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Candidate NAME:
(Surname last)
Instructions to candidates
1. Write your name, examination centre and entry number (details provided in your attendance
letter) in the spaces provided above, but do not open this examination paper until instructed to
do so by the invigilator.
2. All answers must be written in the spaces provided. These answers may be copies of rough
work done in the examination room, on paper provided by the invigilator, but all rough work
must be handed to the invigilator with the examination script at the end of the examination.
3. Candidates are not permitted to bring any paper, notes or books into the examination room.
4. Candidates are not permitted to talk to one another in the examination room, but reasonable
questions may be addressed to the invigilator.
6. Ensure that you return the complete examination script to the invigilator upon completion of the
examination.
7. Please leave the examination room as quietly as possible if other candidates are still
completing their examination.
Q1. Write as letter names the notes of the major scale that has
the key signature of one flat.
Q3. Write the key signature of D major in either the treble or bass clef.
Q2. Write the chord symbol for the chord that consists of the
chord tones F A C E.
Q3. Without using a key signature, write A7 as whole notes (semibreves) in either
the treble or bass clef.
Q1. Write the symbol for a dotted eighth note (quaver) on any pitch.
Q4. Insert the appropriate rest or rests in the spaces marked ∗ to complete these bars.
Q7. Write four different bars of rhythm in 34 time. Only include the following types of notes on any pitch and
some of their equivalent rests: dotted quarter notes (dotted crotchets); quarter notes (crotchets); dotted
eighth notes (dotted quavers); eighth notes (quavers); and 16th notes (semiquavers).
Section 4: KNOWLEDGE OF POPULAR MUSIC Q1–4: 3 marks each. Total: 12 marks
Q2. Is Chuck Berry’s style better described as ‘rhythm and blues’ or ‘progressive rock’?
Q3. State whether David Bowie was born in Great Britain or America.
Q4. In which decade did Led Zeppelin first have commercial success?
Section 5: HARMONY Q1: 3 marks; Q2: 1 mark; Q3–5: 2 marks each. Total 10 marks
Q3. Which triad is built on the 5th degree of the C major scale?
Q4. What is the technical term for the triad built on the
1st degree of the major scale?
Q5. Which of these triads is NOT built from the C major scale:
C minor, D minor, E minor, F major, G major or A minor?