Music Paper 3 Questions and Answers - Lainaku II Joint Mock Examination 2023

Answer questions from all sections

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS (30 marks)

1.  
   1. Continue the following to make a melody of 16 bars for voice. Modulate to the subdominant key before returning to the tonic key. Introduce a duplet and syncopation. Add phrase marks. (9 marks)
      
   2. Using staff notation, write a tune to fit the following words. Add phrase marks. (6 marks)
      Kuna mila za taifa,
      Zilizo ulimwenguni.
      Mila na utamaduni,
      Ni maendeleo.
2.  Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Use the following chords: I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate V⁷ and passing notes. (15 marks)

SECTION B: HISTORY OF MUSIC AND ANALYSIS (54 MARKS)

3. AFRICAN MUSIC
   1. State any three social environmental influences on African music. [3 marks]
   2. State two advantages of call and response as a style of performance.[2 marks] 
   3. State four ways of tuning membranophones, [4 marks]
   4.  Identify and explain how the following dances acquired their names. [4 marks]
      1. Owalo
      2. Ibirandi
      3. Kamabeka
      4. Cucu
   5. What is an ensemble? [ 1 mark ]
4. WESTERN MUSIC
   Answer any TWO of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).
   1. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI.
      1. Define the term madrigal. …………………………………………………(1 mark)
      2. Mention any three of his contributions to the development of madrigals (3marks)
      3. Outline three features of his madrigals. (3 marks)
      4. State any three feautures Monteverdi introduced to enhance emotional intensity. (3 marks)
   2. ALLESANDRO SCARLATTI.
      1. What is an opera? [3 marks]
      2. Name two of his popular operas. [2 marks]
      3. Name any two of his contemporaries, [2 marks]
      4. State any two characteristics of Scarlatti operas. [ 2 marks]
   3. CHRISTOPH GLUCK.
      1. State any two reforms on Opera. [2 mark]
      2. Give two factors that influenced Gluck’s musical styles of composition. (2 marks)
      3. Apart from Operas, mention three other forms of music by Gluck. (3 marks)
   4. DEBUSSY CLAUDE.
      1. State three characteristics of Claude’s Piano works. (3 marks)
      2. State any two factors that influenced Debussy’s works. (2 marks)
      3. Name any two Ballets by Debussy. (3 marks)
5. Prescribed Traditional African Music
   Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi county-(PPMC Recording )
   1. Give the classification of the instruments used in the recording. [2 marks]
   2. What different variations and changes are used in the performance? . [4 marks]
   3. Identify one ornament and the role it plays in the recording .[2 marks]
   4. State any two activities that makes the climax. [2 marks]
6. Prescribed Western Music
   Sonata Da Chiesa Opus 3, No2 Movement iv by Archaeangelo Correli
   1. For what medium is this work? [1 mark]
   2. Citing using bar numbers, Identify where Polyphonic and monophonic textures have been used. [2 mark]
   3. Using bar numbers , identify two modulations in this work. [2 marks]
   4. Describe in four ways how A section is different from the B section. [4 marks]
7. Unprepared Analysis
   Refer to the melody below and describe its general features listed.
   
   1. Tonality/Scale [1 mark]
   2. Medium [1 mark]
   3. Range [1 mark]
   4. Meter [1 mark]
   5. Dynamics [1 mark]
   6. Ending [1 mark]

SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 MARKS)

8.  
   1. Outline any five advantages of students’ participation in competitive music activities. [5 marks]
   2. Explain any four ways through which music artistes benefit from the public transport industry in Kenya. [4 marks]
   3. Name two traditional double reed instruments in Kenya. [2 marks]
   4. Rewrite the following passage substituting signs for ornaments wherever possible. [5 marks]
      

MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS (30 marks)

1.  
   1. Continue the following to make a melody of 16 bars for voice. Modulate to the subdominant key before returning to the tonic key. Introduce a duplet and syncopation. Add phrase marks. (9 marks)   
      • 16 bars 01mks
      • Duplet ½ mks
      • Modulation to subdominant and back 2mks
      • Phrase marks 1mk
      • Cadences 1mk
      • Lyricism 2mks
      • Climax 1mk
   2. Using staff notation, write a tune to fit the following words. Add phrase marks. (6 marks)
      
      • Syllabic division ½ mks
      • Speech rhythm 1 ½ mks
      • Accentuation 1mk
      • Correct choice of key and time signature ½ mks
      • Cadences final cadence and any other 1mk
      • Lyricism/climax/mucisianship 1 ½ mks
2. Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Use the following chords: I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate V⁷ and passing notes. (15 marks)
   • Chords (½ for each correct chord) 8mks
   • Voice leading (½ each) 1 ½
   • Voice range 1mk
   • Correct cadences 1mk
   • Progression 3 ½ mks
     Deduct ½ mk for each of the following faults
   • Consecutive perfect 5ths
   • Parallel octaves
   • Crossing of parts
   • Voice overlapping
   • Spacing
   • Stemming
   • Doubled root in minor
   • Chords/doubled leading
   • Exposed 5ths
   • Missing key signature
   • Double bar lines

SECTION B: HISTORY OF MUSIC AND ANALYSIS (54 MARKS)

3. AFRICAN MUSIC
   1. State any three social environmental influences on African music. [3 marks]
      
      • Cultural integration
      • Modern technology
      • Formal education
      • Religion
      • Cross border movement
      • Urban movement
   2. State two advantages of call and response as a style of performance.[2 marks]
      
      • Facilitates distribution of roles
      • Makes mastery of the song text easier
      • Keeps every participant alert in case of pitch change and entries
      • Makes the performance interesting
      • Creates variety of textures
   3. State four ways of tuning membranophones [4 marks]
      
