Melody

17 Grade 9 Creative Arts & Sports questions on Melody, with worked marking schemes. 17 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   1 mark

   A learner sings from doh up to the next doh eight notes higher. The interval spanning these eight notes of the scale is called an:

   A. Third

   B. Octave

   C. Fifth

   D. Second

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2. Question 2

   1 mark

   A music learner is composing a short tune and wants the melody to end with a strong sense of completion or rest. On which note of the scale should the melody most appropriately end?

   A. The supertonic

   B. The dominant

   C. The tonic

   D. The leading note

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3. Question 3

   1 mark

   While composing a short tune, a Grade 9 learner moves from one note straight up to the next note immediately above it on the scale (e.g. doh to ray). This movement by neighbouring notes is called melodic:

   A. Leap

   B. Repetition

   C. Step

   D. Rest

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4. Question 4

   1 mark

   During composition a teacher advises learners to end their melody on 'doh' so the tune sounds complete and at rest. This sense of arrival and completion at the end of a musical phrase is called a:

   A. Crescendo

   B. Cadence

   C. Sequence

   D. Syncopation

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5. Question 5

   1 mark

   A composer writes a melody whose notes generally move upward from a lower pitch to a higher pitch. This kind of melodic line is described as:

   A. Broken

   B. Ascending

   C. Descending

   D. Static

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6. Question 6

   1 mark

   When learners sing 'me' and 'fah' next to each other, the gap in pitch between them is smaller than between other neighbouring notes. The distance in pitch between any two notes is called an:

   A. Ornament

   B. Accent

   C. Interval

   D. Octave beat

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7. Question 7

   5 marks

   A learner sings the major scale in sol-fa.

   (a) Write the ascending major scale using sol-fa syllables from doh to the higher doh. (3 marks)

   (b) State what is meant by an 'octave'. (2 marks)

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   (a) doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh' (award up to 3 for correct and complete order). (3) (b) An octave is the interval (distance in pitch) of eight notes between one note and the next note of the same name, e.g. from doh up to the next doh. (2)

8. Question 8

   1 mark

   A learner repeats the same short melodic pattern but starts it a step higher each time it recurs. This repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch is called a:

   A. Rest

   B. Tie

   C. Slur

   D. Sequence

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9. Question 9

   1 mark

   A succession of musical notes of varying pitches and durations sounded one after another to form a recognisable tune is best defined as a:

   A. Harmony

   B. Melody

   C. Rhythm

   D. Texture

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10. Question 10

    4 marks

    A music teacher is helping Grade 9 learners understand how melodies are built before they compose a short tune of their own.

    (a) Define a melody. (2 marks)

    (b) Distinguish between an ascending melody and a descending melody. (2 marks)

    (4 marks)

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    (a) A melody is a succession of musical notes (pitches) of varying durations sounded one after another (horizontally) to form a recognisable musical line or tune. (b) An ascending melody is one in which the notes move upward from a lower pitch to a higher pitch, while a descending melody is one in which the notes move downward from a higher pitch to a lower pitch.

11. Question 11

    1 mark

    A music teacher writes a song and explains that the highness or lowness of each note is determined by an element of music known as:

    A. Tempo

    B. Pitch

    C. Texture

    D. Form

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12. Question 12

    5 marks

    When composing, learners are taught two main ways a melody can move.

    (a) Explain the difference between melodic movement by step and by leap. (4 marks)

    (b) Give ONE example of movement by step using sol-fa syllables. (1 mark)

    (5 marks)

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    (a) Movement by step (conjunct): the melody moves to a neighbouring note, i.e. the next note immediately above or below on the scale (2). Movement by leap (disjunct): the melody jumps over one or more notes to a note that is not a neighbour (2). (b) Any correct step, e.g. doh-ray, ray-me, me-fah, soh-lah. (1)

13. Question 13

    1 mark

    A melody rises from doh straight up to soh, skipping over several notes in one jump. This large movement between two notes that are not neighbours is called movement by:

    A. Sequence

    B. Repetition

    C. Step

    D. Leap

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14. Question 14

    1 mark

    In sol-fa notation the ascending major scale is sung as doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te. Which sol-fa syllable completes the scale to return to the higher doh after 'te'?

    A. doh

    B. fah

    C. ray

    D. soh

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15. Question 15

    1 mark

    While composing a short tune, a learner moves from one note straight up to the note immediately above it on the scale (doh to ray). This movement by neighbouring notes is described as movement by:

    A. Step

    B. Leap

    C. Rest

    D. Slur

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16. Question 16

    4 marks

    A Grade 9 learner composes a short melody and wants it to sound finished.

    (a) State what is meant by an 'interval' in a melody. (2 marks)

    (b) Explain why composers often end a melody on 'doh'. (2 marks)

    (4 marks)

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17. Question 17

    4 marks

    A music teacher is helping learners understand how melodies are built before they compose a short tune.

    (a) Define a melody. (2 marks)

    (b) Distinguish between an ascending melody and a descending melody. (2 marks)

    (4 marks)

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    (a) A melody is a succession of musical notes (pitches) of varying durations sounded one after another to form a recognisable tune or musical line. (2) (b) An ascending melody moves upward from lower to higher pitch (1); a descending melody moves downward from higher to lower pitch (1).

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