Bishops Music Department
Grade 11 Harmony and Theory Exam
June 2015
70 Marks
MEMO
Instructions:
Answer all questions in pencil.
Answer all questions on this paper.
Write neatly and accurately, illegible answers will be marked incorrect.
Question one
Study the attached music (German Dance by Haydn) and answer the questions that follow.
10 marks
1.1
What compositional device is used in the first and second sections of this piece?
sequence
1.2
Name the non-chordal note C in bar 2 beat 1.
suspension
1.3
Find an example of an accented passing note in the left hand. Mark on the score.
1.4
Analyse the chords in bar 15. Mark on the score.
1.5
Name the key in bars 11 – 12.
E minor
1.6
What form of scale is used in 1.5?
Melodic (ascending)
1.7
Name the intervals found in the score:
1.7.1
Bar 1
Compound minor 3rd
1.7.2
Bar 3
Augmented 4th
1 mark
2 marks
1.8
Write the third inversion of the chord in bar 7 beat 3 in the treble clef.
Use semi-breves.
1 mark
Question two
Complete the following motif to form a 12 bar melody in ternary form.
Indicate your choice of voice/instrument and add appropriate dynamics, phrasing and articulation.
Voice/Instrument ___________________________________________
15 marks
The melody will be marked according to the following guidelines:
DESCRIPTION
Form and cadential points
Musicality: melodic shape and climax
Dynamics and articulation
Correctness of notation: no. of bars,
note stems, beats per bar, accidentals,
spacing
TOTAL
MARK ALLOCATION
3
7
2
3
15
CANDIDATE’S MARK
Question three
Write the following scales and mark all semitones.
20 marks
3.1
In the bass clef, the blues scale on Bb ascending without key signature. Write in a compound triple
time of two bars.
4 marks
3.2
In the treble clef, c melodic minor ascending and descending with key signature. Write in simple triple
time of four bars. Begin with an upbeat.
6 marks
3.3 Identify the scale on which each melody below is based.
Pentatonic on D
Lydian on A
Aeolian on B
Ab major
10 marks
Blues on D
Question four
Complete the four-part harmonization by adding suitable chords. Show all your figuring. Include:
4.1
a passing 64 progression
4.2
the dominant quartad in 3rd position
4.3
a cadential 64 progression
4.4
the supertonic and submediant chords
4.5
two chords in 1st inversion
Non-chordal notes.
25 marks