# Music Grade 12 Paper 2 NSC Supplementary 2016 Memo (English) > Grade 12 Music Paper 2 memorandum from the NSC Supplementary Exam 2016 (English), 22 pages. Read online or download the free PDF. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/music-p2-feb-march-2016-memo-eng/49f95c5c-5c5d-4c65-86fc-a5668ca9bb98 - Updated: 2026-09-27 - Subject: Music - Grade: Grade 12 - Document type: Memorandum - Year: 2016 - Exam period: NSC Supplementary Exam - Paper: 2 - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 22 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 12](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-12) › [Music](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-12/music) › [Music Grade 12 Paper 2 NSC Supplementary 2016 Memo (English)](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/music-p2-feb-march-2016-memo-eng/49f95c5c-5c5d-4c65-86fc-a5668ca9bb98) ## About this document Music · Grade 12 · NSC Supplementary Exam · 2016. Memorandum, 22 pages. Read online or download the PDF. 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 Downloaded from hlayiso.com NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 MUSIC P2 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 MEMORANDUM MARKS: 30 This memorandum consists of 22 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 2 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 2 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections: SECTION A (Aural) (10) SECTION B (Recognition) (12) SECTION C (Form) (8) 2. QUESTION 1, QUESTION 2, QUESTION 3 and QUESTION 7 are compulsory. 3. Answer QUESTION 4 (Western Art Music (WAM)) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (Indigenous African Music (IAM)). 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 written 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. The candidate may remove this page. 8. Candidates may not have access to any musical instrument for the duration of the examination. 9. Write neatly and legibly. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PERSON OPERATING THE SOUND EQUIPMENT 1. The instructions for the music teacher appear in frames. 2. Each musical extract (track) must be played the number of times specified on the question paper. 3. Allow adequate time between tracks to offer candidates time to think and write their answers before playing the next track. 4. The number of the track must be announced clearly each time before it is played. 5. If a school offers more than one stream (Western Art Music (WAM), JAZZ, Indigenous African Music (IAM)), the following guidelines must be followed: • Each stream must write the examination in a separate venue. • Each venue must be equipped with suitable sound equipment. • Each venue must have its own CD with musical extracts. • An invigilator must be present in each venue. • The tracks have to be played as follows: - WAM candidates: Tracks 1–20 and Tracks 36–39 - JAZZ candidates: Tracks 1–10 Tracks 21–26 and Tracks 36–39 - IAM candidates: Tracks 1–10 and Tracks 27–39 6. A battery-powered CD player must be available in case of a power failure. Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 3 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 3 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum MARKING GRID SECTION A: AURAL TOTAL MARKER MODERATOR QUESTION 1 (COMPULSORY) 6 QUESTION 2 (COMPULSORY) 4 SUBTOTAL 10 SECTION B: RECOGNITION TOTAL MARKER MODERATOR QUESTION 3 (COMPULSORY) 4 AND QUESTION 4 (WAM) 8 OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) 8 OR QUESTION 6 (IAM) 8 SUBTOTAL 12 SECTION C: FORM TOTAL MARKER MODERATOR QUESTION 7 (COMPULSORY) 8 SUBTOTAL 8 GRAND TOTAL 30 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 4 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 4 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Note to marker: Candidates must be credited for any correct answers not given in the memorandum. SECTION A: AURAL QUESTION 1 Play Track 1 TWICE in succession. 1.1 Listen to the melodic and rhythmic phrase. Notate the rhythm of the missing notes in bars 3–41 below. Play Track 1 TWICE. Pause for 30 seconds in between. Answer: 1 mark per beat = 3 marks (minus ½ mark per mistake up to a maximum of 1 mark per beat) (3) Play Track 2 TWICE in succession. 1.2 Listen to the extract from Menuet in G by Mozart. Fill in the missing pitches that correspond with the music that you hear. Answer: ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ mark per beat = 3 marks (the entire beat must be correct for ½ mark) (3) Play Track 2 ONCE more. [6] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 5 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 5 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum QUESTION 2 Play Track 3 ONCE to provide a general overview. Listen to the extract from Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) while you follow the vocal score. Answer the questions that follow. Answer: Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 6 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 6 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 4 TWICE. 