ZIMSEC · A Level
Musical Arts
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- Harmony and voice leading Triads on each degree of the major scale: I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii°. Primary chords I, IV, V; secondary chords ii, iii, vi. Inversions: root position (a), first inversion (b – 3rd in the bass), second inversion (c – 5th in the bass). Seventh chords: V⁷ (dominant seventh) resolves to I.
- Analysis and musical form Melody (range, contour, intervals, phrases, motifs), harmony and tonality, rhythm and metre, texture, timbre and instrumentation, dynamics and form.
- History of Western music Hymnody brought by missionaries; African composers combining European harmony with African rhythms, languages and call and response.
- African musicology and Zimbabwean music The study of music in its cultural context – fieldwork, participant observation, recording and transcription, respecting performers and communities.
- Composition and arranging Motif development (repetition, sequence, inversion, augmentation, diminution), phrase structure (antecedent and consequent), modulation, ostinato, pedal points, word painting in vocal music, and contrast in texture and dynamics.