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SACE Music StudiesPractice Examination 16

Reading time15 minutes
Writing time2 hours
Total marks144
Questions14
StructureSection A — 11 Q, 90 marks · Section B — 1 Q, 6 marks · Section C — 2 Q, 48 marks

This paper covers

  • Q7 score: constructed string-quartet tango in A minor (habanera rhythm, pizzicato, chord naming)
  • Q8 aural-only: constructed West African-influenced drumming piece (polyrhythm, call and response)
  • Q9 arrangement: 'Lavender's Blue' for flute choir
  • Q10 compare: constructed sarabande and constructed blues ballad
  • Q13 A cadential six-four + dominant 7th in D; B secondary dominants in A-flat
  • Q11 three parts beneath a flute melody in E-flat major with chord symbols
  • Q12 re-barring a 12-beat rhythm in 4/4 and 6/8

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 16