SS2 Music Examination Past Questions- Second Term

SS2 Music Examination Past Questions- Second Term.

MUSIC

Time: 2½ hrs

SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)

1. Musicnotation is the writing down of music use signs and  ______ symbols(b) pictures  (c) numbers (d)  keys

2. ____ is nota brass instrument. Tuba(b) Trombone (c) Trumpet (d) Triangle

3. The minim has ______ (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1  (d) ½

4. A semiquaver has ____ flags Vocal music
5. (a) 3(b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
6. Only musical motes with flags can be beamed. true(b) false (c) no idea (d) not sure

7. ______ has a shaded note head and a flag. minim(b) crotchet (c) quaver (d) semiquaver

8. Music that is produced with the use of the human voice is called ______ Dance music (b) drama music (c) art music (d) vocal music
9. Two minims makes one_____ semibreve(b) semiquaver (c) crotchet (d) minim

9. Musical notes on the third line of a staff can either face up or down. True (b) false (c) true and false (d) none of the above

10. In a melodic line, the musical notes below the third line faces ____ (a) down (b) forward (c) backward (d) up

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11. The following are musical notes that can be beamed except _____ a) quaver (b) semiquaver (c) semibreve (d) demi-semiquaver

12. _____ is the equivalent to 4 quavers (a) crotchet (b) minim (c) semibreve  (d) semiquaver

13. _____crotchets makes one semibreve (a) 2  (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

14. ____ involves the use of tonic solfa (a) staff notation  (b) solfa notation  (c) tonic notation  (d) notation

15. Tuba is a _____instrument. (a) string (b) brass (c) percussion (d) woodwind

16. Punctuation marks are used to indicate the length of sounds in _____ notation (a) solfa (b) stuff (c) sofa (d) staff

17. _____note is the American name for minim. (a) half (b) quarter (c) one-eight (d) one sixteen
18. Which of these is not an American name (a) quarter note (b) half note (c) quaver (d) one-eight note
19. _____ is largest among the following musical notes. (a) semiquaver (b) minim (c) quaver (d) minim

20. Sixteen quavers is equivalent to 2 _____ (a) quaver (b) minim (c) crotchet (d) semibreve

SS2 Music Examination Past Questions- Second Term

21. _____  is the highest voice type. (a) contralto (b) bass (c) soprano  (d) alto

22. ____ has a stem and a shaded note head. (a) minim (b) crotchet (c) quaver (d) semiquaver

23. The violin is played with a ____ a) bow (b) resin (c) pick  (d)stick
24. _____ is the same as whole note. (a) quaver (b) crotchet (c) minim  (d) semibreve

25. A whole note has _____ number of counts. (a) 4(b) 2(c) 1  (d) ½
26. A musical note faces  ____ when it is above the third line. (a) down (b) up (c) left (d) right

27. _____ has the highest pitch among the string family (a) double bass (b) cello (c) viola  (d) violin

28. The flag of a musical note is also known as a ____
29. a) mast(b) tail(c) head (d) flat
30. ______
31. a) oboe (b) piccolo (c) flute  (d) clarinet
32.  ____is the punctuation mark for 1 count. (a) :- (b) : (c) .  (d) ,
33. The English name for half note is ____

(a) minim (b) crotchet (c) quaver (d) minin

32. ____ is nota woodwind instrument.(a) saxophone (b) piccolo (c) harp (d) clarinet

33. _____ has equivalent to 3 counts. (a) : (b) :- (c) . (d) :-:

34. A shaded note head, stem and 3 flag makes up a _____ a) semiquaver (b) quaver (c) demi-semiquaver  (d) crotchet
35. A whole note has _____ number of counts. (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 2  (d) 4

36. Musical instruments are classified into ___ groups. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
37. Thesemibreve symbol is a ____ shaped note head

(a) oval  (b) rectangular (c) circle  (d) triangular

38. The counter Tenor is between tenor and ____ voice type”
39. a) tenor (b) contralto (c) alto  (d) baritone
40. The number of flags of note to be beamed is equivalent to the number of beams (a) true (b) false (c) no idea (d) no answer

40. Types of notation includes solfa notation and _____ notation . (a) staf (b) starve (c) staff (d) stuff

SECTION B (ESSAY)

1. Write the solfa notation of the Nigerian National Anthem indicating durations appropriately (10marks)
2. (a) indicate the punctuation marks equivalent to the following counts
3. 2 counts
4. 1 count

III. 4 counts

1. ½ count
2. ¼ count.  (5 marks)

(b) Write the English name for each of the note counts in (a)     (5 marks)

3. (a) Explain the physical relationship between musical notes with the aid of diagrams.(5 marks)

(b) with notation examples, explain the rules of positioning musical notes stems on the staff. (5 marks)