Music Paper 3 Questions and Answers - Mokasa 1 Joint Pre Mock Exams 2023

• Answer all questions in this paper
• In question 4 choose any two of the questions numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d)

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS 

1.  
   1. Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks.    (9 marks)
      
   2. Using staff notation, compose a tune to suit the following lyrics. Add phrase marks.  (6 marks)
      Praise the father God almighty,
      Who is maker Lord and King.
2. Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Choose appropriate chords from I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate a passing six-four in the third bar. (15 marks)
   

SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (48 marks)

1. AFRICAN MUSIC 
   1. Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4 marks)
      1. Adet ………………………………………...………………………………………………………
      2. Karing’aring’a ……………………………...…………………………………………………………
      3. Efumbo……….……………………………………………………………………………………….
      4. Uta wa wathi…………………………………………………………………………………………..
   2. State any three roles of a soloist in an African dance performance. (3 marks)
   3. Name any three Kenyan dances that derive their names from instruments that accompany them. (3 marks)
   4. State any four characteristic features of an African singing game. (4 marks)
2. WESTERN MUSIC
   Answer any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).
   1. Claudio Monteverdi
      1. During which musical period did Claudio Monteverdi live? (1 mark)
      2. Define an opera (1 mark)
      3. List any three characteristics of Monteverdi’s Operas (3 marks)
      4. Identify the following works by Monteverdi. (2 marks)
         1. De la belleza le dovute lodi …………………………………………………………………………
         2. Armida abbandonata  ……………………………………………………………………………….
         3. Cazonette, libro primo ………………………………………………………………………………
         4. Orfeo …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
   2. Alessandro Scarlatti
      1. What was Alessandro Scarlatti’s nationality? (1 mark)
      2. Give any two appointments held by A. Scarlatti.   (2 marks)
      3. State any two contributions of Alessandro Scarlatti to the Opera. (2 marks)
      4. Name two sources that influenced Scarlatti as a musician. (2 marks)
   3. Christoph Willibald Gluck
      1. State the year of birth and death of C.W. Gluck. (1 mark)
      2. What title is given to Gluck’s first opera? (1 mark)
      3. Gluck is well known for his reforms to the opera music genre. State any three reforms he brought about to this genre. (3 marks)
      4. Name the two main instruments that were played by Gluck. (2 marks)
   4. Claude Debussy
      1. Name any one of Debussy’s piano teachers in his early stage at the conservatoire. (1 mark)
      2. Name any two of Debussy’s contemporaries. (2 marks)
      3. In 1884, Debussy won an award.
         1. Name the award. (1 mark)
         2. Name the work that made him win the award. (1 mark)
      4. Identify the following works. (2 marks)
         1. Claire de Lune ……….……………………………………………………………………………
         2. Rodrigue et chimene .………………………….…………………………………………………
3. Prescribed Traditional African Music   
   Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi a PPMC Recording
   1. Name the media of this recording. (2 marks)
   2. Outline three roles played by the voice in the recording (3 marks)
   3. In which two ways have transitions been marked in the recording? (2 marks)
   4. State any three characteristics of African music evident in the recording. (3 marks)
4. Prescribed Western:   
   Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Op 3 No.2 Movement 4
   1. What type of work is this? (1 mark)
   2. What is this music scored for? (2 marks)
   3. Citing bar numbers, identify the form of this music. (2 marks)
   4. Citing bar numbers identify where the following composition devices have been used. (3 marks)
      1. Imitation ………………………………..………………………………………………………
      2. Repetition …………………………………………………………………...………………….
      3. Sequence …………………………………………………………………..…………………...
   5. Identify any two characteristics of the period when this music was composed evident in the music. (2 marks)
5. Unprepared Analysis
   Study the music extract below and answer the questions that follow. 
   
   
   1. Identify the media of this score. (1 mark)
   2. In what period of music was the music composed? (1 mark)
   3. Citing bar numbers, describe the form of the music. (2 marks)
   4. Name the cadence at the end of this music. (1 mark)
   5. Describe the tempo of the music above. (1 mark)

SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 marks)  

1. 1. Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
      1. Dirge
      2. Ostinato
      3. Sonata
      4. Oratorio
   2. Translate the following music to solfa notation. (5 marks)
      
   3. State any three differences between an adeudeu and a nyatiti. (3 marks)
   4. Name any two personnel found in a music recording studio. (2 marks)
   5. Write the following musical abbreviations in full. (2 marks)
      1. PPMC
      2. KMF
      3. MCSK
      4. KECOBO

MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A: BASIC SKILLS 

1.  
   1. Continue the following to make a melody of sixteen bars for voice introducing a sequence. Modulate to the Dominant before returning to the tonic. Add phrase marks.    (9marks)
      16 bar – 1 mk
      Phrasing – 1  mk
      Sequence – 1 mk
      Modulation – 2 mks
      Cadences – 2 mks
      Lyricism – 2 mks
   2. Using staff notation, compose a tune to suit the following lyrics. Add phrase marks.  (6marks)
      Syllabic division – 1 mk
      Accents/ Time signature – 2 mks
      Phrasing – 1 mk
      Cadences – 1 mk
      Lyricism – 1 mk
2. Harmonize the following melody for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). Choose appropriate chords from I, ii, IV, V and vi. Incorporate a passing six-four in the third bar.       (15marks)
   Chords – 6 mks
   Passing 64 – 1 mk
   Voice range – 1½
   Voice leading – 1½
   Cadences – 2 mks
   Chord progression – 3 mks
   
   DEDUCTIONS
   Bracing – ½ (max 1 mk)
   Chord alignment – ½ (max 1 mk)
   Stemming - ½(Max 1 mk)
   Note value - ½ (max 1 mk)
   Parallel 5ths and octaves – max 2 mks
   Ovelaps – max 1 mk
   Voice crossing – max 1 mk

SECTION B: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS (48 marks)

1. AFRICAN MUSIC 
   1. Identify each of the following Kenyan African instruments: (4marks)
      1. Adet - Turkana horn
      2. Karing’aring’a - Struck ideophone from Kikuyu community
      3. Efumbo – Luhya double headed drum.
      4. Uta wa wathi – Kamba musical bow.
   2. State any three roles of a soloist in an African dance performance. (3 marks)
      • Keep the pace/  tempo of the song
      • Pitch the song
      • Control performers’ movements
      • Cue the performers
      • Lead performers
      • Co-ordinate the entries in the song.
      • Any other relevant points.
   3. Name any three Kenyan dances that derive their names from instruments that accompany them. (3 marks)
      • Isukuti dance
      • Orutu dance
      • Ndarama
      • Msomdo
      • Mabumbumbu
   4. State any four characteristic features of an African singing game. (4marks)
      • Simple songs sung in unison
      • Repetitive songs with non-sense words
      • Have repeated actions
      • Imitate actions of adults
      • They are playful
      • They imitate an activity or game which has a related song
2. WESTERN MUSIC
   Answer any two of the questions (a), (b), (c) and (d).
   1. Claudio Monteverdi
      1. During which musical  period did Claudio Monteverdi live in?
         • Renaissance period.
      2. Define an opera (1 mark)
         • A musical setting of secular libretto/ words for soloists, chorus and an orchestra with actions, scenery and costume.
      3. List any three characteristics of Montevardi’s Operas (3 marks)
         • The use of flexible and expressive Recitatives instead of arias
         • He matched the dramatic climax with the musical climax
         • Wide usage of dissonance
         • Brought out singers and instrumentalists virtuosity in the operas
      4. Identify the following works by Monteverdi. (2 marks)
         1. De la belleza le dovute lodi - (Ballet)
         2. Armida abbandonata - (Opera)
         3. Cazonette, libro primo - (Madrigals)
         4. Orfeo - (Opera)
   2. Alessandro Scarlatti
      1. What was Alessandro Scarlatti’s nationality? (1mark)
         • Italian
      2. Give any two appointments held by A. Scarlatti.   (2 marks)
         • Choir master and conductor under Queen Christina in Rome.
         • Chapel master under Viceroy of Naples
         • Music director at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
      3. State any two contributions of Alessandro Scarlatti to the Opera. (2marks)
         • Founded the Neopolitan school of opera.
         • Wrote many operas
         • Facilitated the liberation of dramatic expression.
         • Development of the opera orchestra.
         • Established Italian overture with three sections i.e fast, flow, fast.
      4. Name two sources that influenced Scarlatti as a musician. (2 marks)
         • Carissimi
         • Bernado
         • He came from a musical family.
         • His early travels exposed him and gave him more encounters with music.
         • His appointment by the viceroy.
   3. Christoph Willibald Gluck
      1. State the year of birth and death of C.W. Gluck. (1 mark)
         • 1714 - 1787
      2. What title is given to Gluck’s first opera? (1 mark)
         • Artaserse
      3. Gluck is well known for his reforms to the opera music genre. State any three reforms he brought about to this genre. (3 marks)
         • He lessened the difference between recitative and aria, and wrote expressive accompanied recitatives and lyrical arias.
         • The orchestra added dramatic commentary as well as providing instrumental support for the singers.
         • There was no opportunity for vocal improvisation or virtuosic displays of vocal agility or power.
         • Use of simpler and more flowing melodic lines.
         • Had an overture that was linked by theme or mood to the ensuing action.
         • There were no da capo arias.
      4. Name the two main instruments that were played by Gluck. (2 marks)
         • Violin
         • Organ
   4. Claude Debussy
      1. Name any one of Debussy’s piano teachers in his early stage at the conservatoire.       (1 mark)
         • Antoine Francois (piano)
         • Albert Lavignac (solfege)
         • Ernest Guiraud (composition)
         • Emily Durand (harmony)
         • Cesar Frank (organ)
      2. Name any two of Debussy’s contemporaries. (2 marks)
         • Arnold Schoenberg
         • Jean Sibelius
         • Edward Edgar
         • Antonin Dvorak
      3. in 1884, Debussy won an award.
         1. Name the award. (1 mark)
            • Grand Prix de Rome
         2. Name the work that made him win the award. (1 mark)
            • L’Enfant prodique (The prodigal child)
      4. Identify the following works. (2 marks)
         1. Claire de Lune  - Piano suite
         2. Rodrigue et chimene  - Opera
3. Prescribed Traditional African Music   
   Chuka Drummers from Tharaka Nithi a PPMC Recording
   1. Name the media of this recording. (2 marks)
      • Drums
      • Whistle
      • Voice
      • Jingles
   2. Outline three roles played by the voice in the recording (3 marks)
      • Communicates the message in the performance.
      • Performs the vocal ornaments.
      • Mark transitions.
      • Helps identify the community.
   3. In which two ways have transitions been marked in the recording? (2 marks)
      • Sudden stops with brief moments of silence.
      • Use of the whistle.
      • Intense playing of drums.
      • Use of vocal ornaments such as the shouts.
   4. State any three characteristics of African music evident in the recording. (3 marks)
      • African music lacks a definite meter.
      • African music is gender specific.
      • It is accompanied by traditional African instruments.
      • African music makes use of vocal ornaments.
      • There is use of call and response style of singing.
4. Prescribed Western:   
   Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Op 3 No.2 Movement 4 
   1. What type of work is this? (1 mark)
      • Trio Sonata
   2. What is this music scored for? (2 marks)
      • Organ
      • 2 violins
      • viol
   3. Citing bar numbers, identify the form of this music. (2marks)
      • Binary form. Section A starts from bar 1 to 19 and B from bar 20 to 43.
   4. Citing bar numbers identify where the following composition devices have been used.    (3 marks)
      1. Imitation
         • Bar 1-2 of violin I is imitated by violin II at bar 3 – 4¹ at a 4^th lower.
         • The bass imitates the same bars 1-2 of violin I at bar 6² – 8¹ at 2 octaves lower.
         • Violin II bars 21 – 22 is an imitation of violin I bars 20 – 21.
         • Violin II bars 24 – 25¹ is an imitation of violin I bars 23 – 24¹.
         • Violin II bars 29² – 31¹ in an imitation of violin I bars 28² – 31¹.
      2. Repetition
         • Bars 28² – 29 is a repeated at bars 30² – 31.
      3. Sequence
         1. Violin 1
            • Bars 132 – 14
            • Bar 23 – 251 (descending sequence)
            • Bars 28 – 29 (descending sequence)
         2. Violin 2
            • Bar 29 – 31 (descending sequence)
         3. Organ
            • Bars 15 – 17 (descending sequence)
            • Bars 82 – 111
   5. Identify any two characteristics of the period when this music was composed.        (2 marks)
      • Use of terraced dynamics (f, p)
      • Irregular phrasing (section A has 19 bars while B has 24 bars)
      • Use of imitation.
      • Use of abrupt modulations.
5. Unprepared Analysis
   Study the music extract below and answer the questions that follow.
   1. Identify the media of this score. (1 mark)
      • Violin and piano
   2. In what period of music was the music composed? (1 mark)
      • Classical period
   3. Citing bar numbers, describe the form of the music. (2 marks)
      • Ternary form. Section A (bar 1 to 8), section B (bar 9 to 12) and section A1 (bar 13 to 16).
   4. Name the cadence at the end of this music. (1 mark)
      • Perfect cadence.
   5. Describe the tempo of the music above. (1 mark)
      • Fast and lively.

