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Arrangement And Adaptation Of African Tunes Question Paper

Arrangement And Adaptation Of African Tunes

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Music

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2007

KENY ATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2006/2007
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF MUSIC AND BACHELOR OF ARTS (MUSIC)
MAE 314: ARRANGEMENT AND ADAPTATION OF AFRICAN TUNES
DATE: Wednesday 1st August 2007
TIME: 8.00-10.00am
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO
1.
Listen to the three excerpts. Each will be played trice at an interval of 30 seconds between each play. For each excerpt.
(a)
Identify the composer
(b)
Identify the type of music
(c)
Outline the characteristics of each type.
[30 marks]
2.
Name and describe four (4) elements that distinguish
(a)
African Art song from a traditional one.
(b)
African idiom from a Western one.
(c)
Western harmony from an African one.
[20 marks]
3.
Compare and contrast stylistic features of Art and popular musicians by any two African contemporary musicians. [20 marks]
4.
Discuss the contribution of the Kenya Music Foundation Festivals in the development and promotion of arrangement and adaptation of African traditional tunes. [20 marks]
5.
Discuss arrangements and adaptation techniques of any three of the following
contemporary Kenyan composers.
(i)
George Mwiruki
(ii)
Wilson Shitandi
(iii)
Silvester Otieno
(iv)
EUy Ogalo
(v)
Arthur Kimoli
(vi)
Gabriel Msungu
(vii)
Musambi Khadambi
(viii)
Samwel Ochieng MakOkeyo