D. MUSIC. (FRIDAY AFTERNOON.) 1. How many major thirds does every major scale contain ? 2. Between what notes of a major scale is the tritone, or pluperfect fourth, included? 3. What is the third to (above) Do (or C)?-the fourth to Si (or B)?—the fifth to La (or A)? 4. What interval is formed by Re-Fa (or D-F#)?—by Sib Re (or Bb-D)?—by La-Mi þ (or” A—E þ) ? 5. What is a tetrachord? 6. Are the two tetrachords into which every kind of scale is divisible always alike in construction? 7. What is the principal difference between a major and a minor scale? 8. Explain the difference between common and triple time, and give an example of each. 9. Explain what is meant by compound time, and give an example of it. 10. Write a measure, or bar, in each of the kinds of time indicated by the following signatures:--3, 9, 2, C. 6 11. Explain the following musical terms: Duet, Round, Da Capo, Pause, Bass, Slur, Stave, Score. 12. Write a list of the principal musical composers with whose names you are acquainted, in approximate chronological order. 13. Put the following passage into score, for Treble, Alto, Tenor, and Bass. 14. Transpose the following passage into the scale or key of La, or A, 15. Add three parts to the following figured Bass. D. DRAWING.-(FRIDAY.) One Hour allowed for each Section. I. FREE-HAND DRAWING. From one of the examples prepared by the Department of Science and Art connected with Her Majesty's Committee of Council on Education. Directions for the Student.-The student is required to copy in pencil the figure on the following page, increasing the scale so that A B is enlarged to CD.* Precise imitation and clearness of outline are necessary. No instruments or means of measurement of any kind will be allowed. II. FROM SOLIDS. 1. Group a few blocks of wood according to your own taste, and draw them. 2. Draw an egg. (N.B. The blocks of wood and the egg were given at the time.) III. FROM MEMORY. and saucer, Draw from memory one of the following:-A table, a cup a door, a gate, a cart, a boat, an anchor, a tree, a flower, a horse, or a dog. IV. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. 1. Draw a straight line, and then show how to draw another line perpendicular to it at one end. 2. Draw a segment of a circle less than a semicircle, and show how to find its centre. 3. Inscribe an equilateral triangle in a circle. 4. Divide a given line into five equal parts with the scale and parallel rulers. 5. Divide a circle into three equal parts by lines drawn from the centre. 6. Show how to draw parallel lines without parallel rulers. V. PERSPECTIVE. 1. Draw a chess-board in perspective. 2. Draw a flight of steps in perspective. 3. Draw a circle horizontally in perspective. 4. Draw the elevation of a cottage or of a colonnade, and then draw the same in perspective. * Enlarged by about one-third in addition to the original size (C D being to A B as 4 to 3). SIR, (ADDRESSED TO EACH CANDIDATE). The Committee beg to forward to you the Report of the Government Inspectors, and to inform you that they have awarded the prizes in conformity with it. In the Report the successful candidates were designated by the numbers of the seats occupied by them during the examination, which numbers were affixed to their respective papers. Their names and the names of their masters have been added by the Committee. A further announcement will be made as to the time and mode of distributing the prizes. GENTLEMEN, London, 1st July, 1857. We have the honour to submit to you our Report on the papers worked by the candidates examined at Exeter, on the 16th June and the three following days. This Report has been constructed after carefully collecting the results arrived at by ourselves and the other examiners on the papers referred to each. We find that several of the papers worked in the subjects grouped under A, B, C, exhibit marks of good ability and careful instruction. We have recommended that under each of these heads the first class consist of all those candidates who have distinguished themselves particularly above the rest, but that a difference be made between the prizes to be awarded to them. We have placed all those candidates in the second class who appeared to us to be, on the whole, well instructed for their age in the subjects under which their names are inserted. And we have added a list of candidates, who appear to deserve mention, but not in the same degree to deserve a reward. In the subjects grouped under D, we find very few papers that can be called good; and have come to the conclusion, that either very little attention is paid to these subjects in the schools, or that the methods of teaching are faulty. In conclusion we have to recommend, that the prize for general excellence among the seniors be given to No. 11; and the similar prize among the juniors, be given to No. 50. We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, The Committee on the Exeter Examination of June, 1857. F. TEMPLE. |