PLACEMENT TEST

Version: 2015-THE-D01

THEORY
DipMus

DURATION: 120 minutes

NAME: _______________________________________________ (Based on Passport / NRIC)

DATE: _________________________

DO NOT turn over and begin this paper until instructed by the invigilator.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write your name and date on the cover page.

2. All questions must be answered.

3. This examination paper consists of TWO sections.
a.Section A THEORY
4. Write your answers on this examination paper.
5. Answers must be written clearly and neatly, otherwise marks
will be deducted.
6. You are to fill in your name on every page. Marks

7. Do not attempt to remove any page from this paper. SECTION A /100
8. This examination paper must not be removed from the TOTAL /100
examination venue.

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SECTION A THEORY (100 Marks)

This section contains 5 questions, ALL of which should be answered. Write your answers on this paper no others will be
accepted. Answers must be written clearly and neatly otherwise marks may be lost.

1. Look at this extract and then answer the question below.

i) Name the key of the extract ______________________________ [2]

ii) Draw a bracket ( ) over four notes next to each other that form part of a chromatic scale. [2]

iii) Give the meaning of Andante con moto ______________________________ [3]

iv) Which bar do you think will sound the loudest? Bar ______________________________ [2]

v) Write as a breve (double whole-note) an enharmonic equivalent of the first note of the extract. [2]

vi) Give the letter name of the lowest note. ______________________________ [2]

vii) Describe the time signature as: Simple or Compund ______________________________ [1]

iii) Duple, triple or quadruple ______________________________ [1]

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2. Add the appropraite key signature

i. Put all necessary sharps, flats or naturals in front of these notes to make a chromatic scale. [10]

ii. Write as semibreves ( whole notes) the descending scale of F# melodic minor, beginning on the tonic. Do not [10]
use a key signature but remember to add any necessary sharps or flats

iii. Write the key signature and one octave ascending of the scale of Db major. [10]
Use semibreves (whole notes) and begin on the tonic.

iv. Write the key signature of five flats and then one octave ascending of the melodic minor scale with that key [10]
signature. Use semibreves (whole-notes), begin on the tonic and remember to include any additional sharps,
flats or naturals.

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3. This is a passage from Massenet`s opera Thais, arranged for violin and piano. Look at it and then answer the
question on page 13.

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a) i) Give the meaning of:

[2]
(bar 3) ______________________________

[2]
Dolce (bar 5) ______________________________

[2]
(bar 5) ______________________________
[2]
ii) What do the two dots after the first violin note tell player to do?

[2]
iii) Name the bracketed ornament which is written out in the violin part in bar 7.

______________________________

b) i) Draw a bracket ( ) over four consecutive violin notes which form part of a chromatic scales. [2]

ii) Describe fully the following numbered harmonic intervals (e.g. major 3 rd).

Bar 1 (piano, left-hand and top right-hand notes) ______________________________ [2]

Bar 1 (piano, left-hand and right-hand notes) ______________________________ [2]

Bar 2 (piano, right-hand, and violin notes) ______________________________ [2]

iii) Write an enharmonic equivalent of the first violin note of bar 2 [2]

c) i) Rewrite the left-hand piano chord of bar 3 so that it sounds the same, but using the alto C clef.

Remember to put in the clef and the key signature. [4]

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ii) The violin is the highest-sounding member of the string family of orchestral instruments.

Name the lowest-sounding member. ______________________________ [2]

iii) Name the lowest-sounding members of the standard orchestral woodwind and brass families.

Woodwind ______________________________ [2]

Brass ______________________________ [2]

3. Name each of the numbered chords as tonic (I), subdominant (IV) or dominant (V).
The key is G major.

a) Chord

i. ______________________________ [3]

ii. ______________________________ [3]

iii. ______________________________ [3]

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b) Write the key signatures and triads named below. [6]

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