2017 HSC Music 2 paper
9 questions, 35 marks. Every question has its recording. The official marking guidelines cover every question.
Question 1(a)
2 marksOutline the roles of the instruments that play the continuo part in this work.
Alessandro Stradella — Canzone (whole work); Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 1(b)
3 marksExplore the use of harmony in the section marked from A to B (bars 22–25) on the score. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Alessandro Stradella — Canzone, bars 22–25 (section A to B); Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 1(c)
3 marksHow has the composer treated the theme notated below (bars 1–3) throughout the work? In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Alessandro Stradella — Canzone, theme (Tromba, bars 1–3) throughout the work; Score Attachment A
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 2(a)
2 marksThe expression marking ‘bell-like’ is given in bar 1. How has the composer achieved this quality in the excerpt? In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Dan Walker — Sanctus, bars 1–16; Score Attachment B(i)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 2(b)
2 marksDescribe the use of duration in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Dan Walker — Sanctus, bars 49–64; Score Attachment B(ii)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 2(c)
4 marksExplain how both unity and contrast are achieved in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Dan Walker — Sanctus, bars 65–104; Score Attachment B(iii)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 3(a)
5 marksDictationNotate the pitch and rhythm of the violin melody on the staves provided.
Aram Khachaturian — Piano Concerto in D-flat Major, Op. 38, Movement 2; 8-bar excerpt (violin melody); no score attachment
RecordingMarking guidelinesQuestion 3(b)
4 marksExplain how tension is created in this excerpt. In your answer, make specific reference to the score.
Aram Khachaturian — Piano Concerto in D-flat Major, Op. 38, Movement 2; excerpt (different from part a); Score Attachment C
RecordingScoreMarking guidelinesQuestion 4
10 marksExtended responseCompare how tone colour and duration are explored in Movement II from High Tension Wires and ONE other significant work you have studied. In your answer, make reference to the scores of both works. The other significant work MUST be chosen from the mandatory topic, Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus).
Nigel Westlake — High Tension Wires, Movement II; Score Attachment D (compared with ONE other work from the mandatory topic: Music of the last 25 years, Australian focus)
RecordingScoreMarking guidelines