      • Warming by the fire
      • Warming in the sun
      • Tightening or loosening the laces for the cord-braced drums
      • Use of uvuva-a melted inner tyre tube put in a drum centre
   4. Identify and explain how the following dances acquired their names. [4 marks]
      1. Owalo- luo-costume/sisal skirt
      2. Ibirandi-kuria-main instrument
      3. Kamabeka-bukusu-body part emphasized in the dance/shoulder dance
      4. Cucu-gikuyu-age of the performer
   5. What is an ensemble? [ 1 mark ]
4. WESTERN MUSIC
   Answer any TWO of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).
   1. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI.
      1. Define the term madrigal (1 mark)
         • Unaccompanied secular polyphonic music with 2-8 voices
      2. Mention any three of his contributions to the development of madrigals (3marks)
         • Wrote 9 books of madrigals
         • Made use of dissonances
         • Made use of tremolo and pizzicato
         • His 8th madrigal ottava libro is considered to be the perfection of madrigal form
      3. Outline three features of his madrigals. (3 marks)
         • He provoked angry feelings as a symbol of passion
         • He made a smooth combination of homophony/polyphony
         • His earliest madrigals reflect the lush chromatic styles and late renaissance period
      4. State any three features Monteverdi introduced to enhance emotional intensity. (3 marks)
         • He introduced pizzicato as a symbol of passion
         • He personified effects in his music drama
         • He used dissonance and instrumental color for dramatic, expressiveness, atmosphere and suspense
   2. ALLESANDRO SCARLATTI.
      1. What is an opera? [3 marks]
         • Drama set to music
      2. Name two of his popular operas. [2 marks]
         • Gliequivoci in amore
         • Cliequivoci nelsembiante
      3.  Name any two of his contemporaries, [2 marks]
         • J BACH
         • FREDERICH HANDELL
      4. State any two characteristics of Scarlatti operas. [ 2 marks]
         • Lyrical and Expressive
         • Baroque Style
   3. CHRISTOPH GLUCK.
      1. State any two reforms on Opera. [2 mark]
         • Made overture an integral part of the opera
         • Emphasized on simplicity
         • Lessened the contract between Aria and recitatue
      2. Give two factors that influenced Gluck’s musical styles of composition. (2 marks)
         • G.F Handel from whom he learnt counterpoint
         • The French musical and dramatic traditions of vienna
         • His association with Romanero de calzabigi who believed that opera should be built around natural expression of human emotions rather than the herois of the matastasio tradition
      3. Apart from Operas, mention three other forms of music by Gluck. (3 marks)
         • Ballets
         • Symphonies
         • Trio sonatas
   4. DEBUSSY CLAUDE.
      1. State three characteristics of Claude’s Piano works. (3 marks)
         • He used whole tone scale
         • He used vague pulse and tonality
         • He emphasized on tone color
      2. State any two factors that influenced Debussy’s works. (2 marks)
         • His visit to Russia and Russian music
         • The ideas of Richard wegner
      3. Name any two Ballets by Debussy. (3 marks)
         • Mandolin
         • Chanson de bilitis
5. Prescribed Traditional African Music
   Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi county-(PPMC Recording )
   1. Give the classification of the instruments used in the recording. [2 marks]
      • Membranophone-drum
      • Aerophone-whistle
      • Idiophone-jingles
   2. What different variations and changes are used in the performance? . [4 marks]
      • Monophononic-bar 1-2, bar 20
      • Polyphonic-main texture
   3. Identify one ornament and the role it plays in the recording .[2 marks]
      • Bar 9-19 Dominant A major
      • Bar 34-37 G major subdominant
      • Bar 26-27 relative minor
   4. State any two activities that makes the climax. [2 marks]
      • drums played faster
6. Prescribed Western Music
   Sonata Da Chiesa Opus 3, No2 Movement iv by Archaeangelo Correli.
   1. For what medium is this work? [1 mark]
      _____________instrument ______________________________________________________________
   2. Citing using bar numbers, Identify where Polyphonic and monophonic textures have been used. [2 mark]
      _______polyphonic is the main texture
      ___________________________________________monophonic texture bars 1 and 2 and
      bar 20________________________
   3. Using bar numbers , identify two modulations in this work. [2 marks]
      _________bar 9 to 19 modulation to the dominant
      Bar 26 to 27 modulation to the relative minor
      __________________________________________________________________ 
   4. Describe in four ways how A section is different from the B section. [4 marks
      • modulation
      • Number of bars
      • Dynamics
7. Unprepared Analysis
   Refer to the melody below and describe its general features listed.
   
   1. Tonality/Scale [1 mark]
      
      • G major scale 
   2. Medium [1 mark]
      
      • voice
   3. Range [1 mark]
      
      • B to G
   4. Meter [1 mark]
      
      • simple duple time
   5. Dynamics [1 mark]
      
      • no Dynamics used
   6. Ending [1 mark]
      
      • Ends on sub mediant

SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 MARKS)

8.  
   1. Outline any five advantages of students’ participation in competitive music activities. [5 marks]
      • eligible to win prizes and awards
      • Boosts the confidence of the student
      • Students appreciate each other culture
      • Students learn to play other instruments through apprenticeship. 
   2. Explain any four ways through which music artistes benefit from the public transport industry in Kenya. [4 marks]
      • They gain popularity
      • They make more sales
      • Royalties from the copywrite society
   3. Name two traditional double reed instruments in Kenya. [2 marks]
      • Nzomari
      • Bung'o
   4. Rewrite the following passage substituting signs for ornaments wherever possible. [5 marks]
      
      • Turn with a sharp below
      • Upper mordent
      • Trill