SEC34 MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL SAMPLE PAPER 2014 SUBJECT: PAPER NUMBER: DATE: TIME: MUSIC I – Part I – Musicianship 30 minutes Section A: Musicianship 1. Multiple Choice Questions. (5 marks) You have been listening to a famous extract from a work called ‘The Magic Flute’. a. Who is the composer of this well-known work? 1. Paisiello 2. Wagner 3. Mozart 4. Schubert b. In which period of music history was it written in? 1. The Romantic Period 2. The Classical Period 3. The Baroque Period 4. The Modern Period c. What type of work do you think this work is? 1. Oratorio 2. Cantata 3. Symphony 4. Opera d. What type of voice do you think is singing this excerpt? 1. Mezzo Soprano 2. Tenor 3. Baritone 4. Soprano e. What tempo would you use to best describe this aria? 1. Prestissimo 2. Allegro Molto 3. Adagio 4. Moderato 1 2a. Listen to the following major triad. Is the following note the root, third or fifth of the chord? (1 mark) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2b. Listen to the following melody. Identify the chord indicated as major, minor or diminished. (1 mark) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Listen to the melody carefully and write it below. (3 marks) 2 SEC34 MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL SAMPLE PAPER 2014 SUBJECT: PAPER NUMBER: DATE: TIME: MUSIC I – Part I – Theory 1 hour Section B: Theory 1a. Write the scale of F minor melodic descending without key-signature, but showing the relevant accidentals. Use the treble clef. Indicate with a * the sub-dominant degree of the scale. (2 marks) 1b. Write a pentatonic major scale ascending and descending starting on C. (1 mark) 1c. Change the given melody into a chromatic passage by adding the necessary accidentals. (2 marks) 1 2a. Re-write the following melody grouping the notes correctly in the time-signature given. (2 marks) 2b. Write the intervals indicated above the given tonic notes. (2 marks) 2c. Write the enharmonic equivalent of the following: (1 mark) 2 3. Look at the above extract and answer the questions below: a. What is the interval in bar 9 (A-E)? (1 mark) _______________________________ b. Identify the cadence in bars 15-16 as marked. (2 marks)______________________ c. What is the name of the ornament in bars 4 and 15? (1 mark)_________________ d. What key is the excerpt in? (1 mark)_______________________________________ 4a. Choose any two dynamic marks from below and give their meaning: (2 marks) Marziale:_____________________________________________________ Appassionato:_________________________________________________ Tempo Giusto:_________________________________________________ Meno Mosso:__________________________________________________ 3 4b. Transpose the given bars from concert pitch to be played by a clarinet in Bb in the space provided below. (3 marks) 4 SEC34 MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL SAMPLE PAPER 2014 SUBJECT: PAPER NUMBER: DATE: TIME: MUSIC I – Part II – Performance Sight Reading Samples (4 marks) Piano Voice Sing the following using any vowel you wish, or using Sol-fa. Saxophone Clarinet Viola Trumpet Euphonium Violin
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