College of humanities and management sciences music department

Mountain Top University

1. 
   Which one of these is best to represent the 7 letters of musical notes
   

1. 
   A B C D E F G H
   
2. 
   I J M A AB C
   
3. 
   C D E F G A B C
   
4. 
   M N O PR Q W
   

2. 
   How many notes are there in an octave
   

1. 
   7
   
2. 
   8
   
3. 
   6
   
4. 
   10
   

3. 
   Identify these clefs (3Marks)
   

1. 
   ___________ B._____________ c.________________
   

4. 
   Identify the musical notes below (4 marks)
   

1. 
   ­­­_____ B. ____ C. ______ D.________
   

5. 
   Identify the musical notes below (4Marks)
   

1. 
   _______ B.______ c._______ D_________
   

6. 
   Identify these musical notes (4Marks)
   

1. 
   __ B.___ C. ---- D____
   
   

7. 
   The smallest distance between two musical notes on a piano is called
   

1. 
   Black keys
   
2. 
   Semitones
   
3. 
   White keys
   
4. 
   Scale notes
   

8. 
   If a sharp raise a tone by a semitone, what does a flat do?
   

1. 
   Restores tone to its original value
   
2. 
   Lowers tone by half tone
   
3. 
   Transposes the note an octave
   
4. 
   Adds a half one to the existing tone
   

9. 
   What is the formula for constructing a Major Scale
   

1. 
   T T S T T TS
   
2. 
   T S TTTS T
   
3. 
   TTTS TTS
   
4. 
   TTS TT 1.5 T S
   

10. 
    What is the distance between the two notes that ended the 1^st Tetrachord of a major scale
    

1. 
   Half tone
   
2. 
   One tone
   
3. 
   Full tone
   
4. 
   Unison
   

11. 
    Identify these key signature (3marks)
    

1. 
   ____________ B.______________ C.________________
   

12. 
    Construct F Major Scale without key signature. (Ascending and Descending two octaves in the staff below using G Clef. (5 marks)
    

13. 
    Give the technical names of these notes of a major scale (4 marks)
    

1. 
   _____ B.______ c.______ D______
   

14. 
    What is the sub-mediant note of the scale of F major?
    

1. 
   C sharp
   
2. 
   A minor
   
3. 
   F
   
4. 
   B FLAT
   

15. 
    Start from the first note of the upper tetrachord, construct A major scale without Key signature f Clef (5 marks)
    
16. 
    16. Provide the English meaning of these Italian words (10 marks)
    

ii. Pocco a pocco a sempre______________________________

iii. Rittadando_________________________________________

iv. Allegro ma non troppo_______________________________

v. con vivace_________________________________________

VI. Accelerando________________________________________

vii. ppp_______________________________________________

viii. Adagio ____________________________________________

Ix Largo______________________________________________

x. mezzo piano________________________________________

17. What is the relative major scale of these F minor scales?

A. D minor

B. D major

C. D Sharp major

D. A Major

18. What does a double bar at the end of a piece of music indicate?

A. use double bow

B. play piece twice

c. give double attention

D. End of piece

19. Construct A minor scale melodic ascending descending (2 octaves) without Key Signature in F clef (5 marks)

20. Construct F Sharp Major scale with Key signature (F clef) (5marks)

21. The treble clef is also called

A. Medieval clef

B. EGBDF Clef

C. G clef

D. Right hand clef

22 Complete the bar below with appropriate rests (5 marks)

23. Identify the following intervals (5 Marks)

A B c. d e

24. Determine the key of this piece of music (2 Marks)

25. Determine the meter of this piece of music (2 marks)

26. Identify the following Intervals (5Marks)

A _______ B_____ C______ D_____E_____

27. Identify the following signs as written above and below staff (5marks)

A ____ B______ C______ D_______ E_______

28. Identify the following musical notes (5Marks)

29. What is ledger line?

A. The book of accounts used in music

b. lines written outside the staff indicating musical note

C. Lines that is used in reading music.

d. lines written of tenor clef

30. What does the term triple meter means in music?

A. Music in three tones

B. division of musical notes are in three beats per bar

C. music in triplicates

D. jump three notes as in triple jump

31. The tonic triad in a major key consists of the following notes

A. 1^ST, 3^RD AND 4^TH

b. 3^RD, 5^TH AND 8^TH

C. 5^TH 6^TH AND 8^TH

D. 1^ST, 3^RD AND 5^TH

32. What does 3/8 mean in a piece of music

A. 3 Crotchets in a bar

B. 3 Minims in a bar

C. 3 Quavers in a bar

D. 8 Quavers in a bar

32. The figure C in the time signature column of a piece of music can mean…

A. Uncommon time

B. 4 crotchets in a bar

C. Command language of timing

D Calculate time of play

33. Chromatic scales are scale made up of

A, Semitones

1. 
   Tone, tone, semitones
   
2. 
   Full Tones and half
   
3. 
   Perfect fourth
   

A. Semitone

B. Tone and half tone

C. major 7^th

D. minor third

35. The interval between the 7^th and 8^th note of a Major scale is

A. Semitone

B. Tone and half tone

C. major 7^th

D. minor third

36. Name two types of minor scale

A. Major and minor

B. Diatonic and pentatonic

C. Melodic and Harmonic