Music Paper 3B May/June 2015

Question 2

  1. Mention any two other instruments in the violin family.
  2. Identify any four parts that are common to both the violin and the guitar

 

Mention the letter names of the open strings of the violin in order of rising pitches.

 

Observation

The question was popular among the candidates and candidates’ responses to this question were remarkable, though some candidates were not able to name the open strings of the violin in order of rising pitches and this caused them to have low performance in the question. The following points should have been highlighted in their responses for them to score high marks:

(a)        Viola, Cello, Double Bass. 
(b)        Tuning pegs, Strings, finger board, Bridge, Tail piece, Sound box, Neck 
(c)        G, D, A, E