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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE@
EXAMINATION

MUSIC

Paper 01 - General Proficiency

LIS TENING AND APPRAISING

PAPER 01 IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS.

EACH WITH ITS OWN INSTRUCTIONS.

SECTION I - MUSICAL PERCEPTION ó0 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREF'ULLY.

1. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write ALL answers in this booklet.

3. You are allowed TEN minutes to read the examination paper.

4. You are allowed FIVE minutes, following the 55 minutes allowed for Section I, to
recheck your paper.

5. There will be a TEN-MINUTE break at the end of SECTION I, after the invigilator
has collected your answers to this paper.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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All rishts reserved.
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SECTION I
MUSICAL PERCEPTION

AnswerALL questions in this section.

This section carries 20 marks.

Listen to the selected excerpts and write your answers in this booklet.

ExcerptAwill be played TWO times.

Excerpts C and E will be played THREE times.
Excerpts B and D will be played FOUR times.

1. EXCERPT A

This excerpt will be played TWO times.

Excerpt A consists of FIVE short sketches played in a continuous sequence. Identifii, in the
order heard, the genre of EACH of the sketches in the sequence by selecting the appropriate
answer from the table below.

GospeVSpiritual JazzlBlues Folk/Traditiona Pop Western

Artl 66Classicalt'

1't sketch:

2"d sketch:

3'd sketch:

4th sketch:

5th sketch:
(3 marks)

Total3 marks

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7 EXCERPT B

This excerpt will be played FOUR times.

(a) Name ONE 'aerophone'that plays the melody in the excerpt.

(1 mark)

(b) Identify the technique used to play the 'cordophone'instruments in this excerpt.

(1 mark)

(c) V/hich of the following are NOT rhythmic features of this excerpt? Place a tick (r/) in
TWO of the boxes to indicate the correct answers.

Compound metre
tr
Mixed metre
T
Syncopation
T
Rubato
T
Ostinato
T (2 marks)

(d) Is this excerpt in a major or minor tonality?

(1 mark)

(e) ONE of the following three examples is the opening melody. Place a tick (r/) in the box
next to the correct melody.

(i)

(iiÐ

(1 mark)
Total6 marks

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 EXCERPT C

This excerpt will be played THREE times.

(a) Which of the following terms BEST describes the accompaniment style of the piano in
the opening passage of the excerpt? Place a tick (r/) in ONE of the boxes to indicate

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the correct answer.

Block chords

Arpeggiated chords

Chord cluster tr (1 mark)

(b) Identiff the missing textural changes heard in the VOCAL PARTS for EACH of the
sections in the table. The first and last ones have been done for vou. Write vour answers
in the appropriate spaces in the table.

Section (Lyrics) Textural Changes

"The torch I carrv is handsome..." Monophonic

(Ð "'When I want rain, I get sunny

weather..."

(iÐ "In the wee small hours of the

morning..."

"Guess I'11hang my tears out

to dry." (2"d time) Monophonic

(2 marks)

Total3 marks

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4. EXCERPT D

This excerpt will be played FOUR times.

(a) Identify the Gospel style of the musical excerpt. Place a tick (ü in ONE of the boxes
to indicate the correct answer.

Traditional

Modern
rT
Contemporary r (1 mark )

(b) The following is a list of the sequence of timbres as they appear in the excerpt. Complete
the list by writing the correct answers at (i) and (vi).

(i)

(iÐ Bass and drums

(iiÐ Keyboard strings and claps

(iv) Female voice

(v) Male voices

(vÐ Female voice and

(2 marks)

(c) Which of the following rhythmic patterns represents the pattern ofthe claps heard at the
beginning of the excerpt? Place a tick (ü in ONE of the boxes to indicate the correct
answer.

ri) f ').1-lJlJlt ).D.tlJlr )' )r,Þ' )1" )t Jt )"--Þl fl

/1
I
(iÐ
f'.Þ,ll' )Jl l' )Jl' )Jl l' )' )' )' )l' J, ), ), J rr

(iiÐ fr J firlr J J-lrlr J r Jlr J.tlrltr

(1 mark )

Total4 marks

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EXCERPT E

This excerpt will be played THREE times.

(a) Specif,' the musical style of the excerpt,

(1 mark )

(b) What term BEST describes the form of the excerpt? Place atick(r/¡ in ONE ofthe boxes
to indicate the correct answer.

Through composed
T
Theme and variation
T
Verse and chorus
tr (1 mark )

(c) What TWO features are heard in this excerpt? Place a tick ({) in TWO of the boxes to
indicate the correct answers.

Cadenza
T
Call and response
T
Aleatory
tr
Canon
T
Solo improvisation
T (2 marks)

Total4 marks

END OF'SECTION I
YOU ARE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO RECHECK THIS PAPER. THE INVIGILATOR
WILL COLLECT THE PAPER WIIEN THE TIME IS UP.

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