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IGALA MUSIC QUESTIONS

The document contains a series of music examination questions for various classes at SONEB Schools, covering topics such as sound, music history, musical instruments, and musical notes. Each class has multiple-choice questions and theory sections requiring written responses. The exams are structured to assess students' understanding of music concepts and terminology.
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IGALA MUSIC QUESTIONS

The document contains a series of music examination questions for various classes at SONEB Schools, covering topics such as sound, music history, musical instruments, and musical notes. Each class has multiple-choice questions and theory sections requiring written responses. The exams are structured to assess students' understanding of music concepts and terminology.
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SONEB SCHOOLS

29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State


FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Music Class: JSS 2
1. An organised sounds in a pleasing sequence is called (a) sound (b) music (c) clef (d)
noise
2. The vibration of air heard when it is produced is called (a) sound (b) noise (c) stave
(d) music
3. The word ‘mousike’ is derived from ______ word (a) Arabic (b) Islamic (c) Latin
(d) Greek
4. The history of music is divided into ______ eras (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
5. The historical development of music is divided into stages popularly referred to as
(a) preliterate (b) musicology (c) antiquity (d) musical periods
6. Music that dominate in the middle east and the Northern part of Africa is called
______ music (a) Egyptian (b) Arabic (c) African (d) Greek
7. The word “mousike” means (a) music (b) art (c) the art of the muse (d) renaissance
8. Divine origin and religious important were given to _____ music (a) Romantic (b)
Greek (c) Egyptian (d) African
9. Music that was marked by emphasis on originality, individuality and personal
emotional expression is (a) romantic (b) Greek (c) Egyptian (d) Arabic
10.Ludwig Van Beethoven and Franz Schubert bridged the classical & Romantic music
(a) yes (b) no
11.How many musical periods do we have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
12.Renaissance period dated to ______ AD (a) 1450-1650 (b) 1400-1600 (c) 1820-
1900 (d) 1900-Date
13.Modern period dated to ______ AD (a) 1600-1750 (b) 1400-1600 (c) 1900-Date (d)
1900-2000
14.How many holes does recorder instrument have in front of it (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 9
15.How many thumb hole does recorder have (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 8
16.The period where music produced was by preliterate culture (a) eras (b) period (c)
prehistoric (d) anti-quity
17.How many notes is tetratonic (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7
18.How many notes is pentatonic scale (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 5
19.Musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the calvities of head &
throat is called (a) instrument (b) voice (c) piano (d) speaker
20.Is it good to sing (a) yes (b) no
Section B (Theory)
Answer four questions
1. What is Baroque musical period?
b. Give two characteristics of Baroque music
2. What is Greek music?
b. Give two characteristics of Greek music
3. At least, 12 lines: What is history of music?
4. Name the five musical periods with their dates
5. What is Renaissance music?
b. Give two characteristics of it.
SONEB SCHOOLS
29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

