JS 1 Music 3RD Term Exam 2019-2020
JS 1 Music 3RD Term Exam 2019-2020
JS 1 Music 3RD Term Exam 2019-2020
1. The soprano part is usually sung by which gender? (A) Male (B) Female (C) Bass (D) Tenor
2. Adagio means _____? (A) Music (B) song (C) slow (D) fast
3. One of the following composed the Nigerian national anthem? (A) Chinua Achebe (B)
Cyprian Ekpensi (C) Benedict E. Odiase (D) Laz Ekwueme
4. The music for body expression is known as ___? (A) Vocal Music (B) dance music (C)
instrumental music (D) class music
5. ______ is regarded as a combination of organized sound? (A) Sound (B) Song (C) Music (D)
Dance
6. The new Nigerian National Anthem was adopted in the year____? (A) 1970 (B) 1978 (C)
1980 (D) 1960.
7. ______is the use of voice to produce songs? (A) Singing (B) Crying (C) Rapping (D) Talking.
8. The great stave consists of how many lines and spaces? (A) 5 lines and 4 spaces (B) 11 lines
and 10 spaces (C) 10 lines and 8 spaces (D) 12 lines and 10 spaces
9. Clef is a symbol placed at the _______? (A) beginning of the stave (B) middle of stave (C)
end of stave (D) side of stave
10. Who was the composer that finished reading law in the University, and he could speak
German, French and Italian and English at 18? (A) G. F. Handel (B) J. S. Bach (C) Anthonio
Vilvadi (D) Sibelius
11. Which musical period is from 1400-1600? (A) Baroque period (B) Classical period (C)
Renaissance (D) Romantic period
12. ______ is a vibration of air which is heard when it is produced (A) Sound (B) Music (C)
Noise (D) Song
13. ____Music is used for Religious Purpose? (A) Popular music (B) Secular music (C) Sacred
music (D) Folk music
14. Forte means ____ in music? (A) soft (B) loud (C) cool (D) slow
15. The sound quality that helps to differentiate between one instrument and another is called
____? (A) Pitch (B) rhythm (C) timbre (D) dynamics
16. Musical sound is represented with a symbol called _____? (A) Notes (B) Sound (C) Sharp
(D) Clef
17. Semibreve has how many beats? (A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 8
18. A minim contains how many quavers? (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) 6
19. The moment of silence during a musical performance is called ____? (A) Musical note (B)
Musical rest (C) Musical sound (D) Musical line
20. In the time signature,upper figureshows the number of __? (A) Beats (B) Notes (C) Sound
(D) Lines
21. ___is the regular pulse which ticks like a clock or heartbeat? (A) Accent (B) Time (C) Beat
(D) Sound
22. Simple time is classified into ____? (A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 4
23. The traditional songs of a people is called ___? (A) Church song (B) Peoples’ song (C) Folk
song (D) Sacred song
24. Idio means ___? (A) loud (B) sound (C) self (D) play
25. Membranophones are local instruments made of ___? (A) rope (B) hole (C) animal skin (D)
wood
26. What is the Yoruba name for Metal Gong? (A) Ogene (B) Nkwongi (C) Agogo (D) Oja
27. Recorder belongs to which family of instruments? (A) Brass (B) Percussion (C) Strings (D)
Woodwind
28. Which of these following composers is not a Baroque period composer? (A)J. S. Bach (B) G.
F. Handel (C) Henry Purcell (D) W. A. Beethoven
29. The musical period from 1600-1750 is called ____? (A) Baroque period (B) Classical period
(C) Romantic period (D) Modern period
30. How many holes does a recorder have? (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 9
31. The art of writing music on paper is regarded as _________? (A) Transposition (B) Writing
of music (C) Music Notation (D) Music writing.
32. A dotted semibreve (O.) contains how many beats? (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 5
33. Tetrachord is an equal division of a ____ scale? (A) all scale (B) minor (C) major (D) tritone
34. The simplest major scale to write or play on the piano is ____ major? (A) C (B) D (C) E (D)
F
35. Which of the following is not an accidental? (A) Sharp (B) Flat (C) Natural (D) Harmony
36. The method of writing musical sounds on the staff or staves using musical notes is called ___?
(A) Tonal notation. (B) Solfa notation. (C) Staff notation. (D) Clef transposition.