2.1 Name the interval at 2.1 (in the vocal part) in bar 3, e.g. Major 2nd. Answer: Perfect octave/8th Perfect octave/8th = 1 mark Octave only = no mark (1) Play Track 5 TWICE. 2.2 Name the cadence at 2.2 in bars 7 and 8. Answer: Imperfect (cadence) Imperfect (cadence) = 1 mark (1) Play Track 6 TWICE. 2.3 This extract starts in bar 9. At 2.3 in bar 11 you will hear a non-chordal note in the vocal line. 2.3.1 Notate this note on the score. Answer: The note E (1) 2.3.2 Name the type of non-chordal note. Answer: Suspension Notated note = 1 mark Suspension = 1 mark (1) [4] TOTAL SECTION A: 10 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 7 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 7 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum SECTION B: RECOGNITION OF MUSIC CONCEPTS QUESTION 3: GENERAL LISTENING (COMPULSORY) Study the items in COLUMN A in QUESTION 3.1–3.4 for two minutes. Note to marker: if a candidate selected more than two items at a question, only the first two items must be marked. Play Track 7 TWICE. 3.1 Mark TWO items in COLUMN A that relate to Track 7. Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks. Answer: COLUMN A Track 7 Ragtime Idiophone X Trombone Cyclic chord structure X Trumpet X Pentatonic Any 2 = 2 marks (2) Play Track 8 TWICE. 3.2 Mark TWO items in COLUMN A that relate to Track 8. Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks. Answer: COLUMN A Track 8 Anacrusis X Allegro Homophonic X Accelerando Polyphonic Pizzicato X Any 2 = 2 marks (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 8 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 8 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 9 TWICE. 3.3 Mark TWO items in COLUMN A that relate to Track 9. Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks. Answer: COLUMN A Track 9 Alto Aerophone Ostinato X American Jazz Idiophone X Synthesiser X Any 2 = 2 marks (2) Play Track 10 TWICE. 3.4 Mark TWO items in COLUMN A that relate to Track 10. Make a cross (X) in TWO appropriate blocks. Answer: COLUMN A Track 10 Chorus X Polyphonic Alla marcia X Pedal point X Big Band Tranquillo Any 2 = 2 marks (2) (8 ÷ 2) [4] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 9 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 9 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Answer QUESTION 4 (WAM) OR QUESTION 5 (JAZZ) OR QUESTION 6 (IAM). QUESTION 4: WAM 4.1 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 11 ONCE. 4.1.1 Identify the composer and title of this work. Answer: Composer: (Felix) Mendelssohn Title: Hebrides Overture or Fingal's Cave Mendelssohn = 1 mark Hebrides Overture or Fingal's Cave = 1 mark for either answer Only Overture = No marks (2) Play Track 12 TWICE. 4.1.2 Which melodic compositional technique is heard in the violas and bassoons at the beginning of this extract? Answer: • Sequence • Repetition Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) Play Track 13 TWICE. 4.1.3 Which ONE of the following terms best describes the melodic material of the strings and flutes in this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Cantabile Arpeggios Chromatic Diatonic Answer: Chromatic Chromatic = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 10 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 10 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 14 TWICE. 4.1.4 Give a suitable Italian term to describe the dynamic level of the melodic line in this extract. Answer: • Fortissimo (ff) • Forte (f) • Crescendo Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) 4.2 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 15 ONCE. 4.2.1 Identify the genre of this music. Answer: • Opera • Duet Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark Aria = no mark (1) 4.2.2 Name the characters who sing in this extract. Answer: • Papageno • Papagena Papageno = 1 mark Papagena = 1 mark (2) Play Track 16 ONCE. 4.2.3 Write down a suitable Italian term to describe the change of tempo towards the end of this extract. Answer: • Ritardando • Ritenuto • Allargando Ritardando/ Ritenuto/Allargando = 1 mark Any other correct term will also be accepted (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 11 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 11 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 17 ONCE. 4.2.4 Choose the word that best describes the articulation applied in the accompaniment of this extract. