(a) or 12(b).

______

______(6 marks)

page 14 of 16 13. The melody below, with root position chords included, will be played twice, with a 15-second pause between each playing. After the second time there will be an 8-minute pause in which you are to: • write three parts below the melody using the chord progression and suitable chord-voicing and voice-leading; do not alter the given melody • note that the clef for each part has been provided • include chord and non-chord notes and chord extensions as appropriate.

Melody

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

(24 marks)

This is the end of the recorded section of this examination. Please complete Questions 14 and 15 to finish the examination.

14. There is no recorded example of music for this question. The notes in the following musical excerpt have not been grouped correctly. Rewrite the excerpt on the stave provided, grouping the notes correctly and adding bar lines as appropriate.

(3 marks)

Please turn over to complete Question 15.

page 15 of 16 PLEASE TURN OVER 15. There is no recorded example of music for this question. Answer one option from this question, Option A or Option B.

OPTION A: FOUR-PART VOCAL STYLE Harmonise the following melody in four-part vocal style. Identify your chords under the stave, using appropriate roman numerals or chord symbols. You may include a dominant seventh chord and/or chord inversions as appropriate.

AndanteAndante

(32 marks)

OPTION B: JAZZ-RELATED HARMONY Harmonise the following melody in jazz-related style for keyboard, using piano-voicing and smooth voice-leading. Write your chord symbols above the keyboard part. You may include extended and/or altered-note chords as appropriate.

BalladBallad

(32 marks)

page 16 of 16 — end of booklet SCORE BOOKLET Write youranswersinthequestionbooklet • RefertothesescoreswhenansweringQuestions8,11, and12 • Score booklet © SACE BoardofSouth Australia2020 Music Studies 2020 8. Refer to the following score when answering the questions on pages 8 and 9 of the question booklet. Recycled

Allegretto, light swing 2 3 4 5 6

Clarinet in B

(i)

Piano

7 8 9 10 11 12

Cl.

Pno.

13 14 15 16 17 18

Cl.

Pno.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Cl.

dolce

Pno.

page 2 of 9 Poco risoluto 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Cl.

Pno.

sim

33 34 35 36 37 38

Cl.

Pno.

39 40 41 42 43 44

Cl.

Pno.

molto rit. Straight 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

Cl.

Pno.

page 3 of 9 PLEASE TURN OVER 11. Refer to the following score when answering the questions on pages 12 and 13 of the question booklet.

Twinkle, twinkle little star

= 200 pizz. 2 3 4 5 Violin 1

pizz. Violin 2

Viola

pizz. Violoncello

6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 arco

arco

page 4 of 9 17 18 19 20 21

cresc.

(ii) 22 23 24 25 26

(i)

(ii) 27 28 pizz. 29 30 31

dim.

dim. pizz.

dim.

page 5 of 9 PLEASE TURN OVER 12. Refer to the following scores ‘Fanfare’ and ‘Threnody’ when answering the questions on page 14 of the question booklet.

Fanfare

Majestically =100 2 3 4

Trumpet in B 1

Trumpet in B 2

Piano

Bright and Joyous =120 5 6 7 8 9

Tpt. 1 cresc.

Tpt. 2 cresc.

Pno.

10 11 12 13 14

Tpt. 1

Tpt. 2

Pno. sub.

page 6 of 9 15 16 17 18

Tpt. 1

Tpt. 2

Pno.

with pedal

19 20 21 22

Tpt. 1

cresc.

Tpt. 2 cresc.

Pno.

23 24 25 26 27

Tpt. 1

Tpt. 2

marcato

Pno.

page 7 of 9 PLEASE TURN OVER Threnody

Slowly =70 2 3 4 5

Flute gently pulsing

Oboe gently pulsing

Clarinet in B gently pulsing

Bassoon gently pulsing

6 7 8 9 10

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

11 12 13 14 15

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

page 8 of 9 16 17 18 19 20

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

21 22 23 24

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

25 26 27 28 29

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

page 9 of 9 — end of booklet

MUSIC STUDIES FORMULA SHEET

C F Am G Dm Em Middle C 0 B 1 1 D Gm Bm 2 2 Middle C E 3 3 A Cm F m 4 4 Middle C A E 5 6 5 Fm C m 6 Percussion stave D B F D m B m G m G Em

C Major C Pentatonic (major)

112233455 6767 8 4 11223355668

C Natural Minor C Pentatonic (minor)

112423 4 556 7 8 7 6 3 113 44557 8 7 3 C Harmonic Minor C Dorian (2nd mode of B major scale)

112423 4 556 778 6 3 112423 4 55667 8 7 3 C Melodic Minor C Mixolydian (5th mode of F major scale)

112423 4 556 7 8 7 6 3 11234 567 8 7 6542 3 C Blues

113 44555 787 5 3

Trumpet in B Clarinet in B Horn in F Simple time Compound time Note-value Note-value written sounding written sounding written sounding of each beat Number of of each beat beats to each bar Guitar Bass guitar Soprano sax in B 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 4 8 2 4 8 16 Duple written sounding written sounding written sounding 3 3 3 9 9 9 2 4 8 3 4 8 16 Triple Alto sax in E Tenor sax in B Baritone sax in E 4 4 4 12 12 12 2 4 8 4 4 8 16 Quadruple written sounding written sounding written sounding

PLEASE TURN OVER © SACE Board of South Australia 2019 Naming intervals by number and tonality name Scale degree names (Roman numerals refer to major scale) Upper pitch is Upper pitch is Upper pitch Upper pitch is two semitones one semitone is within the one semitone 1 Tonic I lower lower major scale higher Interval 2 Supertonic ii (than the major (than the major (of the lower (than the major scale of the lower scale of the lower tonic note) scale of the lower 3 Mediant iii tonic note) tonic note) tonic note) 4 Subdominant IV Unison, Octave, Diminished Perfect Augmented 5 Dominant V 4th, 5th 6 Submediant vi 2nd, 3rd, 7 Leading note vii Diminished Minor Major Augmented 6th, 7th 8 Upper tonic VIII

Chord name Symbol Root 3rd 5th 7th Major X X 4st 3st Minor Xm X 3 4 Diminished X° X33 CC Augmented X+ X44 Major 7 Xmaj7 X 4st 3st 4st Dominant 7 X7 X 4 3 3 Diatonic 7th Chords (in C major) Minor 7 Xm7 X 3 4 3 Half Diminished 7 X 7 or or X 334 Minor 75 Xm75 Diminished 7 X°7 X 333 1423 567 Augmented 7 X+7 X 442 st = semitone steps between two successive pitches Triads and 7th Chords (built above C)

Ia Ib Ic V7a V7b V7c V7d

root1st 2nd root 1st 2nd 3rd inversion inversion inversion inversion inversion

Basic cadences Standard chord progressions Perfect 5-1 (V-I) 1 4 5 1 4 7 3 6 2 5 1 Plagal 4-1 (IV-I) 1 5 6 4 1 6 2 5 1 Interrupted 5-6 (V-vi) 1 4 6 5 6 2 5 1 1 7 4 2 5 1 6 Imperfect 1-5 (I-V) 2-5 (ii-V) 1 5 6 3 4 1 4 5 1 4 3 6 4-5 (IV-V) 1 7 3 6 6-5 (vi-V) 5 6

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