37. How many quavers does a dotted crotchet contain? (A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4
38. The piano or keyboard are musical instrument arranged in ___ and __? (A) Red and White
(B) black and white keys (C) Off and On keys (D) Black and Red keys
39. The ____ sign raises the value of a note by one step? (A) Sharp (B) Flat (C) Double sharp
(D) Natural
40. Another name for pause is _______? (A) Tie (B) Slur (C) Breve (D) Fermata
41. A dot placed after a note adds _______ of its value to the original duration of that note. (A)
full (B) half (C) quarter (D) thrice
42. Piano is also referred to as a _____? (A) mini orchestra (B) woodwind (C) organ (D) brass
43. What is the technical name of the 4 th degree of a major scale? (A) Tonic (B) Mediant (C)
Subdominant (D) Dominant
44. Another name for a major scale is ____? (A) Ionian scale (B) minor scale (C) Dorian scale
(D) Melodic scale,
46. The equal division of a major scale is ___? (A) Tetrachord (B) Scale (C) Major scale (D)
minor scale
47. Music is produced from well ____ sounds? (A) organized (B) round (C) sang (D) sound
48. A major scale contains five tones and ___ semitones? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1
49. What is the technical name of the third degree of a major scale? (A) mediant (B) tonic (C) sub-
mediant (D) leading note
50. What is the technical name of the seventh degree of a major scale? (A) mediant (B) tonic (C)
sub-mediant (D) leading note
51. A ________ scale has 12 notes and each step of the scale is a semitone. (A) Chromatic (B)
minor (C) major (D) diatonic
52. The doh or tonic is always the ___ and ___ note of the major scale? (A) first and last (B)
second and third (C) fourth and fifth (D) first and second
53. Another name for half a step is ___? (A) tone (B) semitone (C) quarter tone (D) triton
54. What is the name of this symbol ? (A) Tie (B) Slur (C) Pause (D) Rest
55. ____ scale is made up of seven distinct notes? (A) Chromatic (B) Diatonic (C) Pentatonic
(D) Heptatonic
56. The symbol that joins two or more notes of the same pitch is called ____? (A) Pause (B) Tie
(C) Slur (D) Fermata
57. Natural semitone exists between one these notes. (A) C-D (B) E-F (C) D-E (D) F-G
58. Whenever we attempt to write music in any style, we are engaged in ______? (A) music
playing (B) writing of music (C) music notation (D) singing of music
59. The black keys on the keyboard are arranged in __ and __? (A) 2s and 3s (B) 3s and 4s (C) 2
s and 4s (D) 3s and 5s
60. .. what is the value of this double dotted minim? (A) 3 beats (B) 4 beats (C) 3 and half
beats (D) 2 and half beats.
SECTION B (ESSAY):
SECTION C ( PRACTICAL)
1. I. Pitch
II. Rhythm
II. Melody
IV. Timbre
V. Harmony
VI. Texture
VII. Form or structure
VIII. Dynamics
(5 Marks)
2. I. Idiophone: Idio means (self), Phone means (sound). These are self-sounding
instruments.They produce sound by the vibration of their body.
II. Chordophone: The term Chord means (string), phone means (sound). These group
of instrument produce sound by the vibration of their chords [strings]
III. Aerophone: Aero means (air), phone means (sound). Instruments under this
group produce sound as air is blown into them.
IV. Membranophone: Membrane means (skin), phone means (sound). These
instruments are made of animal skin and they produce sound by vibration of the stretched
membrane.
5 Marks
3. Scales refer to a series of notes that go in an ascending and descending manner.
Diatonic scale, Chromatic scale, Pentatonic scale. (5 Marks).
SECTION C (PRACTICAL)
Instrumental performance (8 marks)
Vocal performance (8 marks)
Dressing (4 marks)