ANNUAL EXAMINATION.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

ACOUSTICS.

Examiner: PROFESSOR F. D. BROWN.

1. If a narrow cylindrical jar be gradually filled with water while a vibrating tuning fork is held over the mouth, it is found that, when the water reaches a certain level, the sound becomes much louder; explain this. With a tuning fork vibrating 528 times in a second, and a jar 20 inches deep, what should be the depth of the water in the jar to give maximum resonance?

2. Explain the effect of change of temperature upon the pitch of the note emitted by a stretched string. Why are the notes of a piano with an iron frame but little affected by temperature change?

3. A string 30 inches long yields a certain note when stretched with a weight of 36 lbs. What should be the length of another string of the same size which would yield the same note when stretched with a weight of 25 lbs?

4. Explain the meaning of the terms "interval," "major tone," minor tone," semi-tone," as employed in music. The vibration numbers of three notes are 504, 630, and 945 respectively; what are the intervals between them?

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5. To what cause is dissonance generally attributed? that, owing to dissonance of the upper partials or overtones, the interval known as a fourth is less consonant than a fifth.

6. If the middle C corresponds to 256 vibrations per second, how many beats would be heard per second if the note F sharp were simultaneously sounded in the natural scale and in the scale of equal temperament?

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ANNUAL EXAMINATION..

SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

COMPOSITION.

Examiner: DR. W. E. THOMAS.

Time allowed: Three hours.

1. Set to music the following words as a recitative:

"Open me the gates of righteousness, that I them and give thanks unto the Lord"

2. Set to music, in the form of a part song or madrigal, the following verses :-

1.

Amidst the myrtles as I walk,

Love and myself thus enter, talk,

Says Love. to me, "Thou gentle swain,
Search not in myrtle groves, 'tis vain."

2.

"Tell me," said I, in deep distress,
"Where I may find my shepherdess."
"Examine well thy noblest part,
Thou'lt find her seated in thy heart."

ANNUAL EXAMINATION.

[25]

2. Harmonize in four parts :

3. Add a Counterpoint below the following C.F. in 1st

[15]

4. Add a 4th species to the following in Tenor Clef :

5. Give Italian words for the following:-Quickening the pace, dying away, slackening the pace, at the performer's pleasure, sweetly, detached:- [10]

ANNUAL EXAMINATION.

6. Name, resolve, and figure the following chords :— [15]

N.B.-Answers must not be written on this paper.

[Figures in brackets refer to the marks obtainable for each answer.