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Year 9 – MUSIC

End of Year Assessment 2020

Answer ALL questions on the paper. You will have 1 hour 30

mins for this assessment. Answer as many questions as you can.

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Music Set: ______________

Music Teacher:

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Listen to the following extracts of music that will each be played once and answer each question:

1. Extract 1:

What genre of Music do you think this is? Circle your answer (1)

Musical Theatre Film Music Jazz

2. Extract 2:

What genre of Music do you think this is? Circle your answer (1)

Musical Theatre Film Music Jazz

3. Extract 3:

Circle the most likely date this was written: (1)

600-800 1600-1820 2000-2016

4. Extract 4:

Circle the most likely date this was written: (1)

1700-1820 1950-1990 2000-2016

5. Extract 5:

Where do you think this Music is from? Circle your answer (1)

Brazil China Ireland

6. Extract 6:

On the following page you will see the first page of the score of “Someone like you” by Adele. While

listening to it answer the questions below, marking on the score the things you are asked to:

a) Mark at the start of the score which part the Piano is (1)

b) Mark at the start of the score which part the Vocal line is (1)

c) Show on the score where it tells you the BPM or crotchet beat speed (1)

d) Show in the score where it tells you the Key Signature (1)

e) What do you think Con Pedale means? (1)

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f) Describe the Piano accompaniment part: (1)

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g) How are the lyrics “And sometimes it hurts instead” represented through the Music? (2)

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Define the following Musical elements. You may give examples to help support your answer.

7. Texture (1)

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8. Tonality. (1)

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9. Dynamics (1)

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10. Timbre/Sonority (1)

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11. Outline the difference between major and minor. (2)

12. Define Musical Fusion (1)

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13. Name a Music genre that is an example of fusion (1)

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14. Imagine an African and Celtic fusion. Give examples of features of each (4)

Afro-Celt Fusion

African Features Celtic Features

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15. What is an Ostinato? (1)

16. What do these musical terms mean (in English)? (6)

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17. Link up the term with the correct definition: (3)

Staccato Smoothly and connected

Legato Off-Beat

Syncopated “Hop” on note to create a short and choppy sound

18. What is a melody in music? (1)

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19. What is a bass line in music? (1)

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20. Name 3 instruments in a band or orchestra that you would expect to hear playing the bass line. (3)

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21. What is a music score? (1)

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22. What does the word notate mean in music? (1)

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23. What instrument do you think the bottom line of this notation is for? (1)

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24. What instrument do you think this notation is for? (1)

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25. Name the 4 families of The Orchestra (4)

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26. Draw a stave in the space below: (1)

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27. What is this symbol called? ______________________________________ (1)

28. What is this symbol called? ______________________________________ (1)

29. On the piano Music below, label: (2)

1) the line that plays the melody in the right hand. Label it as “RH”

2) the line that plays the bass in the left hand. Label it as “LH”

30. What rhyme can we use to remember the notes on the lines of a stave following the treble clef? (1)

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31. What word the notes on the spaces of a stave following the treble clef? (1)

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32. What rhyme can we use to remember the notes on the lines of a stave following the bass clef? (1)

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33. What rhyme spells out the notes in the spaces of the stave following the bass clef? (1)

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34. Using those rhymes, show the treble clef notes on the diagram below. Start at middle C and finish at C

an octave above that: (8)

35. Using those rhymes, show the bass clef notes on the diagram below. Start at middle C and finish at C

an octave below that: (8)

36. If dynamics means Loud and Quiet what would these 2 signs stand for? (2)

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37. What are the 8 notes of the C Major scale? (8)

38. What country did hip-hop music start in? (1)

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39. Who is considered the ‘Godfather of Hip-hop’? (1)

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40. “Rapper’s Delight” is considered to be the first hip-hop song. Who wrote it? (1)

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41. What year was it released? (1)

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43. How is slang connected to Hip-hop music? (1)

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44. In the song Slim Shady, how did Eminem keep his repetitive ostinato interesting? (1)

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45. Fill in the missing notes from the harpsichord line of the Slim Shady ostinato. (4)

46. Is hip-hop Music mainly major or minor in tonality? (1) _________________________________________________________________ 47. What would you expect the time signature to be in hip-hop Music? (1)

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48. Why do we have different shapes of notes in Music when writing them down? (1) __________________________________________________________________________________

49. Write the value of the following notes: (7)

50. Describe what beat is in music (not a drum beat). (1)

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51. Outline the difference between ‘rhythm’ and ‘beat’? (2)

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52. Label the following notes are on the keyboard diagram: (8)

a. C

b. D

c. F#

d. Bb

e. G

f. E

g. Eb

h. A

53. What is this note called: Bb (1)

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54. What is this note called: F# (1)

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55. List 3 acoustic instruments: (3)

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56. List 3 electronic instruments: (3)

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57. Outline the difference between a lead singer and a backing singer (2)

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58. Label the parts of a ukulele in the diagram below (2)

59. Define these words associated with ukulele or guitar. You may use examples to support your

explanation: (4)

Chord: ________________________________________________________________

Triad: _________________________________________________________________

Pluck: _________________________________________________________________

Strum: ________________________________________________________________

60. On Logic Pro or any sequencing programme, describe the following: (2)

Looping; ________________________________________________________

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61. On the print screen of Logic Pro, label the following parts: (2)

a) Where you would add a new track

b) The Tempo marking or where you would change the speed

c) Where you find looped tracks

d) Where you would change with the balance of your work.

TURN OVER FOR THE EXTENDED WRITING QUESTION

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EXTENDED WRITING: Using Point, Evidence, Explanation and Evaluation, write an essay on the following

question on the pages provided:

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Think of two different genres of song and write about each Genre and the difference between them. You can use

actual examples of songs you know.

Here are some genres we have studied:

Hip Hop

African

Rap

Blues

Film Music

You should mention Musical Features in your essay including:

Instrumentation

Rhythm and Tempo

Lyrical content (if any)

Melodies

Mood

What makes that genre identifiable?

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EXTENSION (no marks awarded but you may complete if you have time)

Choose one of the following questions and write a short essay on it. Circle the one you have chosen.

a) Why do you think different places in the world have different Music?

b) Why do you think different eras in history have different Music?

c) How is Music different in different cultures? Give examples.

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END OF EXAM

Grade Boundaries:

U 0-10

Entry A 11-20

1- 21-34

1 35-42

1+ 43-50

2- 51-60 2 61-72

2+ 73-80

3- 81-89

3 90-104

3+ 105-117

4- 118-128

4 129-134

4+ 135-145