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block Staccato Leggiero Pizzicato Vivace Answer: Staccato Staccato = 1 mark (1) 4.3 Listen to TWO extracts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 which will be played twice each and answer the questions. Play Track 18 TWICE. 4.3.1 This extract begins with a solo woodwind instrument which is followed by a solo brass instrument. Name each of these instruments. Answer: Woodwind instrument: Clarinet Brass instrument: Horn (French Horn) Woodwind instrument: Clarinet = 1 mark Brass instrument: Horn (French Horn = 1 mark (2) 4.3.2 Identify the movement from which this extract is taken. Answer: Fifth movement Fifth movement = 1 mark (1) Play Track 19 TWICE. 4.3.3 Identify the movement from which this extract is taken. Answer: First movement First movement = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 12 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 12 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 20 TWICE. 4.3.4 Choose the time signature of this extract. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Answer: = 1 mark (1) 4.3.5 Mark the character or mood of this extract in COLUMN A. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. COLUMN A Track 20 Lento Tranquillo Agitato Maestoso X Answer: Maestoso Maestoso = 1 mark (1) 16÷2 = [8] OR Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 13 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 13 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum QUESTION 5: JAZZ 5.1 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 21 ONCE. 5.1.1 With which of the following terms would you associate this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1) Marabi Mbaqanga Jazz in exile Answer: Jazz in exile Jazz in exile = 1 mark 5.1.2 Write down the title of this work. (1) Answer: Mra Mra = 1 mark 5.1.3 Name TWO artists associated with this extract. (2) Answer: • Chris McGregor • Louis Moholo • Dudu Pukwana • Mongezi Feza Any two correct answers = 2 marks Play Track 22 TWICE. 5.1.4 A repetitive rhythmic drive is heard in this extract. Which instrument(s) are heard in this regard? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Instrument(s) Track 22 Horn section, bass and piano Cymbals, bass and piano X Piano only Answer: Cymbals, bass and piano Cymbal, bass and piano = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 14 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 14 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum 5.2 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 23 ONCE. 5.2.1 Identify the South African jazz style. Answer: Kwela Penny-whistle Jive Any correct answer = 1 mark (1) 5.2.2 Give TWO reasons for your answer to QUESTION 5.2.1. Answer: • Prominent melodic instrument (usually the penny whistle or saxophone or both) • Township jive rhythm • Skiffle-like beat Any two correct answers = 2 marks (2) 5.2.3 Name ONE artist associated with this extract. Answer: • Elias Lerole • Lemmy Mabaso • Spokes Mashiyane Any correct answer = 1 mark (1) 5.2.4 Name the title of the work. Answer: • See You Later, Little Lemmy See You Later, Little Lemmy = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 15 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 15 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum 5.3 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 24 ONCE. 5.3.1 Identify the South African jazz style. Answer: • Mbaqanga • Afro-soul Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark 5.3.2 Give TWO reasons for your answer to QUESTION 5.3.1. Answer: • Continuous repetition of music material above a rhythmic ostinato • A mix of Western instrumentation and South African vocal style • Cyclic chord structure – similar to marabi • Instrumental approach (bass and keyboards) particular to Mbaqanga • Call and response Any TWO correct answers = 2 marks (2) 5.3.3 Name the female vocalist associated with this extract. Answer: • Miriam Makeba Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) Play Track 25 ONCE. 5.3.4 Describe how the call-and-response technique is used in this extract. Answer: The lead singer initiates the vocal material (call) and the backing vocalists respond with new vocal material Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 16 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 16 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 26 ONCE. 5.3.5 With which of the following items do you associate this extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Riff Electric organ Polyphonic Answer: Riff Riff = 1 mark (1) (16 ÷ 2) [8] OR Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 17 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 17 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum QUESTION 6: IAM 6.1 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 27 ONCE. 6.1.1 Identify the South African style. