Mountain Top University
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
SESSION: 2016/2017 First Semester examination
COURSE CODE: MUS 111
COURSE TITLE: Rudiments of Music CREDIT: 3 Units
DURATIONS: 2 hrs 30 mins DATE: 23/3/2017
INSTRUCTIONS: Attempt all questions in Part A and Part B as directed
100Marks
PART A
Which one of these is best to represent the 7 letters of musical notes
A B C D E F G H
I J M A AB C
C D E F G A B C
M N O PR Q W
How many notes are there in an octave
7
8
6
10
Identify these clefs (3Marks)
___________ B._____________ c.________________
Identify the musical notes below (4 marks)
_____ B. ____ C. ______ D.________
Identify the musical notes below (4Marks)
_______ B.______ c._______ D_________
Identify these musical notes (4Marks)
__ B.___ C. ---- D____
The smallest distance between two musical notes on a piano is called
Black keys
Semitones
White keys
Scale notes
If a sharp raise a tone by a semitone, what does a flat do?
Restores tone to its original value
Lowers tone by half tone
Transposes the note an octave
Adds a half one to the existing tone
What is the formula for constructing a Major Scale
T T S T T TS
T S TTTS T
TTTS TTS
TTS TT 1.5 T S
What is the distance between the two notes that ended the 1st Tetrachord of a major scale
Half tone
One tone
Full tone
Unison
Identify these key signature (3marks)
____________ B.______________ C.________________
Construct F Major Scale without key signature. (Ascending and Descending two octaves in the staff below using G Clef. (5 marks)
Give the technical names of these notes of a major scale (4 marks)
_____ B.______ c.______ D______
What is the sub-mediant note of the scale of F major?
C sharp
A minor
F
B FLAT
Start from the first note of the upper tetrachord, construct A major scale without Key signature f Clef (5 marks)
16. Provide the English meaning of these Italian words (10 marks)
i. Ad libbitum________________________________________
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)
A____ B.______ C._____ D.______ E.__________
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. 1ST, 3RD AND 4TH
b. 3RD, 5TH AND 8TH
C. 5TH 6TH AND 8TH
D. 1ST, 3RD AND 5TH
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
Tone, tone, semitones
Full Tones and half
Perfect fourth
34. The interval between the leading note and octave in a Minor Scale is
A. Semitone
B. Tone and half tone
C. major 7th
D. minor third
35. The interval between the 7th and 8th note of a Major scale is
A. Semitone
B. Tone and half tone
C. major 7th
D. minor third
36. Name two types of minor scale
A. Major and minor
B. Diatonic and pentatonic
C. Melodic and Harmonic
D. Ascending and Descending
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