# Music Grade 12 P2 NSC June 2024 Question Paper (English) > Grade 12 Music Paper 2 question paper from the NSC June Exam 2024 (English), 25 pages. 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Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Confidential SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS/ NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS MUSIC P2 MAY/JUNE 2024 MARKS: 30 TIME: 1½ hours CENTRE NUMBER: EXAMINATION NUMBER: FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY MARKS OBTAINED MODERATED QUESTION MARKER SM/CM CM/IM EM MAX MARKS SIGN MARKS SIGN MARKS SIGN MARKS SIGN 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 1 4 2 4 3/4/5 14 6 8 TOTAL 30 This question paper consists of 24 pages and 1 sheet of manuscript paper. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 2 Music/P2 2 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections: SECTION A: Aural (8) SECTION B: Recognition of Music Concepts (14) SECTION C: Form Analysis (8) 2. QUESTION 1, QUESTION 2 and QUESTION 6 are COMPULSORY. 3. In addition, also answer QUESTION 3 (Indigenous African Music (IAM)) OR QUESTION 4 (Jazz) OR QUESTION 5 (Western Art Music (WAM)). 4. Write ALL your answers on this question paper. Use a pencil for music notation and blue or black ink for the other answers. 5. This examination will be done while candidates are listening to a CD. 6. The music teacher of the centre must conduct the examination in the presence of the invigilator. 7. The last page of this question paper is manuscript paper intended for rough work. Candidates must NOT remove this page. 8. Candidates may NOT have access to any musical instrument for the duration of this examination. 9. Candidates must take note of the mark allocation of each question to provide enough information in their answers. 10. Write neatly and legibly. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 3 Music/P2 3 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERSON OPERATING THE SOUND EQUIPMENT 1. For each question, allow candidates to first read through the question and then play the relevant track. 2. The number of the track must be announced clearly each time before the music starts. 3. Each music extract (track) must be played the number of times specified in each frame. 4. Allow adequate time between tracks to give candidates time to think and write their answers before playing the next track. 5. If a school offers more than one stream (Indigenous African Music (IAM), Jazz or Western Art Music (WAM)), the following guidelines must be followed:  Each stream must do the examination in a separate venue.  Each venue must be equipped with suitable sound equipment.  Each venue must have its own CD with music extracts.  An invigilator must be present in each venue. 6. The tracks have to be played as follows:  IAM candidates: Tracks 1 to 22 and Tracks 47 to 50  JAZZ candidates: Tracks 1 to 9, Tracks 23 to 33 and Tracks 47 to 50  WAM candidates: Tracks 1 to 9 and Tracks 34 to 50 7. A battery-powered CD player must be available in case of a power failure. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 4 Music/P2 4 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential SECTION A: AURAL (COMPULSORY) QUESTION 1 Play Track 1 TWICE in succession. 1.1 Notate the rhythm of the missing notes. [Two-bar introduction] (3) Play Track 1 TWICE again. Play Track 2 TWICE in succession. 1.2 Notate the missing notes at (A) and (B). (1) Play Track 2 again. [4] 2024 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 5 Music/P2 5 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential QUESTION 2 Answer the following questions by making a cross (X) in the appropriate block. 2.1 Identify the cadences at the end of each of the following TWO extracts. Play Track 3 THREE times in succession. 2.1.1 (1) Play Track 4 THREE times in succession. 2.1.2 (1) 2.2 Identify the prominent compositional techniques in the following TWO extracts. Play Track 5 TWICE in succession. 2.2.1 Inversion Diminution Retrograde Ostinato (1) Play Track 6 TWICE in succession. 2.2.2 Contrary motion Sequence Inversion Augmentation (1) Play Track 7 TWICE in succession. 2.3 Which ONE of the following describes the metre? Triple Quadruple Irregular Duple (1) Play Track 8 TWICE in succession. 2.4 Identify the type of scale used in this extract. Chromatic Minor Pentatonic Whole-tone (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 6 Music/P2 6 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 9 TWICE in succession. 2.5 Indicate TWO items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 9. Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Monophonic texture followed by polyphonic texture SATB with soloist Syncopated melodies Homophonic texture followed by monophonic texture Voices sing in octaves at the start of the extract Djembe accompaniment (2) (8 ÷ 2) [4] TOTAL SECTION A: 8 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 7 Music/P2 7 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential SECTION B: RECOGNITION OF MUSIC CONCEPTS Answer QUESTION 3 (IAM) OR QUESTION 4 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 5 (WAM). QUESTION 3: INDIGENOUS AFRICAN MUSIC (IAM) Listen to the following tracks and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 10 THREE times in succession. 3.1 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 10. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Introduction in quadruple metre Melody in unison Spoken text by a high male voice Syncopated accordion chords Melody by a tenor voice Introduction in free time Spoken text by a high female voice Simple duple metre (3) Play Track 11 THREE times in succession. 