Subject: Music Class: JSS 1

1. _______ is the vibration of air heard when it is produced (a) music (b) noise (c)
sound (d) clef
2. ____ is outcry, senseless, unpleasant and un-organized to the ear (a) sound (b)
music (c) stave (d) noise
3. How many types of sound do we have (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 7
4. How many letters consist of the musical alphabets (a) eight (b) seven (c) five (d)
four
5. _____ look like a rectangular shape (a) clef (b) scale (c) stave (d) music
6. Which of the following letters are musical alphabets (a) ABCDEFG (b)
CDEFGABC (c) FACE (d) EGBDF
7. Another name for stave is called (a) clef (b) scale (c) melody (d) staff
8. Treble clef is also called _______ clef (a) F (b) G (c) C (d) A
9. Bass clef is also called _______ clef (a) G (b) F (c) C (d) A
10.The combination of two or more notes played together at the same time is called
(a) melody (b) pitch (c) harmony (d) all of the above
11.The highness or lowness of sound refers to as (a) pitch (b) melody (c) harmony (d)
all of the above
12.How many holes does recorder instrument have (a) seven (b) eight (c) five (d) nine
13.When you close the 1st & 2nd holes with the thumb, it produce (a) m: (b) r: (c) d;
(d) t,:
14.When you close 1st, 2nd & 3rd holes with the thumb half closed it produce (a) d: (b)
l: (c) d’: (d) d,:
15.When you close 2nd hole with thumb hole it produce _____(a) r: (b) m: (c) f: (d) s:
16.A sound cannot be pleasant if it is not well ______ (a) organized (b) un-organized
(c) unpleasant (d) allowed
17.A unpleasant sound also means ____ sound(a) organized (b) good (c) satisfied (d)
un-organized
18.Stave has ______ lines (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
19.Stave has ______spaces (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 1
20.Recorder instrument was originated from a country called (a) china (b) U.S.A (c)
America (d) England
Section B (Theory)
Answer four questions
1. What is a. Sound?:-
b. Music?
c. Noise?
2. Draw Recorder instrument
3. Draw the rudiment of music (the keyboard)
4. Write the tonic sofa of the seven musical alphabets in orderly manner
5. Draw recorder like tuber and close the following sounds d: r: m: f: s: l: t: d':
SONEB SCHOOLS
29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Music Class: JSS 3
1. The type of music that lull babies with riddles and calm them is called (a) therapy
(b) lullaby (c) propaganda (d) relaxation
2. An organized sound in a pleasing sequence is called (a) sound (b) music (c) noise
(d) clef
3. How many holes does recorder instrument have all together (a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 7
4. Un-organised sound that is unpleasant to the ear is refers to as (a) music (b) sound
(c) staff (d) noise
5. The combination of two or more notes played at the same time is called (a) pitch (b)
stave (c) melody (d) harmony
6. The word “mousike” is derived from _____ word (a) Greek (b) Italian (c) American
(c) Romantic (d) Egyptian
7. The word “mousike” is an art of ____ (a) amusement (b) muse (c) lullaby (d)
togetherness
8. How many lines does stave have (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 7
9. How many spaces does stave have (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 2
10.Music has curative powers, meaning _______ (a) power to lull power to heal (b)
power to heal (c) power to ill (d) no idea
11.From the history of music, the name of Arab scholar is called (a) Kitabal (b) Musigi
(c) al-Farabi (d) Allahu
12.The music produced by the preliterate culture, refers to as (a) antiquity (b) eras (c)
musical period (d) prehistoric
13.How many alphabets do we have (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) 8
14.The historical development of Western music is refers to as (a) musical rest (b)
musical periods (c) musical notes (d) all correct
15.The historical development of Western music is divided into how many stages (a) 2
(b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
16.The Renaissance musical period dated to _____ and _____ AD (a) 1820-1900 (b)
1400-1650 (c) 1400-1600 (d) 1300-1400
17.The type of music that exaggerate than normal occurrences is called (a) mimicry (b)
propaganda (c) relaxation (d) therapy
18.The type of music that imitates someone or animal’s voice to create amusement is
called (a) mimicry (b) paradox (c) propaganda (d) opera
19.Recorder instrument is played by ___ (a) bowing (b) stricken (c) beaten (d) blowing
20.The flowing movement of music is referred to as (a) Melody (b) Harmony (c)
Rhythm (d) Solo
Section B (Theory)
Answer Four questions
1. Write about the History of Music.
2. Name the five material periods with their dates
3. Name and explain five uses of music
4. Write short note on the following words:
i. Prehistoric ii. Antiquity
iii. Continuity iv. Discontinuity
5. Music is used to heal some certain illness. Write the story as depicted in the bible.
SONEB SCHOOLS
29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Music Class: Pry 3

1. _____ are apparatus or objects put together to produce sound (a) instruments (b)
musical instruments (c) piano
2. The combination of sounds that are pleasant to the ear is called (a) sound (b)
music (c) noise
3. Any sound that is not pleasant to the ear is called (a) noise (b) music (c) melody
4. Musical instruments are made of _____ types (a) two (b) four (c) six
5. Recorder instruments have _______ holes in front of it (a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 7
6. Recorder has ______ thumb hole at the back (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 1
7. How many holes does recorder have all together (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 8
8. Recorder was originated from country called (a) U.S.A (b) England (c) China
9. Instruments made in abroad imported to our country for use are ______
instruments (a) local (b) African (c) foreign
10. Instruments locally made in our own country are called ____ instruments (a)
foreign (b) local (c) western
11. Violin, Viola, Mandolin are instruments under ______ family (a) Idiophones (b)
Strings (c) Woodwind
12. Instruments that produce sound by shaking of their bodies is called (a)
membranophones (b) string (c) idiophones
13. Recorder, Oboe, Tin Whistle belongs to the family of ______ (a) wood wind (b)
membranophones (c) string
14. Foreign musical instruments are categorized into how many families (a) two (b)
three (c) four
15. Recorder is played by ________ (a) striken (b) bowing (c) blowing

