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Title: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on March 24, 2019, 06:51:59 pm
Collaborative music question bank!
This is a place where people can post their favourite song or a piece they think would be good to analyse, a link to a YouTube version & a question to answer. :)
It essentially becomes a huge thread of practice questions where you can find a new question to answer and (hopefully) post your own song & question for others to use. It should be a really quick way to be able to make questions to practise. They won’t be properly formatted questions like the HSC, however I will try to make some of those later on in the year. If you have any questions about how to analyse a piece or want feedback on an answer, feel free to post it here or on the question thread.
Hope to see heaps of people contributing to this thread!! ;D
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Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on March 24, 2019, 09:44:07 pm
Love this idea!! I'll get the ball rolling.
Question: Discuss how aspects of tone colour are manipulated to create musical interest in the excerpt.
The excerpt in question is the first 2 minutes (2:00) of "City of Delusion," by Muse. I'd suggest giving yourself five playings, with breaks of 10secs, 30 secs, 1 min, 2 min and 2 min after each :)
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on March 26, 2019, 08:27:13 pm
What a great study resource, especially considering how half of the Music 1 and 2 excerpts are copyrighted ;D I'll pump out two :)
Music 1 An excerpt from Unsquare Dance (1961) by Dave Brubeck will be played six times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has duration been explored in this excerpt? 0:00- 1:36
Music 2
These excerpts are from Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C major D.956 (1828). Each will be played two times for you to answer these questions. Refer to the provided Score Attachment.
Question (a): Describe how pitch and harmony operate in this excerpt. 15:42-16:25
Question (b): How has Schubert employed dynamic and expressive techniques in this excerpt? 20:12- 21:18
Question (c): How has contrast been created within this movement? 15:42-16:25 and 20:12- 21:18
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on March 28, 2019, 08:54:35 pm
An excerpt from Handel in the Strand by Percy Grainger will be played six times for you to answer this question. (0:22-1:50)
Question: Discuss how duration and another concept of music (of your choice) is used in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 04, 2019, 10:44:52 pm
Music 1
An excerpt from The First Circle (1984) by Pat Meheny will be played five times for you to answer this question. (3:05-4:44)
Question: Identify the structure of this excerpt.
An excerpt from Dulaman performed by Celtic Woman will be played six times for you to answer this question. (0:00- 0:54)
Question: How has tone colour been explored in this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on April 04, 2019, 11:41:18 pm
Question: Describe the use of pitch in this excerpt.
Use the first 1:00 of the Wonder Woman theme! This would be the first question in an exam - Super quick, and should be fairly easy ;D
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 06, 2019, 01:45:28 am
Music 1
An excerpt from Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983) by Ryuichi Sakamoto will be played five times for you to answer this question. (1:00-1:43)
Question: How have the concepts of pitch and tone colour been used in this excerpt?
An excerpt from Sacerdotes Domini (1605) by William Byrd will be played three times for you to answer this question. (0:00-1:40)
Question: Describe the use of texture in this excerpt.
Music 2
An excerpt from Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Indes Galantes- Air pour les esclaves africains (1735-1761) will be played four times for you to answer this question. Refer to the provided Score Attachment. (5:32- 6:09)
Question: Explain how tonality and harmony are explored in this excerpt.
An excerpt from Piano Sonata No. 1 (1991) by Carl Vine will be played two times for you to answer this question. Refer to the provided Score Attachment. (15:41-17:13)
Question: How does this movement typify Australian music of the last 25 years? (I know it's just missed the cut off but it shares the characteristics regardless).
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on April 07, 2019, 10:07:02 pm
An excerpt from Inside the Case by James Newton Howard will be played six times for you to answer this question. (0:00-1:45)
How has musical interest been created throughout this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 11, 2019, 11:36:39 pm
Music 1
There are two excerpts for this question. The first is from Come Along (2017) by Cosmo Sheldrake which will be played once (3:35- 4:15). The second is from a cover of Come Along (2019) by Pentatonix which will also be played once (2:25-3:04). Give yourself a pause of thirty seconds between each. Both excerpts will then be played once more without a pause.
