Question 2
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Either
With reference to Monuetto and Trio (Divertimento in C) by Hyadn:
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(a) What is the form of the music?
(b) Quote the opening four bars of the melody.
(c) On which beats does the music begin?
(d) List any two dynamic marks used in the piece.
(e) List the two ornaments used in the piece.
(f) List any three compositional techniques used.
(g) State the cadence that concludes the music.
Observation
Candidates were expected to study the set-piece and respond accordingly to the questions. However, candidates’ performance was on the average in this question. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:
With reference to Menuetto and Trio (Divertimento in C) by Haydn:
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(a) Incipient Binary/Ternary/ABA
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(b) Weak beat/anacrusic beat/3rd beat/up beat
(c)piano/ p / soft, forte/ f / loud, crescendo/ cresc / gradually loud
(d) trill / tr, turn/
(e)arpeggiation, sequence, modulation, imitation, syncopation, repetition
(f)Perfect cadence
Or
With reference to Ire Gbogbo by Debo Akinwumi:
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(a) For what instrument was the music arranged?
(b) What is the nationality of the composer?
(c) List the section of the music as indicated by rehearsal letters.
(d) What voice part begin the music?
(e) Quote the first four bars of the melody.
(f) List four compositional technique used.
(g) State the final cadence of the piece.
Candidates were expected to study the set-piece and respond accordingly to the questions. However, most of the candidates performed poorly in this question, they went outside the piece to mention general compositional devices. This resulted in loss of marks. Candidates should have responded to the question in the following ways:
With reference to Ire Gbogbo by Debo Akinwumi:
(a) Voice and Keyboard/Piano/Organ/Synthesizer
(b) Nigerian
(c) A,B, C, D,E
(d) Soprano
(e)
(f) sequences, homophony, call and response, scaly, repetition.
(g) Perfect