Section B (Theory)
Answer only three questions
1. Recorder instrument has ______ holes in front of it and ____ thumb hole at the
back
b. Recorder was originated from country called _______
2. What is Musical Instruments?
3. Name four families of foreign musical instruments
i. __________ _______ii. ________________ iii. ___________________
iv. ____________
4. Name four families of local or African musical instruments
i. ___________________ ii. ______________________
iii. ____________________ iv. ______________
5. Draw recorder sound like tuber and close sound: d: r: m: f: s: l: t: d':
SONEB SCHOOLS
29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Music Class: Pry 4

1. The sensation of hearing produced by regular vibration is called (a) music


(b) sound (c) noise
2. The combination of sounds that are pleasant to the ear is called (a) music (b)
noise (c) sound
3. Any sound that is unpleasant to the ear is called (a) clef (b) noise (c) music
4. How many holes does recorder instrument have all together (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 7
5. _______ are sounds or symbols use to write music (a) instrument (b) clef (c)
musical notes
6. Which of the following songs promotes national values (a) Ise Agbe (b) If
we pray to Jesus (c) Ojukwu wanted to divide Nigeria
7. How many principal musical notes do we have? (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
8. We play recorder by ______ (a) bowing (b) striken (c) blowing
9. The movement of the body from one position to another according to the
tune of music is called (a) dance motifs (b) dance (c) worming up
10.______ is a piece of movement that can vary in length and can be repeated
during the whole performance (a) dance (b) gesture (c) motif
11. The above note is called (a) Quaver (b) Minim (c) Crotchet
12. The above note is called (a) Minim (b) Crotchet (c) Quaver
13. O The above note is called (a) semi Quaver (b) semi breve (c) breve
14. = (a) (b) (c) O
15. = (a) (b) (c) O

Section B (Theory)

Answer three questions

1. Mention three songs that promote national values, and at least unite the
tonic solfa of one of them
2. What is Dance Motifs?
b. What is Musical notes?
3. Name and draw six principal musical notes
SONEB SCHOOLS
29, Unity Avenue, Oke-Sefu Elelede, Ibafo, Ogun State
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: Music Class: Pry 5

1. How many letters consist of the musical alphabets (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 15
2. The sensation of hearing produced by regular vibration is called (a) sound
(b) music (c) noise (d) stave
3. _____ is also a group of musicians performing together (a) choral (b) choir
(c) rehearsal (d) practice
4. We hear sound with our ______ (a) mouth (b) head (c) ear (d) nose
5. How many types of choir do we have (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 7
6. How many parts of singing do we have (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8
7. The limited age for children choirs is between the ages of _____ and _____
(a) 4,10 (b) 6,12 (c) 6,14 (d) 6,18
8. Recorder instrument have _____ holes in front of it (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 2
9. Recorder has ________ thumb hole at the back (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 1
10.How many holes does recorder have all together (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 8
11.Stave has ____ lines (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
12.Stave has _______ spaces (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
13.Singing is an exercise (a) yes (b) no
14.How many parts of singing are registered voices (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
15.How many parts of singing are unregistered voices (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
16.Baritone is a ______ voice (a) female (b) male (c) children
17.Treble clef is also called ______ clef (a) F (b) G (c) IK (d) connected
18.Bass clef is also called ______ clef (a) G (b) C (c) F (d) IK
19.How many types of clefs do we have (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 1
20.Recorder was originated from a country called (a) USA (b) Italian (c)
England (d) no idea

Section B (Theory)

1. Name the four types of choir and explain two


2. Name the six parts of singing in the choir, and explain three
3. Name the technical names of the major scale
4. Define Music, Noise and Sound
5. Draw recorder instrument

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