Thoughts on Music 1 Aural Exam

[Cinnamonster]

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Yeah but a kazoo? Haha. Kazoos are great.

I think if you clearly described what you heard (without putting a name to the instrument) and how the instrument was being played then it should be fine. I mean the markers should have to know that if they were actually traditional medieval instruments then a lot of students would not have been able to name them correctly unless they actually studied medieval music for the prelim/HSC or just so happen to have an interest in medieval music OR just know a lot about all different sorts of instruments in general. As long as you identified what the instrument sounded like/how the instrument was being played then I think you'll get a mark.

[chuboy]

Originally Posted by sungpwa

waittttttt a minuteeee sure you say its a medieval piece but that doesn't nessicarily mean it was recorded with medival instruments

Of course not, it was hardly mixed into a .wav master track in the 1100s. But the name of the performing artist and the recognisable instrumentation used implies kazoo would be an unlikely choice. It did sound like one though...

[Cinnamonster]

Originally Posted by Freckles14

Okay you know that scary screechy laugh thing in there? What the hell was it? I just put "scary screechy laugh" :S

Was this the guy who was also doing the 'bap bap bup', 'blah de blah' backing vocal type thing in the really gravelly sort of voice?

[Freckles14]

Originally Posted by Cinnamonster

Was this the guy who was also doing the 'bap bap bup', 'blah de blah' backing vocal type thing in the really gravelly sort of voice?

The scat? Yeah I think it might have been the same guy, though then again it may have been the main vocalist as well.

[biopia]

Yeah, that really harsh, scratchy, scatty section was the main vocalist. You could hear it. It was the weirdest thing though! How can someone do that to their voice!?
Either he was scatting REALLY fast, or he was placing a heap of tension in his voice and releasing the tension quickly which singing.
I thought that part was really creepy actually :P

[alana2013]

the song was "I Wanna be Like You" by Sherman and Sherman

[big_jezza]

that was the easiest music exam ive had in my years of doing music at school, question 1 i wrote eerie - the idiophone, majestic - the chordophone, nasaly - the aerophone, question 2 was easy, i LOVE that song, especially that acoustic version, his voice has such a wide range, and that was demonstrated on the piano aswell, almost a call and response pattern between vocals and piano, question 3, i wrote as much as i could, i dont really know how i went, and question 4 really stuffed me up, i just did the best i could.

just out of curiosity, what is the scaling like for music 1, im expecting high band 5 / low band 4, as a raw mark, will that scale to a band 6 ??

[Markoy]

I liked how they had the name three tone color instrument you hear question. Or something amidst that line.

[matrilldah]

i though this is exam was pretty simple. the questions were straight forward, the extracts short and all were easily relatable. the mika question especially- pitch - so simple! the final question, sherman and sherman and his jazzmen, everyone was dancing in their seats. was the most relaxed exam i've done yet! :)

[sungpwa]

every single music exam i do i find a new song that i love and have to find it
it was "i wanna be like you" this time

[anom1ly]

i failed. quite miserably.

[laura898]

I'm just glad that I never have to analysis a piece of music ever again!!!!!!!!!

[jclancy]

Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - I Wanna Be Like You - Listen Free

the song in question 4 is here, you cant download it unless you pay 49p, but you can preview in full. had it on repeat for a while now.

[anom1ly]

every time the guy screamed in that song, most of my class laughed.

[ozyozyozy]

LOl, even the examiners were like. Well...this was the most fun we've had I'm sure you had fun too. lol