Music Performance: Solo & Group

[monicapham93]

how did everyone find the exam?
personally i struggled with the melodic dictation.... ergh.

and the unheard was very simliar.... WHAT MELODY???

[xoxogossipgirl]

melodic dictation was tricky! i usually find it easy with 2 listens to perfect my answer but i didn't get a listen to double check this time =/
i feel like it was okay though, pretty sure my rhythm was right, might have got some accidentals or intervals between notes wrong
the rest of the theory was easy though (except chord progressions... anyone remember what they wrote? i think mine may have been wrong)

i found unheard okay, but again, styles kid. section C was very straight forward and very similar to other years, no tricks.

felt okay i think!

[monicapham93]

chord... i think
hmm cant remember the order... but i remember having...i think


1. Bb minor 2. Eb major 3.Gb major7  4. Db augmented 5.C half dim7 6. F Major

something like that

but yeah melodic i usually only lose one or two marks... this time... im lucky to get half right... argh yikes!

[xoxogossipgirl]

i think that's similar to what i had. except as she said put down your pens as i was reading over everything and double checking i rubbed out one of the sevenths on one of the major chords in the progression coz i wasn't sure haha oh dear!

yeah melodic was iffy :S but, it means everyone would've found it hard i suppose!
thank god that exam's over though.

[monicapham93]

well you still may be right.. im not 100% ahaha
even so... a 7th or not a 7th, its only a mark lost

[xoxogossipgirl]

i have no idea if it was right or wrong coz i'm crap at hearing 7ths.... chord progressions are my worst!
yeah one mark out of a total 105 haha
it'd be amazing if they gave teachers the CD so they could check answers.. haha

[monicapham93]

or if other people contribute...
 
i hope my chords are right.. its normally my strong point. im just so annoyed i just couldnt seem to do melodic today rawrrrr!!!

[BubbleWrapMan]

Did anyone finish? I don't think any of the guys at my school did.

[monicapham93]

i dunno if i can say i finished.... my arm was like falling off writing that fast
but i answered all the questions... just probs needed more on q9... defs wasnt long enough to get the full 12 marks or whatever it was

[grace10111]

Did anyone finish? I don't think any of the guys at my school did.

i dont know about solo, but the group one was impossible to finish. i dont think anyone does

[ninwa]

you don't need to finish the exam to do well

[xoxogossipgirl]

i finished the solo one, but in saying that if i would've had more time i could've gone into a lot more detail
A+ mark for solo is usually pretty low, so hoping i got nearly all theory right and did okay on the analysis   

[BubbleWrapMan]

I find it pointless to limit the time like that, is all. At least I'm in year 11 music solo.

I'm hoping to build up my ability to do one of these by the end of next year. Not taking away from actual guitar practice though.

[xoxogossipgirl]

i just looked at your sig, oh my gawd you're doing 3 maths subjects in the one year? jeebuz.

[tolybangn]

ill try and remember what i got for chords; im basicaly certain i got it right first listen then i went on to part C and went back for the final listen, just to double check. Basically certain about melodic dictation too (it was of a hard standard though, i thought) but its not like i remember it all I just remember it had a melodic minor tonality (so there were accidentals and naturals in there somewhere) and that there were both crotchet tripets and quaver triplets in the third bar.

Chord Progression:
i min
iv min
VI maj7
iii aug
ii halfdim 7
V7

Thats from memory, but i think its right.