Question: Compare the use of the concepts of music in these two excerpts.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 13, 2019, 04:24:11 pm
Music 2 Melodic Dictation
How to Approach Melodic Dictation
For the examples I will give for practice, I will indicate the time signature (and if there are any changes), the key, the starting note and if there is an anacrusis. I may also give hints as to where some of the rests are, as they might in the exam.
A typical approach to the exam is as follows: First playing — 10 second pause Second playing — 30 second pause Third playing — 1 minute pause Fourth playing — 1 minute pause Fifth playing — 2 minute pause Sixth playing — 2 minute pause
An excerpt from Ubi Caritas (2001) by Ola Gjeilo will be played six times for you to dictate the soprano melody. (0:11-0:34)
This excerpt is eight bars long in 3/4 time, has a key signature of three sharps and F# as a starting note. The time signature changes at Bar 4 to 4/4, Bar 5 to 3/4, Bar 7 to 2/4 and Bar 8 to 4/4. There is a minim rest on the first beat of Bar 1, a crotchet rest on the third beat of Bar 4 and a minim rest at the end of the excerpt in Bar 8.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on April 17, 2019, 09:19:17 pm
An excerpt from The Lord of the Rings Symphony by De Meij will be played 6 times for you to answer the question (2:00-3:30)
Describe how duration and dynamics/expressive techniques are used throughout this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on May 04, 2019, 06:00:24 pm
Music 1
An excerpt from See You Again (2015) by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, performed by Lily Liu (2016) will be played five times for you to answer this question. (0:38-1:38)
Question: How have dynamics and expressive techniques been used in this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on May 06, 2019, 03:29:16 pm
An excerpt from If I can't have you by Shawn Mendes will be played 6 times to answer the question (0:00-1:20)
How has the concepts of pitch and duration been used in this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on May 25, 2019, 05:41:14 pm
An excerpt from O Magnum Mysterium by Victoria will be played 5 times for you to answer the question (0:00-1:53)
Describe the use of texture in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on June 03, 2019, 04:06:52 pm
A excerpt from Sonatina by Malcolm Arnold will be played 5 times for you to answer the question (0:00-1:30).
How has musical interest been created throughout this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on June 17, 2019, 07:19:34 pm
A excerpt from Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich will be played 6 times for you to answer the question. (0:27-2:15)
How has the concepts of duration and texture been used in this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on June 17, 2019, 10:30:21 pm
Music 2
An excerpt from Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.5 (1710's) will be played three times for you to answer this question. There is no provided Score Attachment. (0:13-0:35)
Question: Explain how duration has been employed in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on July 03, 2019, 09:35:48 pm
An Excerpt from El Camino Real by Alfred Reed will be played 6 times for you to answer the question (0:00-1:45).
Describe how the concepts of music are used in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on July 14, 2019, 08:01:11 pm
An Excerpt from Hunting Wabbits by Gordon Goodwin will be played 6 times for you to answer the question (0:27-2:00)
How is interest created throughout this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on August 02, 2019, 12:56:24 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Edith's Waltz (2015) by Fernando Velázquez will be played five times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has pitch been explored in this excerpt? 0:00- 0:52
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on August 10, 2019, 10:15:54 am
Music 1 An excerpt from Symphony No. 1 in G Minor (Second Movement: Andante commodamente) (1894) by Vasily Kalinnikov will be played four times for you to answer this question.
Question: Explain how unity has been created in this excerpt. 19:39- 21:07
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on August 11, 2019, 03:38:04 pm
Music 2
Not a question this time, but I thought I’d share a link to a Russian textbook I’ve used in class for both melodic dictation and sight singing. It starts really easy (and in C major), and then moves to A minor/different key signatures and harder exercises. There’s 1000 exercises, so I found it really helpful going through some for either sight singing (next to a piano), or melodic dictation (mainly in class). It’s in 10 different parts online, so if you want to look over the whole book, you’ll need to download all 10 parts. I didn't do music 2, so I'm too sure what range to focus on, but at uni we were mainly working up to around 250 (obviously just skip the ones that are out of your range).
