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MUSIC PERFORMANCEAural and written examination

Thursday 16 November 2017 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 10.45 am (1 hour 30 minutes)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 3 3 30B 10 10 50C 6 6 20

Total 100

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpenersandrulers.

• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof19pages,includingblankmanuscriptforroughworkonpage13• AnaudiocompactdisccontainingmusicalexcerptsforSectionsAandB

Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• Youmaywriteatanytimeduringtherunningoftheaudiocompactdiscandafteritstops.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2017

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2017

STUDENT NUMBER

Letter

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SECTION A – Question 1 –continued

SECTION A – Listening and interpretation

Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinpenorpencilinthespacesprovided.AnaudiocompactdiscwillruncontinuouslythroughoutSectionA.

Question 1 (10marks)Work:‘Albatross’bySarahBlaskoPerformer:SarahBlaskoAlbum:What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have(DewProcess/UniversalMusicAustralia,2006)

Theexcerptwillbeplayedtwice.Therewillbesilentworkingtimeaftereachplaying.Firstplaying(1′02″)–1minuteand30secondsofsilence

Secondandfinalplaying(1′02″)–2minutesofsilence

a. Howdotheperformersusetonecolourtoachieveexpressiveoutcomes? 5marks

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b. Howdotheperformersusearticulationtoachieveexpressiveoutcomes? 5marks

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SECTION A – continued

Question 2 (8marks)Work:‘OutofTimePartIII’byIainGrandagePerformers:WAYouthOrchestrawithAlumniRecording:LiveperformanceatthePerthConcertHall,24July2004(conductedbyPauldeCinque)

Theexcerptwillbeplayedtwice.Therewillbesilentworkingtimeaftereachplaying.Firstplaying(1′32″)–2minutesofsilence

Secondplaying(1′32″)–2minutesofsilence

Describehowtheperformerscreateandsustainmoodandcharacterinthiswork.

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Question 3 (12marks)Thisquestionrelatestoexcerptsfromthework‘ACaseofYou’,composedbyJoniMitchell.

Interpretation AWork:‘ACaseofYou’Performer:PrinceAlbum:A Tribute to Joni Mitchell(Nonesuch,2007)

Interpretation BWork:‘ACaseofYou’Performer:k.d.langAlbum:Hymns of the 49th Parallel(Nonesuch,2004)

Theexcerptswillbeplayedtwice.Therewillbesilentworkingtimeaftereachplaying.FirstplayingofInterpretationA(2′28″)–30secondsofsilenceFirstplayingofInterpretationB(2′21″)–1minuteofsilence

SecondandfinalplayingofInterpretationA(2′28″)–1minuteand30secondsofsilenceSecondandfinalplayingofInterpretationB(2′21″)–2minutesofsilence

Comparethewaysinwhichtheperformersmanipulatethefollowingtoachieveexpressiveoutcomes:• tonecolour• balanceofmusiclines• improvisation/embellishment/ornamentation

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Question 4 (3marks)Listentothefollowingintervals.Eachintervalwillbeplayedtwice.Eachintervalmaybeplayedharmonicallyand/ormelodically,eitherascendingordescending.Identifythesizeandthequalityofeachinterval.

Firstplaying–5secondsofsilenceSecondandfinalplaying–5secondsofsilence

1.

2.

3.

Question 5 (5marks)Listentothefollowingscalesand/ormodes.Eachscaleormodewillbeplayedtwice,ascendingand/ordescending.Identifyeachscaleormodeform.

Firstplaying–10secondsofsilenceSecondandfinalplaying–10secondsofsilence

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

SECTION B – Music language (aural)

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinpencilinthespacesprovided.AnaudiocompactdiscwillruncontinuouslythroughoutSectionB.

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SECTION B – continued

Question 6 (4marks)Listentothefollowingfour-barmelody.Themelodywillbeplayedfourtimes.Therhythmofthemelodyisprovided.Atwo-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.

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Firstplaying–15secondsofsilenceSecondplaying–15secondsofsilenceThirdplaying–15secondsofsilence

a. Identifythesizeandthequalityoftheintervalsmarkedwithabracket. 3marks

1.

2.

3.

Fourthandfinalplaying–15secondsofsilence

b. Identifythetonalityofthemelody. 1mark

Question 7 (4marks)Listentothefollowingtriads/chords.Eachtriad/chordisinrootposition.Eachtriad/chordwillbeplayedtwice,inblockharmonyand/orasanarpeggio.Identifythequalityofeachtriad/chord.

Firstplaying–10secondsofsilenceSecondandfinalplaying–10secondsofsilence

1.

