Music Paper 2 (Essay) Nov/Dec 2015

Question 2

  1. With reference to Gavotte (From French Suite) by Bach.

    1. What is the nationality of the composer?
    2. State the relative minor of the key of the music.
    3. State the chord that begins the music.
    4. To what key does the music modulate at the end of the second staff?
    5. State the names of the following articulations and explain their functions as used in the music.

    6.  
    7. State any four melodic devices used in the music.
    8. What is the tempo of the music?
    List any two dynamic marks or symbols used in the music.

Observation

Candidates were expected to study the set-piece and respond accordingly to the questions. However, most of the candidates performed poorly in this question. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:
            Germany

  1. E minor
  2. Chord 1   (Tonic chord)
  3. D major
  4. (i) Staccato – short detached sounds

(ii) mordent – an ornament expressed by quickly moving from the principal note to the upper note and coming back to the principal note.

  1. Repetition, arpeggios, scale, modulation, sequences, interlocking 3rds
  2. Moderato or at a moderate pace  
  3. P, mp, f, mf, cresc,           

               
Or
With reference to NNE, BIA NYEREM AKA by Laz Ekwueme.

  1. For what media is the music written?
  2. Explain the dynamic mark that begins the piano accompaniment.
  3. Explain the meaning of the title in English.
  4. Quote the first two bars of the piano part (left and right hands).
  5. What is the form of the music?
  6. State four compositional devices used in 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 this was non-availability of the prescribed set-pieces. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:

  1. Voice and Piano
  2. (mp) mezzo piano meaning moderately soft
  3. Mother, I need your help
  4. Description: C:\Users\GSS\Desktop\mus 1.jpgDescription: C:\Users\GSS\Desktop\mus 2.jpg 

 


Or  

  1. Strophic                                                                                                          
  2. Syncopation, hemiola, antiphony, imitation, modulation, repetition,
Cadential extension, drone.