PACEY MANUEL COLLEGE

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025 SESSION

CLASS: JSS 1 SUBJECT: MUSIC DURATION: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
1. Sound is produced through the process of ............ (a) Notation (b)
Calculation (c) Vibration (d) Duration
2. There are ....... types of sound (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 4
3. Disorganized sounds are also known as .......... (a) Music (b) Clef (c)
Noise (d) Tone
4. The following are examples of Sacred music except (a) Church music (b)
Rock music (c) Folk music (d) Islamic music
5. ........... Sounds are sounds that are pleasant to the ears (a) Organize (b)
Disorganized (c) Mechanized (d) Pitched
6. Sound from a generator could be classified as ......... sound (a) Organize (b)
Unorganize (c) Musical (d) None
7. One of the following is an organize sound (a) Clapping (b) Shouting (c)
Crying (d) Gun shot
8. Music used to pet babies is known as (a) Acapella (b) Rhythm (c) Lullaby
(d) Hip hop
9. There are ........ classes of music (a) 9 (b) 30 (c) 5 (d) 3
10. Music can be used for _______ (a) advertisement (b) government (c)
cantonment (d) assignment
11. The two common types of clefs are ....... and ......... clefs (a) Tenor and Iron
(b) Bass and Snare (c) Treble and Bass (d) Good and bad
12. There are ........ musical letters (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 26
13. The musical letters are also called ...... or keys (a) Stick (b) Stave (c)
Notes (d) Bar
14. A great/grand staff consist of ...... lines and ........ spaces (a) 4 and 5 (b)
11 and 10 (c) 10 and 11 (d) 20 and 20
15. Clefs are drawn on the left hand end of a ________ (a) stave (b) moon (c)
space (d) house
16. A Bass stave is also called a ....... Stave (a) D (b) F (c) E (d) G
17. Ledger lines are , (a) Short lines drawn above or below a stave
(b) Short lines drawn before a stave (c) Long lines drawn above or below a
stave (d) Short lines drawn across the Stave
18. The first line of a Treble stave is (a) F (b) G (c) E (d) K
19. The collection of organized sound and tones especially with rhythm, harmony
and Melody is known as (a) Sound (b) Pitch (c) Tune (d) Music
20. Timbre refers to the , (a) Quality of a musical sound (b) Loudness and
softness of sound (c) health of a tree (d) Combination of sound
 21. G clef is another name for ........ Clef (a) Bass (b) Great (c) Treble
(d) Alto
22. The treble and bass stave on the great/grand staff are joined by a , (a)
Brace (b) Middle C (c) Stem (d) Bar line
23. The two types of music are the ........ and ......... music (a) Organized and
Unorganized (b) Organized and Secular (c) Sacred and Secular (d) Pitch
and Yodelling
24. A Crotchet has ______ beat(s) (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) ½
25. ....... music is also known as Popular music (a) Secular (b) Sacred (c)
Scared (d) Instrumental
26. The third space of the Bass stave is (a) G (b) E (c) F (d) A
27. ......... is the combination of two or more agreeable notes,played or heard at
the same time (a) Harmony (b) Pitch (c) Melody (d) Noise
28. Rest simply means , (a) A short sound (b) A period of sound (c) A
period of silence (d) A musical instrument
29. ....... is between the treble and the bass stave on the great/grand staff (a)
Double J (b) Middle k (c) Brace (d) Middle C
30. A ........ increases the value of a musical note by half (a) Dot (b)
Comma (c) Line (d) Stone

THEORY
ANSWER 4 QUESTIONS.
NUMBER 3 AND 5 IS COMPULSORY
1. Define sound

1b. List and explain the two types of sound

2. Define music

2b. List and explain the two types of music with two examples each

3. Construct a complete

i) Trebles stave ii) Bass stave

iii) Great/grand stave

4. State 6 Importance/Uses of music
5. Define Musical notes

5b. In a tabular form write out 5 musical notes, their Symbols,Value,and rest
and American names
 PACEY MANUEL COLLEGE
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025 SESSION
CLASS: JSS 2 SUBJECT: MUSIC DURATION: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
1. The Origin of music can be traced back to the ............. (a) Beginning of creation
(b) Birth of Jesus Christ (c) Ancient times (d) 20th Century

