SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND PERFORMING ARTS 
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    MUS 112: MUSIC LITERACY 
                                   	END OF JANUARY 2024 SEMESTER EXAMINATION 
DURATION: 2 HOURS    
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    TOTAL = 70 MARKS 

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
SECTION A 			(20 Marks)
1.Rewrite these treble clef notes in the bass clef, keeping the pitch the same. The first answer is given.									 (4marks)

2. Name the highest and the lowest note in each of these melodies.		    (4 Marks)
a)

b)



3.Add the missing rests to this melody, at the places marked with a star.	                   (2Marks)


4. Rewrite this melody in the treble clef, keeping the pitch the same. The first two notes are given.											     (10marks)


SECTION B (50 Marks)
5. Name the key of each of these major scales, and say whether it is ascending or descending.						 	(4Marks)
a.  
b.  
 
6. Complete these scales, (which all start on the tonic), by adding the missing notes in the places marked *.								 (6 Marks)
a.  
  
  

 7.Name the degree of the scale (e.g. 1st , 2nd ) of each of the notes marked *.
											(20Marks)
a. The key 

b. The key 


8. Look at this melody, adapted from a piece by Schumann, and then answer the questions below.
 

(b) 											(10Marks)
	i)
	What is the key of this piece? ______________
	

	ii)
	What is the meaning of dolce _________ molto cantabile ____________
	

	iii)
	How many times does this rhythm occur? .....
.
	

	iv)
	The key of the melody is.
On which degree of the scale (e.g. 2nd, 3rd ) does the melody begin?............
	

	v)
	What does the time signature 2/4 means . ........ ?
	


 
(c)  	Use the space below for rhythm dictation					(10 Marks)






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