3.2 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 11. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Syncopated rhythms Body percussion and mafahlawana Song in unison Body percussion and tambourines Harmonised melody Vocal scooping SATB Crepitation (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 8 Music/P2 8 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 12 THREE times in succession. 3.3 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 12. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Crepitation employed Bass guitar plays same notes as tenor voice Keyboard plays single melodic line Melody repeated throughout Djembe, bass guitar and keyboard Introduction with electric guitar Synthesized percussion, bass guitar and keyboard Polyrhythms (3) Play Track 13 TWICE. 3.4 Indicate whether the following descriptions of the extract are TRUE or FALSE. Write down only 'true' or 'false' below each description. 3.4.1 This extract is a maskanda song by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. (1) 3.4.2 Parallel movement in harmony (1) Play Track 14 TWICE. 3.5 Describe the function of the crepitation in this extract. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 9 Music/P2 9 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 15 TWICE. 3.6 Name the South African solo artist that you associate with this extract. (1) 3.7 Which item below describes the melodic movement on the concertina in this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Repeated Descending Rhythmic Onomatopoeia (1) motif sequence improvisation Play Tracks 16 and 17 TWICE in succession. 3.8 Tracks 16 and 17 are two different versions of the same song. Describe the accompaniment in each track. Track 16: Track 17: (2) Play Tracks 18 and 19 TWICE in succession. 3.9 Tracks 18 and 19 are two different versions of the same song. 3.9.1 Name ONE prominent melodic instrument in the accompaniment of Track 18. (1) 3.9.2 Name ONE prominent accompaniment instrument in Track 19. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 10 Music/P2 10 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential 3.9.3 Describe the rhythmic character in each track. Track 18: Track 19: (2) Play Track 20 TWICE. 3.10 Name ONE group/artist that you associate with this extract. (1) 3.11 Choose a term that describes the performance technique heard in the vocal part. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Polyrhythm Call and response Praise poetry Improvisation (1) Play Track 21 TWICE. 3.12 Describe the function of the bass drum and the bass guitar in this extract. Bass drum: (1) Bass guitar: (1) Play Track 22 TWICE. 3.13 Briefly describe the following FOUR music features that give this extract its distinctive style character: harmony, tempo and beat, melody and instrumentation. Harmony: (1) Tempo and beat: (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 11 Music/P2 11 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Melody: (1) Instrumentation: (1) (28 ÷ 2) [14] TOTAL SECTION B: 14 OR Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 12 Music/P2 12 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential QUESTION 4: JAZZ Listen to the following tracks and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 23 THREE times in succession. 4.1 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 23. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Melody an octave apart by saxophone and trumpet Free melodic improvisation = 120 Melody played by trombone Syncopated piano chords Big band 12-bar blues Simple quadruple metre (3) Play Track 24 THREE times in succession. 4.2 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 24. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Afro-Cuban jazz Tenor saxophone solo Multiple percussion rhythms Syncopated ragtime rhythms Straight four-beat bass line Broken-chord melodies Big band arrangement Improvised horn parts (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 13 Music/P2 13 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 25 THREE times in succession. 4.3 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 25. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Repeated phrases in bass line introduction Major key Fusion of Dixieland and swing Embellished vocal line Wide vocal range Comping in rhythm section Irregular time Polyphonic texture (3) Play Track 26 TWICE. 4.4 Indicate whether the following descriptions of the extract are TRUE or FALSE. Write down only 'true' or 'false' below each description. 4.4.1 Fusion of indigenous African music with blues (1) 4.4.2 Ritualistic mood with modal tonality (1) Play Track 27 TWICE. 4.5 Describe the role of the piano in this extract. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 14 Music/P2 14 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 28 TWICE. 4.6 Name the South African jazz style that you associate with this extract. (1) 4.7 Which item below describes the melodic movement of the horn section in this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Ascending Melodic Descending Melodic sequence inversion sequence improvisation (1) Play Tracks 29 and 30 TWICE in succession. 4.8 Describe the given aspects of the music in Tracks 29 and 30. ASPECTS TRACK 29 TRACK 30 Instrumentation of introduction Types of singer(s) Tempo/Beat (6) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 15 Music/P2 15 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 31 TWICE. 