SECTION C: GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE (16 marks) 

1.  
   1. Define the following musical terms. (4 marks)
      1. Dirge
         • Song sung for the dead.
      2. Ostinato
         • Repeated rhythmic or melodic motif.
      3. Sonata
         • An instrumental work in three or four movements.
      4. Oratorio
         • Instrumental music that tells a story. It could be a literal, scenic or descriptive idea.
   2. Translate the following music to solfa notation. (5 marks)
      Doh is D
      Time is ⁴4
      D^I:-.tI l,s.f,m:rI d., r: tI ^Id:- II
   3. State any three differences between an adeudeu and a nyatiti. (3 marks)
      

      ADEUDEU	NYATITI
      It is a harp	It is a lyre
      It comes from the Iteso community	Comes from the Luo community
      Has tuning pegs	Has tuning knobs
      Its strings run to one curved arm	Strings run to a crossbar
      Has no bridge	Has a bridge
      Can be strummed	Only plucked

   4. Name any two personnel found in a music recording studio. (2 marks)
      • Music producer
      • Sound engineer
      • Mixing engineer
      • Recording engineer
      • Studio Manager
      • Musician
   5. Write the following musical abbreviations in full. (2 marks)
      1. PPMC
         • Permanent Presidential music commission.
      2. KMF
         • Kenya Music Festival.
      3. MCSK
         • Music Copyright society of Kenya.
      4. KECOBO
         • Kenya copyright board.