2. Western music is divided into ........... periods (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 2
3. There are ........ major origin of music (a) 90 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 8
4. The Egyptians, Greek, Romans, and ........ influence the development of music (a)
Chinese (b) Africans (c) Australians (d) Jewish
5. One of the following is a common characteristic of Western music (a) Electronic
sound (b) Little use of musical instruments (c) Less or no use of percussion
instruments (d) none
6. The .......... period was the First period of Western music (a) Modern (b)
Medieval (c) Classical (d) Romantic
7. Western music have dissonant _______ (a) harmonies (b) melodies (c)
pitches (d) clefs
8. Renaissance period was from ......... to .......... (a) 1600 - 1750 (b) 1400 -
2022 (c) 1400 - 1600 (c) 1820 - 1900
9. The word Medieval means (a) Rebirth (b) Old (c) Stone age (d)
Middle age
10. The Baroque period was the ......... period of Western music (a) Third
(b) Second (c) Fourth (d) Tenth
11. The following are musical instrument used in the medieval Period except
(a) Lute (b) Dulcimer (c) Keyboard (d) Psaltery
12. Antonio Vivaldi was a composer of the ______ period (a) Baroque (b)
classical (c) modern (d) medieval
13. The arrangements of accidentals on the lines and spaces of a staff than can
indicate the key of the piece of music is called (a) Time signature (b)
Musical terms (c) Key Signature (d) All of the above
14. C clef can be used as ....... Or ......... stave (a) Treble or bass (b) Tenor
or Alto (c) Bass or Alto (d) Long and short
15. The Tenor stave begins with ........ (a) D (b) G (c) E (d) Z
16. Key F major has ______ sharp(s) (a) 4 (b) no (c) 1 (d) 50
17. The sequence of tone and semitone in a major scale is (a) TTSTTTS (b)
TSTSTST (c) STTSTTT (d) TTSTTST
18. Key B major has ....... sharps (a) 10 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
19. Medieval period was from ........ to 1400 (a) 300 AD (b) 900 AD (c)
1990 (d) 500 AD
20. The word Renaissance means ______ (a) Rebirth (b) Recall (c) Renew
(d) Regenerate
21. One of the following is not a composer of the Medieval period (a) Peter
Abelard (b) Perotin (c) George Frederick Handel (d) Stephen of Liege
22. ...... period was the sixth period of Western music (a) Modern (b)
Romantic (c) Medieval (d) Classical
23. Shawn is a musical instrument commonly used in the .......... period (a)
Modern (b) Baroque (c) Renaissance (d) Medieval
24. ........ was a composer of the Baroque period of Western music (a) Micheal
Jackson (b) Johann Sebastian Bach (c) Leonin (d) Hildegard von Bingen
25. Baroque period was from ....... to ....... (a) 1600 - 1750 (b) 1400 -
1600 (c) 1900 - 2000 (d) 2020 - 2022
26. The Classical period is the ........ period of Western music (a) 6th (b) 4th
(c) 2nd (d) 10th
27. .......... period music has long flowing melodic lines (a) Baroque (b)
Renaissance (c) Modern (d) Classical
28. Frederick Chopin was born on (a) 5th October 1980 (b) 30th May
1756 (c) 1st March 1810 (d) 18th July 1989
29. "The Fairly queen,The bell anthem, Rejoice in the Lord always" are musical
works of (a) Johann Sebastian Bach (b) Ludwig van Beethoven (c)
Frederick Chopin (d) Henry Purcell
30. Key ....... has 3 sharps (a) A (b) D (c) B flat (d) K

THEORY
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Define Western music

1b . List the six periods of Western music

2. Write briefly on any of the western music periods,with two characteristics and list
two of it composers
3. Construct a complete Alto and Tenor stave
4. Construct key F and E on treble and bass stave
5. Write briefly on any Western music composer

i) Johann Sebastian Bach ii) Henry Purcell

iii) Frederic Chopin

6. Write out the sharp and flat series of the major scale
 PACEY MANUEL COLLEGE
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025 SESSION
CLASS: JSS 3 SUBJECT: MUSIC DURATION: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
1. Western music is divided into ........... periods (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d)
12

