Music Paper 3A (Aural) Nov/Dec 2015

Question 1

Rhythmic Dictation (4 bars)

Observation

  Candidates’ overall performance was below average. They were expected to listen to a rhythmic dictation and then notate the rhythm on a monotone. Some of the candidates performed excellently well in this question but many were unable to notate the rhythm as required and this caused them to lose a substantial part of the marks. They should have responded to the question in the following manner: