NBSE Class 9 Question Paper 2020 Music

Total number of printed pages : 5 NB-N/MS/1
2020
CLASS - IX
MUSIC

Total marks : 70 Time : 3 hours

General instructions:
i) The question paper consists of 32 questions.
ii) Marks allocated to every question are indicated against it.

N.B: Check that all pages of the question paper is complete as indicated on the top left side.

SECTION-A: (Ethnic Music)

1. Naga folk songs do not use. 1
a) harmonies b) scales
c) semitones d) tones

2. Individual variations and flourishes are given free play in: 1
a) work songs b) love songs
c) war songs d) festival songs

3. In nursery rhymes, the melody lines are: 1
a) rhythmic and rousting b) smooth and slow
c) repetitive and simple d) jocular and topical

4. What are love songs? 2

5. Write short notes on any two of the following. 2½+2½=5
a) Funerary songs b) War songs
c) Story songs

SECTION - B : (Western Music)

6. Which note is equivalent to this rest ? 1
a) . b)  c)  d) 
7. Quavers are usually grouped together with a thick line called: 1
a) slur b) beam c) tie d) bar line

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8. Which of the following terms best describe the distance from D to D ?  1
a) tone b) semitone c) interval d) unison

9. ‘C’ is another way of writing: 1
a) b) c) d)

10. Which key signature has no sharps or flats? 1
a) A minor b) F major
c) G major d) D minor

11. The first degree of the scale is the : 1
a) dominant b) mediant
c) tonic d) C

12. A minor triad is labelled as : 1
a) I b) > c) i d) 
13. The following notes are tied unnecessarily. Write the music correctly. 2

14. Write the tonic on four different register in the key of E minor on the
grand staff. 2

15. Give the definition of ostinato and sequences. 2

16. Add the total number of crotchet beats in these note values and rests. 1+1= 2
a)

b)

17. Write two more repeats to show the ostinati pattern. 2

18. State whether tone or semitone. ½x4=2

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19. Using minim write the tonic triad, root position on the bass clef to the
following key. Use its key signature. 1+1=2
a) G major b) D minor

20. Work out the key of the music: 1+1=2

a)

b)

21. Label the following scales: ½x4=2

a)

b)

c)

d)

22. Add bar lines to agree with the time signature: 1+1=2

a)

b)

23 Make a sequence by repeating it once: 1+1=2

a) One note lower b) One note higher

24. Fill in the brackets with correctly grouped rests to complete the bar: 1x3=3

a)

b)

c)

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25. Draw the following scales on the bass clef, use minim notes with its
key signature on time. Divide the bars correctly.. 1x3=3

a) C major b) G major c) F major

26. Put the correct intervals above each note: ½x6=3

27. Transpose the following melody: 1½x2=3
a) Bass voice (down an octave)

b) Soprano voice (up an octave)

28. Draw the tonic triad in root position and its first inversion in the given
keys on the treble clef. 1½x2=3
a) E minor b) A minor

29. Write broken chords, using the correct notes from the tonic triads in
the given keys below. Use its key signature and put the correct bar
lines. 1½+1½=3
a) Key of G major on the treble clef, use quavers beamed in
fours in time. Finish on the first G above the stave.

b) Key of D minor on the bass clef. Use crotchets pattern of three
notes in time. Finish on the first D above the stave.

30. Name the key of the chord provided and then label the chord using
roman numeral. 1½x2=3

a) b)

Key ________________ Key ________________
Chord ________________ Chord ________________

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31. Write the following scales as directed. 1x5=5
a) E natural minor scale going up, using crotchet without key
signature on the bass stave.
b) A harmonic minor scale going down, using single quavers on the
treble stave.
c) D harmonic minor scale going up with key signature using minim
on the treble stave.
d) E harmonic minor scale going down, using semibreve on the
treble stave without key signature.
e) D natural minor scale going down, using dotted minim on the
bass stave with key signature.

32. Look at the following music and answer the questions below: 1x5=5

a) On which degree of the scale does the melody begin?
b) How many times does the rhythm occur?
c) Draw a circle around two notes next to each other which are an
interval of a 6th apart.
d) What does 8 in the time signature tell?
e) Name the rest in the last measure.

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