2. ......... period falls between Baroque and Romantic period (a) Classical (b)
Modern (c) Medieval (d) Renaissance
3. Music performed by one person is called a (a) Duet (b) Octet (c) Solo
(d) Tone
4. ......... period was from 1820 - 1900 (a) Classical (b) Romantic (c) Modern
(d) Medieval
5. The sixth period of Western music is the .......... period (a) Modern (b)
Medieval (c) Classical (d) None
6. There are ........ Qualities of interval (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
7. ......... interval is a type of interval above one octave (a) Compound (b)
Simple (c) Harmonic (d) Melodic
8. An interval between D - A is a (a) 3rd (b) 8th (c) 5th (d) 2nd
9. When a Major interval is inverted it becomes (a) Diminished (b) Perfect
(c) Augmented (d) Minor
10. A _______ interval is a type of interval (a) melodic (b) piano (c)
diatonic (d) chemical
11. A minor scale is a type of ......... scale that is based on the sixth note (a)
Chromatic (b) Melodic (c) Diatonic (d) Major
12. There are ........ types of minor scale (a) 3 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
13. ........ minor scale is a type of minor scale with the sixth and seventh note
raised by a semitone/half-step when ascending (a) Natural (b) Harmonic
(c) Melodic (d) Major
14. The following are musical instruments used in the classical period except
(a) Violin (b) Keyboard (c) Flute (d) Trumpet
15. The classical period was from ......... to ......... (a) 1750 - 1820 (b) 450
- 1400 (c) 2000 - 2020 (d) 1900 - 2000
16. The following are composers of the classical period of western music except
(a) Ludwig van Beethoven (b) Perotin (c) Johannes Brahms (d) Joseph
Haydn
17. _________ music have simple diatonic harmony (a) classical (b)
renaissance (c) modern (d) country western
18. ....... period came after the classical period (a) Modern (b) Medieval
(c) Romantic (d) Renaissance
19. An interval from G - F is a (a) Major 7th (b) Augmented 6th (c)
Perfect 7th (d) Minor 7th
20. One of the following is not a quality of interval (a) Melodic (b) Major
(c) Minor (d) Augmented
21. The Modern period is from ........ till date (a) 1600 (b) 1770 (c)
1900 (d) 2020
22. Joseph Haydn was born on (a) March 31st 1732 (b) June 15th 1990
(c) May 12th 1888 (d) September 3rd 1653
23. Joseph Haydn's Father was a ........ (a) Dancer (b) Doctor (c)
Wheelwright (d) Barber Surgeon
24. Joseph Haydn became the music director at Esterhazy court in (a) 1808
(b) 1766 (c) 2021 (d) 1992
25. Franz Schubert was nicknamed ......... (a) Schwammel (b) Scorpion
(c) Shaggy (d) Undertaker
26. Franz Schubert was a composer of the ________ and _______ western music
period (a) Medieval and Renaissance (b) Classical and romantic (c) major and
minor (d) Baroque and modern
27. An octet is a (a) Musical performance by eight people (b) Musical
performance by sixteen people (c) Musical performance by two people (d)
Dance performance by eight people
28. Musical performance is usually for the ......... of the listeners/ Audience (a)
Destruction (b) Employment (c) Entertainment (d) Killing
29. An interval is said to be ........ when the lower note is taken an octave higher or
upper note is descended an octave lower (a) Crossed (b) Constructed (c)
Augmented (d) Inverted
30. Joseph Haydn's parent had ....... children (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) 2 (d) 5

THEORY
Answer all questions
1. Write briefly on any of the western music periods,with two characteristics and
two composers
2. Write briefly on any of the western music composer below
i) Franz Schubert ii) Joseph Haydn
3. Define Minor scale

3b. List the 3 types of minor scale

4. Define interval

4b. List and explain the two types of interval

5. Identify the following interval

6. Define music performance

6b. List and explain five types of music performance