2.

3.

4.

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Question 8 (2marks)Listentothefollowingchordprogression.Thechordprogressionbeginsonthetonicchordandwillbeplayedfourtimes,withsilentworkingtimebetweeneachplaying.Eachchordisinrootpositionandtheprogressionendswithacommoncadence.Thefirstfourchordsaregiven.Aone-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Identifythebassnoteandthequalityofchords5and6intheblankspacesoftheharmonicgridbelow.

Firstplaying–10secondsofsilenceSecondplaying–15secondsofsilenceThirdplaying–30secondsofsilence

Fourthandfinalplaying–30secondsofsilence

Harmonic grid 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Bass note A C# A F#

Quality major minor major minor

Question 9 (8marks)Listentothefollowingchordprogression.Thechordprogressionbeginsonthetonicchordandwillbeplayedfivetimes,withsilentworkingtimebetweeneachplaying.Eachchordisinrootpositionandtheprogressionendswithacommoncadence.Thefirsttwochordsandthelasttwochordsaregiven.Aone-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Identifythebassnoteandthequalityofchords3–6intheblankspacesoftheharmonicgridbelow.

Firstplaying–15secondsofsilenceSecondplaying–15secondsofsilenceThirdplaying–20secondsofsilenceFourthplaying–30secondsofsilence

Fifthandfinalplaying–30secondsofsilence

Harmonic grid 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Bass note Eb C Bb Eb

Quality major minor dom7 major

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SECTION B – continued

Question 10 (6marks)Listentothefollowingfour-barworkforclarinetandbassoon.Theworkwillbeplayedsixtimes.Atranscriptionofthisworkisprintedbelow;however,thenotationismissingforbars2and3oftheclarinetpart.Therhythmofthemissingclarinetpartisgiveninthetopline.Atwo-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Thekeysignatureandthetimesignatureareprovided.Transcribethemissingmelodyforbars2and3oftheclarinetpart.

Firstplaying–20secondsofsilenceSecondplaying–20secondsofsilenceThirdplaying–20secondsofsilenceFourthplaying–30secondsofsilenceFifthplaying–30secondsofsilence

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SECTION B – continued

Question 11 (6marks)Listentothefollowingfour-barmelody.Themelodywillbeplayedsixtimes.Atranscriptionofthismelodyisprintedbelow;however,thenotationismissingforbar2oftheoboepartandbar3oftheflutepart. Thetranscriptionisinconcertpitch.Therhythmofthemissingnotationisgiveninthetopline.Atwo-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Thekeysignatureandthetimesignatureareprovided.Transcribethemissingmelodyfor:• bar2oftheoboepart• bar3oftheflutepart.

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SECTION B – continued

Question 12 (4marks)Listentothefollowingfour-barexcerpt.Theexcerptwillbeplayedfourtimes.Atwo-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Transcribethemissingrhythmicnotationforbars3and4ofthecowbellpart.

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Question 13 (8marks)Listentothefollowingeight-barexcerpt.Theexcerptwillbeplayedfivetimes.Atwo-barcount-inwillprecedeeachplaying.Transcribethemissingrhythmicnotationforbars3and7ofthesnaredrumpart.

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Fifthandfinalplaying–30secondsofsilence

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SECTION C – continued

SECTION C – Music language (written)

Instructions for Section CAnswerallquestionsinpencilinthespacesprovided.

Question 14 (2marks)Identifythesizeandthequalityofeachinterval.

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Question 15 (2marks)Writeeachintervalusingsemibrevesinthebassclef.

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Question 16 (3marks)Usethefollowingfour-barmelodytoanswerthequestionsbelow.

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b. Identifythescaleormodeform. 1mark

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Question 17 (3marks)Writeadescendingmelodicminorscaleontheprintedstavebelow.Thescaleshould:• bewrittenincrotchets• beginontheprintednote.

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Question 18 (5marks)Completethechordprogressionnotationforchords2–6below.Usethetrebleclef.Chord1hasbeengivenasanexample.Akeysignatureisprovided.

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1. Bbmajor7 2. Gminor7 3. Cminor 4. Ebmajor7 5. F7 6. Gminor

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SECTION C – Question 19 –continued

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a. Identifythescaleormodeform. 1mark

b. Identifythebracketedintervalmarkedwithanasterisk(*)inbar2oftheviolinpart. 1mark

c. Whatisthecorrecttimesignatureforbar2? 1mark

d. Whatisthecorrecttimesignatureforbar3? 1mark

e. Identifythefinalchordofthispiece. 1mark