Hope this helps!! :D
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on August 13, 2019, 07:27:02 pm
Music 2
An excerpt from 12 German Dances (No.3 in B Flat Major) (1789) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be played three times for you to answer this question. There is no Score Attachment for this question.
Question: Describe the way pitch and harmony has been explored in this excerpt. 3:22- 3:53
An excerpt from Sinfonia in A Major (1750) by Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz will be played two times for you to answer this question. There is no Score Attachment for this question.
Question: Explain how this excerpt utilises Baroque music conventions. 0:00-0:47
An excerpt from Violin Concerto Op. 35 (1878) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky will be played four times for you to answer this question. Refer to the provided Score Attachment for this question.
Question: How have dynamic and expressive techniques been used in this excerpt? 0:00- 0:44
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on August 14, 2019, 05:18:38 pm
An excerpt from Symphony No. 4 in E minor by Brahms (1884-5) will be played 6 times for you to answer the question (0:00-1:25)
How has duration and pitch been used in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on August 15, 2019, 01:50:05 pm
Music 2
An excerpt from White Cockatoo Spirit Dance (1993) by Ross Edwards will be played three times for you to answer this question. There is no Score Attachment for this question.
Question: Explain how one concept has been used to represent the topic Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian focus). 3:21-3:57
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on September 13, 2019, 11:08:03 pm
Music 1
An excerpt from The Raven: My Chamber Door (2015) by Ade Vincent will be played four times for you to answer the following question.
Question: Discuss how interest has been generated from this excerpt. 0:00-1:01
Music 2
An excerpt from a moment like this...? (2018) by Stephen de Filippo will be played two times for you to answer the next two questions. Refer to the provided Score Attachment.
Question: How has tone colour been explored in this excerpt?
Question: Explain how the composer's approach to instrumentation illustrates the topic Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian focus). (0:00-0:49)
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on September 21, 2019, 11:15:51 am
Music 1 An excerpt from Electric Sunrise (2016) by Plini will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has the concept of duration been explored in this excerpt? 0:00-0:46
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on October 30, 2019, 12:10:56 pm
Music 1
An excerpt from Lior and Nigel Westlake's Sim Shalom (2016) will be played three times for you to answer this question. (0:50-2:23)
Question: How has interest been generated from the concepts of music in this excerpt?
Music 2
An excerpt from Franz Schubert's Ständchen, D 889 (1826), performed on piano and cello, will be played twice for you to answer this question. There is no provided Score Attachment. (0:00-0:42)
Question: Describe the role of instrumentation in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on November 08, 2019, 01:53:28 pm
Music 1
An excerpt from John Zorn's Shaolin Bossanova (2002) will be played four times for you to answer this question. (0:00-0:46)
Question: Describe how tone colour has been explored in this excerpt.
Music 2
An excerpt from George Frideric Handel's Keyboard Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: IV. Sarabande (1703-1706) will be played two times for you to answer this question. There is no Score Attachment for this question. (0:00-0:46)
Question: Describe the structure of this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on November 11, 2019, 12:44:29 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from The Rain (1999) by Joe Hisaishi will be played four times for you to answer this question.
Question: Explain how pitch has been used in this excerpt. (1:41- 2:07)
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on December 11, 2019, 11:30:35 am
Music 1 An excerpt from Pet Sounds (1966) by The Beach Boys will be played four times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has tone colour been used in this excerpt to create contrast? 0:00- 0:53
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on December 13, 2019, 12:22:59 am
Music 1 An excerpt from Fides Tua (2017) by Tigran Hamasyan will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has unity been created in this excerpt? 0:00- 1:01
An excerpt from Folias (2011) by Latitude 37 will be played four times for you to answer this question.
Question: How has unity been created in this excerpt? 0:49- 1:33
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on December 14, 2019, 11:44:25 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from The Water is Wide (2001) performed by Charlotte Church will be played two times for you to answer this question.
