waecE-LEARNING
Music 1B , Nov/Dec 2011  
Questions:   1 2 3 4 5   Main
General Comments
Weakness/Remedies
Strength












Question 4

ORGAN

a)        List any three advantages of a synthesizer or electronic key board over the pipe organ.
(b)        Explain any two of the following:
  1. Touch Response;
  2. MIDI;
  3. Chord accompaniment.

(c)        Mention any three manufacturers of electronic keyboard.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Observation

Candidates responded fairly.   However, a good number of them did not give the  required points.  These include:

(a)        -     it is portable and useful for in-house and outside engagement, e.g. street preaching, revival, wedding, reception, banquet, school programmes, picnics;

  • it is cheaper than the pipe-organ;
  • it can be used as a substitute for a pipe organ;
  • it is used mostly for musical bands;
  • it is capable of imitating the sound of various instruments.

(b)        (i)         Touch response – A built-in device which enables the player to control the volume of the sound by the touch of the keys;
(ii)       MIDI – Musical Instrument Digital Interface – It is used to translate musical language into computer language;
(iii)       chord accompaniment – A device that creates automatic accompaniment on the electronic keyboard.

(c)        Yamaha, Casio, Roland, Korg, Kawai, Clavinova, Suzuki, Samsung.

Powered by Sidmach Technologies(Nigeria) Limited .
Copyright © 2015 The West African Examinations Council. All rights reserved.