MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2019 for Music

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HS/XII/A. Sc. Com.V/Mu/19

2019

MUSIC
( Western )

Full Marks : 70
Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :
(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.
(ii) Attempt Part—A (Objective Questions) serially.
(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together at one place.

( PART : A—OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 35 )
1. Fill in the blanks (any ten) : 1×10=10

(a) _____ include the violin family, the guitar and
the lute families and the harp.

(b) Non-harmonic tone or non-essential tones are
also known as _____.

(c) The characteristics of a musical tone are pitch,
duration, _____ and quality.

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(d) The tempo moderato means _____.

(e) The various types of meter can be usefully
classified as simple, _____, asymmetrical and
mixed.

(f) 6 6
The number in I is called a/an _____.
4 4

(g) Poco a poco means _____.

(h) Quadruple meter is often referred to as _____.

(i) The pipe organ is a collection of whistles and
_____.

(j) The shifting from one key to another within a
piece of music to create tension and variety is
called _____.

(k) A musical structure or texture distinguished by
one line of sound or a melody without
accompaniment is known as _____.

(l) Rhythmic organization in Northern Indian music
is provided by repeated patterns or cycles known
as ______.

(m) Monophony is a _____ line of sound.

(n) Renaissance means _____.

(o) The period from 1600–1750 is known as _____
period.

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2. State whether the following statements are True or
False (any ten) : 1×10=10
(a) AABB is known as ternary form.

(b) Heterophony is a commonly used texture that is
especially prominent in folk music throughout
the world and in Oriental musical styles.

(c) Chamber music is considered ‘music for
musicians’.

(d) EGC is called the 2nd inversion of C major scale.

(e) The piano and the harpsichord fall under the
family of keyboard instruments.

(f) The three categories of music are art, traditional
and popular music.

(g) The figured bass of a 2nd inversion major triad is
6
.
4

(h) Simple meter has a top number of 2, 3 or 4 and
the seat is divided into two equal parts.

(i) Strophic form is a repetitive formal approach in
which all the strophes (stanzas) of text are sung
to the same music.

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(j) Binary form is represented in diagram as ABBA.

(k) ‘Fugue’ is a Greek word meaning flight.

(l) The xylophone is a pitched idiophone.

(m) The woodwinds belong to the family of the
membranophones.

(n) Coda section is a structure of sonata form.

(o) Art music is the medium that is most commonly
called ‘classical music’.

3. Choose the correct answer from the choices given
(any five) : 1×5 = 5

(a) The music of Mozart and Beethoven is known as
(i) Classical music
(ii) Western music
(iii) Euro-American music
(iv) Baroque

(b) A triad is a chord consisting of three notes built
in successive intervals of a
(i) second
(ii) third
(iii) fourth
(iv) sixth

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(c) The common language for musical description is
(i) Latin
(ii) Italian
(iii) English
(iv) Spanish
(d) Rondo is frequently used as the final movement
of a/an
(i) classical symphony
(ii) country song
(iii) folk song
(iv) opera
(e) The father of string quartet is
(i) Mozart
(ii) Chopin
(iii) Haydn
(iv) Beethoven
(f) Recorders are a type of
(i) drum
(ii) flute
(iii) guitar
(iv) oboe
(g) Which of the following is a major triad?
(i) CE b G
(ii) DF # A
(iii) EGB
(iv) ACE

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4. Answer the following questions (any five) : 2×5=10

(a) Using semibreves, cite an example of a root
position of A major using a treble clef.

(b) Name the stringed instruments used in a quartet
during the Classical period.

(c) What are the usual range of dynamics used by
composers during the Baroque period?

(d) Mention the earliest electronic instruments
developed in the 1920’s.

(e) What do you understand by symphony?

(f) Name the two style characteristics of the
Baroque period.

(g) Construct a V 7 chord in the key of F major in the
bass clef.

(h) What is a perfect cadence? Write an example on
G clef of any scale.

( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 35 )

UNIT—I

Answer Question Nos. 5 and 6 or 7 and 8

5. Write the following four-part chord progressions in
the key of D major : 1×6=6
I ii 6 IV I46 V46 I6

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6. Construct a V 7 chord in the key of G major scale in
the treble clef. 3+2=5
OR

7. Using crotchets, write 3-part diatonic secondary
triads of the following. Use a key signature. 3+3=6
(a) =
& ==
iiic

(b) =
? ==
vib

8. Briefly classify the different types of triads. 5

UNIT—II
Answer Question Nos. 9 and 10 or 11 and 12

9. What are the different sources of musical sound?
How are musical instruments classified? Cite
examples for each classification. 2+2½+2½=7

10. What is sonata? Briefly explain the different
structure of sonata form. 2+5=7

OR

11. Explain any two of the following : 3½×2=7

(a) Rondo

(b) Sonata

(c) Monophony

(d) Heterophony

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12. Write short notes on any two of the following : 3½×2=7
(a) Art music
(b) Folk music
(c) Homophony

UNIT—III
Answer Question Nos. 13 and 14 or 15 and 16

13. What are the different characteristics of music in
non-Western culture? Write a note on diaphony. 2+3=5

14. Name the two vocal genres of the Romantic period.
Explain any one of them. 2+3=5

OR

15. What is a concerto? Explain the development and
form of a concerto. 2+3=5

16. Explain either keyboard instruments or wind
instruments that are used during the Renaissance
period. 5

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