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PRE-LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2021

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• Answer all six questions

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Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

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Do not write outside the boundary lines of these answer areas.

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Before the examination begins, listen carefully to announcements.

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If you cannot hear the recording clearly, speak to the superintendent now.

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You may not make any comment, tap, hum or sing during this examination.

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Listen for the warning pip and announcements on the recording

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There will be suitable pauses throughout for you to read and answer questions.

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Question 1

(25 marks)

Four excerpts from

Piano Concerto K488

by Mozart.

• Answer the questions on each excerpt.

Excerpt 1, played three times.

An outline score of bars 1 - 8 of the music in this excerpt is printed below.

• Answer the following questions:

(a) The instruments playing in bars 1 - 8 of this excerpt come from the

string family

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string and brass families

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string and woodwind families

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(b) The metre of this excerpt is two

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four

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six

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(c) Which one of the following instrumental techniques can be heard in bars 1 - 8 of this excerpt? harmonics

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(d) Describe one change that occurs in bar 9 of this excerpt. Answer:

Excerpt 2, played two times.

(e) The accompaniment in this excerpt features which one of the following? an Alberti bass

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imitation

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repeated notes

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(f) This excerpt also features a number of sequences. What is a sequence? Answer:

Excerpt 2, played two more times.

(g) Which one of the following rhythm patterns is used by Mozart in the last two bars of this excerpt?

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An outline score of bars 1 - 8 of the music in this excerpt is printed below.

(h) The missing notes in bar 4 are

(i) The texture of the music in this excerpt is

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homophonic

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(j) Identify and describe one musical feature of this excerpt. Feature: Description: 2 4 6 7 8

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Two excerpts from

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Danse Macabre

by Raymond Deane.

(a) The first three instruments Deane uses in this excerpt are violin, marimba and maracas

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maracas, piano and violin

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guitar, cello and piano

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(b) The first instrument plays a repeated rhythm pattern. The other two instruments play a block chord

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a broken chord

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a repeated motif

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(c) The first bar of rhythm in this excerpt is written below. There are seven beats in the bar. Beats 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 are beamed correctly. Complete the beaming to create beats 5 and 6 of the Totentanz rhythm

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(d) An instrumental technique used in this excerpt is Glissando. Explain this technique.

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(e) The final instrument you hear in this excerpt is the snare drum

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piano

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An excerpt from Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz played three times.

• An outline score of bars 1 - 8 of the music in this excerpt is printed below.

(a) The theme in this excerpt represents the

idée fixe

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march

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waltz

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(b) The key of this excerpt is Bb major

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C major

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F major

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(c) Describe one feature of the rhythm in this excerpt

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(d) Which family of instruments do you hear for the first time at the end of bar 8 in this excerpt?

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brass family

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string family

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(e) The final cadence, at the end of this excerpt is

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An excerpt from

She’s Leaving Home

by John Lennon & Paul Mc Cartney played

three times.

The lyrics are printed below.

• Line 1 Friday morning, at nine o’clock she is far away • Line 2 Waiting to keep the appointment she made • Line 3 Greeting a man from the motor trade • Line 4 She - (what did we do that was wrong) • Line 5 Is having - (we didn’t know it was wrong)

• Line 6 Fun - (fun is the one thing that money can’t buy) • Line 7 Something inside, that was always denied,(bye, bye) • Line 8 For so many years.

• Line 9 She’s leaving home - (bye, bye)

(a) The instrument playing block chords during Line 1 is the

piano

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harp

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guitar

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(b) The instrumental interlude between lines 1 and 2 is polyphonic

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homophonic

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monophonic

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(c) Explain the multi tracking recording technique used during lines 4, 5 and 6.

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(d) Which one of the following two-bar rhythms is played by the strings during lines 4, 5 and 6?

(e) The final cadence, is

Plagal

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not played

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You will hear three excerpts, each played three times. • Answer the questions on each excerpt.

Excerpt 1. Two dance tunes, played without a break (a) Dance 1 is

Dance 2 is

(b) The time signature of dance 1 is The time signature of dance 2 is

(c) A typical bar of rhythm associated with dance 1 is A typical bar of rhythm associated with dance 2 is

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Excerpt 2. A verse from The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale. (d) The form of the verse heard in this excerpt is

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(f) This is sean nós singing. Give one feature of this style of singing, as heard in this excerpt. Feature:

Excerpt 3. An excerpt from John Riley by Tim O’Brien.

• The lyrics are printed below.

Line 1 John Riley came from Galway town in the years of the Irish hunger Line 2 He sailed away to America when the country was much younger

Line 3 The place was strange and work was scarce and all he knew was farming Line 4 So he followed his other Irish friends to a job in the US Army

Line 5 Adventure calls and some men run, and this is their sad story Line 6 Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory

(g) Identify the instrument accompanying lines 1 - 4.

(h) Describe one non-traditional feature of the music in lines 5 and 6 of this excerpt Feature:

(e) The melody has a wide range

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regular rhythm

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a repeated last note

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Aural Skills.

This question is based on four excerpts of music. • Answer the questions on each excerpt.

An outline score of the main melody of this excerpt is printed below.

(a) The form of the verse heard in this excerpt is

A, in bar 2

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B, in bar 3

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C, in bar 4

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(b) The key of this excerpt is

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C major

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Excerpt 1, played once more (c) The music is played by

two violins and an organ

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a bassoon, a flute and a harpsichord

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two oboes and the continuo

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An outline score of bars 9 - 19 of piece is printed below.

(d) There are two singers in this excerpt. The first is a bass in bar 9. What kind of voice enters in bar 10? Answer:

(e) Which one of the following does not feature this excerpt? sequences

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An outline score of bars 1 - 12 is printed below.

(f) Which one of the following is the correct music for bar 7?

(g) A three-bar instrumental is played during bars 8 - 10. It features a four note motif played a

number of times.

How many times is it played? Answer:

Excerpt 4, played twice, followed by Excerpt 3 played one more time.

(h) You will now hear a different version of the same piece. Give one similarity and one

difference between both versions. You could mention from mention from:

Key, Instruments/Voices, Speed, Dynamics and any other feature you think is relevant.

You have five minutes to complete the examination paper

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