Kenyan Dance Question Paper
Kenyan Dance
Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Music
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2005
KENY ATT A UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2004/2005
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF MUSIC
MPE 103: KENYAN DANCE
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DATE: Monday 6th December 2004
TIME: 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer Question ONE and any other TWO questions .
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1.
Select TWO contrasting traditional dances from any Kenyan communities and
provide a detailed analysis of each, based on at least FIVE characteristics.
[30 marks]
2.
Distinguish between organised and spontaneous musical events in traditional
Kenyan communities. Use two relevant examples for each case.
[20 marks]
3.
Using two reasons for each case, explain the notion that 'change and receptivity to
change will be more frequent in cultures that stress importance of individual
composer as opposed to cultures that receive their musical material from a fixed
superhuman source'.
[20 marks]
4. a) In what two ways were musicians viewed in traditional Kenyan communities?
[10 marks]
b) Discuss the place of the traditional musician in the Kenyan society today.
[10 marks]
5.
Identify and explain FIVE functions of music and dance in traditional African
societies.
[20 marks]
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