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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)
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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
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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