Question 2
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Either
With reference to GAVOTTE (From French suite) by Bach.- State the key of the music.
- Quote the first four bars of the melody.
- What is the time signature of the music?
- What period was the music composed?
- List five dynamic marks or symbols used in the music.
- What is the tempo of the music?
Observation
Candidates were expected to study the set-piece and respond accordingly to the questions. However, most of the candidates performed average in this question. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:
(a) Key G major
(b)
(c) or Alla breve or
(d) Baroque Period
(d) p, mp, f, mf, cresc, ˂, >
(f) Moderato or At a moderate pace or Moderately
Or
With reference to Akin Euba’s Ore Meta
- State the time signatures of the music.
- What instrument introduces the song?
- State the metronome mark that depicts the tempo of the piece.
- In which Nigerian Language is the music written?
- Notate the range of the voice part using semibreve.
- Identify any four compositional devices used in the piano part
- What category of voice part is the music written for?
- What cadence ends the music?
Candidates were expected to study the set-piece and respond accordingly to the questions. However, most of the candidates performed poorly in this question and the major cause of the poor performance was non-availability of the prescribed set-pieces. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:
(a) and
(b) Piano
(c) = 120
(d) Igbo
(e)
(f) Polarity (unison), repetition, synocopation, hemiola, call & response,
imitation, modulation, chromaticism.
(g) High Voice, Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor
(h) Perfect