Question: Describe the structure of this excerpt. 0:00- 0:49
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on December 17, 2019, 11:32:22 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Dance of Swords (2014) from Steven Universe will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: How have dynamic and expressive techniques been used in this excerpt? 0:00- 0:59
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on January 05, 2020, 01:41:39 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Alegria (1994) by Cirque du Soleil will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: Explain how texture has been used in this excerpt. 0:00- 1:03
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on January 08, 2020, 09:04:13 pm
An excerpt from Dance Preludes (1-Allegro Molto) by Lutoslawski will be played four times for you to answer this question.
How has interest been created throughout this excerpt?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on January 16, 2020, 05:23:03 pm
An excerpt from Dance Preludes (1-Allegro Molto) by Lutoslawski will be played four times for you to answer this question.
How has interest been created throughout this excerpt?
Not a question but this is one of my favourite Lutoslawski works ;D
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on January 27, 2020, 02:49:37 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Girl in the Basement (2008) by Vespertina will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: Explain how duration has been used in this excerpt. 0:00- 0:55
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on January 28, 2020, 02:41:59 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Rose Rouge (1999) by St Germain will be played three times for you to answer this question.
Question: Describe the use of texture in this excerpt. 0:00- 1:09
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 19, 2020, 02:52:16 pm
Music 2
An excerpt from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364 (1779) will be played three times for you to answer this question. Refer to the provided Score Attachment to answer the following question. (2:08-2:50)
Question: Describe the relationship between the solo and tutti forces in this excerpt.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: slothologist on April 24, 2020, 07:57:14 pm
Hi,
My teacher probably has explained what happens in the HSC exam for music 2 a thousand times, but I kinda forgot haha. I was actually confused about what's in the last question - something to do with an essay question based on what composers or styles we have studied. I heard we can prepare our essay and memorise it for the exam, but how would we know if the essay would fit the question?
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on April 25, 2020, 03:03:05 pm
My teacher probably has explained what happens in the HSC exam for music 2 a thousand times, but I kinda forgot haha. I was actually confused about what's in the last question - something to do with an essay question based on what composers or styles we have studied. I heard we can prepare our essay and memorise it for the exam, but how would we know if the essay would fit the question?
Hey, slothologist!
The Music 2 exam tests both Year 11 and 12 content and consists of short answer questions and an extended response/essay. The short answer section can test any of the concepts of music for unseen texts, as well as a melodic dictation question. The essay question is usually around 10 marks and can refer to either the mandatory topic and/or your elective topics. You'll use the set works you studied in class as examples in it. I don't think it's wise to memorise an essay for it since they can be super broad but they could also specify a concept or a number of works (no more than three though) to use. I would instead prepare notes with bar examples that illustrate all the different concepts for your set works. You can look at my notes for a reference example here if it helps. Hopefully that answers your question but let me know if you need anything else clarified ;D
Angelina ;D
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: angewina_naguen on June 30, 2020, 05:36:24 pm
Music 1 An excerpt from Scarborough Fair/Canticle (1966) by Simon & Garfunkel will be played four times for you to answer the following question.
Question: How has pitch and one other concept been used in this excerpt to create contrast? 0:00- 1:16
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: Fluffysama_ on August 08, 2020, 08:42:12 pm
This is a place where people can post their favourite song or a piece they think would be good to analyse, a link to a YouTube version & a question to answer. :)
It essentially becomes a huge thread of practice questions where you can find a new question to answer and (hopefully) post your own song & question for others to use. It should be a really quick way to be able to make questions to practise. They won’t be properly formatted questions like the HSC, however I will try to make some of those later on in the year. If you have any questions about how to analyse a piece or want feedback on an answer, feel free to post it here or on the question thread.
Hope to see heaps of people contributing to this thread!! ;D
Hello! Was wondering if it would be okay for me to post answers to these here or if I should post them somewhere else :)
J41: removed some code due to a weird forum glitch.
Title: Re: Collaborative music question bank!
Post by: katie,rinos on August 09, 2020, 12:25:07 pm