4.9 Name ONE group/artist that you associate with this vocal jazz style. (1) 4.10 Choose a term that describes the compositional technique heard in the vocal part. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Sequence Polyrhythm Repetition Improvisation (1) Play Track 32 TWICE. 4.11 Describe the function of the bass line in this extract. (2) Play Track 33 TWICE. 4.12 Briefly describe the following THREE music features that give this extract its distinctive style character: melody, rhythm and harmony. Melody: (1) Rhythm: (1) Harmony: (1) (28 ÷ 2) [14] TOTAL SECTION B: 14 OR Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 16 Music/P2 16 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential QUESTION 5: WESTERN ART MUSIC (WAM) Listen to the following tracks and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 34 THREE times in succession. 5.1 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 34. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Flute and trumpet play melody in unison Trumpet plays melody Organ and brass accompaniment Acciaccaturas Compound quadruple metre Doppio movimento Melodic embellishment Repetitive melodic fragments (3) Play Track 35 THREE times in succession. 5.2 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 35. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Legato melody on saxophone Shaker Non legato melody on solo trumpet Cymbals Modern style period String, wind and percussion ensemble Waltz Large symphony orchestra (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 17 Music/P2 17 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 36 THREE times in succession. 5.3 Indicate THREE items in COLUMN A that relate to the music in Track 36. Make a cross (X) in THREE appropriate blocks. COLUMN A ANSWER Triple metre Molto legato e pianissimo Allegro giocoso Close harmonies Melismas SSAB Adagio espressivo Opera (3) Play Track 37 TWICE. 5.4 Indicate whether the following descriptions of the extract are TRUE or FALSE. Write down only 'true' or 'false' below each description. 5.4.1 Balanced phrases and homophonic texture (1) 5.4.2 Allegro section of the overture to The Magic Flute (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 18 Music/P2 18 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 38 TWICE in succession. 5.5 5.5.1 Identify the correct rhythmic motif that you hear. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1) 5.5.2 Describe the given aspects of the music in Track 38. ASPECTS TRACK 38 Tempo Opening bars (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 19 Music/P2 19 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 39 TWICE in succession. 5.6 5.6.1 Identify the correct rhythmic motif that you hear. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1) 5.6.2 Describe the given aspects of the music in Track 39. ASPECTS TRACK 39 Tempo Opening bars (2) Play Track 40 TWICE in succession. 5.7 Name the character in The Magic Flute that you associate with this extract. (1) 5.8 Which item below describes the vocal line in this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Melismatic and Melismatic Syllabic Improvisational syllabic (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 20 Music/P2 20 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Tracks 41 and 42 TWICE in succession. 5.9 Complete the following table: FEATURE TRACK 41 TRACK 42 Time signature Mood (2) Play Track 43 TWICE. 5.10 Name the composer of the work from which this extract is taken. (1) 5.11 Identify the part of this work from which this extract is taken. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. PART OF WORK ANSWER Beginning of the exposition Second subject/theme End of the development Beginning of the recapitulation (1) Play Track 44 TWICE in succession. 5.12 Describe the bass part in this extract. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 21 Music/P2 21 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Tracks 45 and 46 TWICE in succession. 5.13 Describe the given aspects of the music in Tracks 45 and 46. ASPECTS TRACK 45 TRACK 46 Treatment of melody in the strings Accompaniment (4) (28 ÷ 2) [14] TOTAL SECTION B: 14 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 22 Music/P2 22 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential SECTION C: FORM ANALYSIS (COMPULSORY) QUESTION 6 Read and study the questions for ONE minute. Play Track 47 ONCE to provide an overview. Listen to the piece below while you study the score. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 23 Music/P2 23 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential Play Track 47 again. 6.1 Give a schematic layout of the structure. Create rows in the table below and indicate each section with its corresponding bar numbers. SECTIONS BAR NUMBERS (3) Play Track 48 TWICE in succession (bars 1 to 8). 6.2 Name the key and type of cadence at (S). The notation is NOT included on the score. Key: Cadence: (2) Play Track 49 TWICE in succession (bars 9 to 16). 6.3 Compare the following bars in the cello part (the notation at (X) and (Z) is NOT included on the score): 6.3.1 Bars 9 to 10 at (W) with bars 11 to 12 at (X) Name the compositional technique at (X). (1) 6.3.2 Bar 13 at (Y) with bar 14 at (Z) Name the compositional technique at (Z). (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 24 Music/P2 24 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC Confidential 6.4 Comment on the F# in the accompaniment in bar 19. (1) Play Track 50 for a final overview. 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