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Marabi Mbaqanga Isicathamiya Answer: Mbaqanga Mbaqanga = 1 mark (1) 6.1.2 Give TWO reasons for your answer to QUESTION 6.1.1. Answer: • The continuous repetition of musical material over an ostinato rhythm • Use of repetitive guitar melodic riffs • Interweaving of the 2 guitar lines Any two correct answers = 2 marks (2) Play Track 28 ONCE. 6.1.3 Name the artist/group with whom you associate this song. Answer: Mahotella Queens or any female Mbaqanga group Any female Mbaqanga group = 1 mark (1) 6.2 Listen to the extracts and answer the questions that follow. Play Track 29 ONCE. 6.2.1 With which type of song do you associate the extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Wedding song Funeral song Struggle song War song Answer: Struggle song Struggle song = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 18 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 18 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum Play Track 30 ONCE. 6.2.2 With which type of song do you associate the extract? Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. (1) Lullaby Celebration song Initiation song Work song Answer: Lullaby Lullaby = 1 mark Play Tracks 31 and 32 TWICE in succession. 6.2.3 Listen to the TWO tracks which will be played TWICE in succession. Complete the table below. Identify the voice type, compositional technique and percussion instrument used in each track. Answer: Track 31 Track 32 Voice type • SAT • Male voices • Solo and group • Solo and group singing singing Compositional • Call and response • Call and response technique • Repetition • Repetition Percussion • Drums • Various drums instrument • Shakers • Body percussion • Crepitation (hand clapping) ONE answer per block - 6÷2=3 (3) 6.3 Listen to the following extract and answer the questions. Play Track 33 ONCE. 6.3.1 Identify the chordophone that you hear in the introduction of this extract. Answer: • Lesiba • Ugwala • Makwindi Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 19 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 19 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum 6.3.2 Name the voice type of the solo singer who introduces the melody. Answer: Tenor Tenor = 1 mark (1) 6.3.3 Identify the vocal compositional technique used in this extract. Make a cross (X) in the appropriate block. Call and Response Ululation Crepitation Imitation Answer: Call and Response Call and Response = 1 mark (1) 6.4 Listen to the following extracts and answer the question. Play Track 34 and Track 35 TWICE in succession. Identify TWO instruments in each of the extracts. Answer: Track 34 Track 35 Instruments Guitar (plucked sound) Horns/Lenaka Concertina Electric guitars Drumkit Shakers Bass guitar Traditional drums Male voice Instruments: 2x2 = 4 marks (4) (16 ÷ 2) [8] TOTAL SECTION B: 12 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 20 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 20 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum SECTION C: FORM QUESTION 7 Read and study the questions for ONE minute. Play Track 36 ONCE. Listen to the following piece while you study the score. Answer: ROMANCE Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 21 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 21 DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2016 NSC – Memorandum 7.1 Name the overall form of this work. Answer: Ternary form ABA form Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 22 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Music/P2 22 DBE/Feb.–March 2016 NSC – Memorandum 7.2 Motivate your answer to QUESTION 7.1 by indicating the main sections on the score. Write capital letters above the staff. Answer: Section Bar numbers A 1–16 B 17–32 A 33–48 1 mark for each correct section = 3 marks (3) 7.3 Name the main key of the work in bars 1–16. Answer: E minor E minor = 1 mark (1) 7.4 To which key does the work modulate (change key) in bar 17? Answer: E major/Tonic major E Major/Tonic major = 1 mark Play Track 37 ONCE. 7.5 Which compositional technique is used in the bass part in bars 1–5? Answer: • Pedal point • Repetition of the bass note • Sustaining of the root note of the triad Any ONE correct answer = 1 mark (1) Play Track 38 ONCE. 7.6 The track starts in bar 27. Name the cadence in bars 30–32. Answer: Perfect (cadence) Perfect (cadence) = 1 mark (1) Play Track 39 ONCE. 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