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SACE Music StudiesPractice Examination 10

Reading time15 minutes
Writing time2 hours
Total marks144
Questions14
StructureSection A — 11 Q, 92 marks · Section B — 1 Q, 4 marks · Section C — 2 Q, 48 marks

This paper covers

  • Q7 score: constructed saxophone-quartet ballad in D-flat (transposed parts, extended chords)
  • Q8 aural-only: constructed waltz-to-march transformation (meter change, orchestration)
  • Q9 arrangement: 'Auld Lang Syne' for brass band
  • Q10 compare: theme and variations for piano (texture, register, tonality)
  • Q13 A smooth part-writing in B-flat; B ii-V into the relative minor
  • Q11 three parts under an A major melody (F#7 as V7/ii)
  • Q12 regrouping a 6/8 rhythm written as if in 3/4

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

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SACE Music Studies Practice Examination 10