Music Paper 2 (Essay) WASSCE (PC, 2ND) 2020

Question 5

 

  1. Identify the following musicians as belonging to Rhythm and Blues, Jazz or Reggae musical styles.

S/N

MUSICIAN

MUSICAL STYLE

i

Count Bassie

 

ii

Bobby Dodds

 

iii

Peter Tosh

 

iv

Bessie Smith

 

v

Jimmy Cliff

 

vi

Louis Armstrong

 

vii

Miles Davis

 

viii

Bob Marley

 

ix

Lucky Dube

 

x

Duke Ellington

 

 

(b) State five percussive instruments used in hip-hop musical performance.

 

Observation

 

The question was popular among the candidates and it was well attempted by most. However, candidates’ performance was average. It was very surprising that many candidates did not understand the word ‘percussive’, as most of them listed instruments of the wind and string family.

 

Candidates were expected to state the following points for percussive instruments used in hip-hop musical performance:

 

Percussive instruments used in Hip-pop musical performance
Snare drum, bass drum, crash cymbal, mounted toms, glockenspiel, bell, hi hat, conga, tambourine.