2026 Grade 10 Music and Dance Mid Term 2 Exam with Marking Scheme

This paper covers the following topics:

• Section A
  • Musical note values — identifying quarter note, quaver, semiquaver, and crotchet rest
  • Time signatures — identifying correct time signature from a clapped rhythm; giving reasons
  • Indigenous instruments — identifying instruments from images (e.g., drums, string, wind)
  • Music software — naming notation software; matching tools (Open, Play, Save, Print) to functions
  • Solfa and music concepts — defining melody, rhythm, and transposition
  • Speech rhythm and syllabification — analysing a road safety jingle for syllable separation, pitch, and speech accent
  • Musical symbols — identifying rests and French rhythm names (ta, ti-ti) for note values
  • Dance — identifying the role of drum, movement directions, and body actions (bending, jumping)
  • Dynamic markings — meaning of symbols above a musical passage
  • Intervals — identifying intervals (C to D = major 2nd; C to G = perfect 5th)
• Section B
  • Rhythm in 4/4 — identifying bars with semiquavers and triplets
  • Jingle composition — writing syllables, choosing time signature, cadence, anacrusis, lower harmony
  • Dance performance — elements of dance, costumes and functions, multimedia effects, safety measures, folk dance identification
  • Music festival assessment — distinguishing Kenyan folk songs from Western solo songs, calculating total score and percentage, steps in using notation software.
• Total Marks: 80 (Section A: 30 marks; Section B: 50 marks)
• Structure:
  • Section A (30 marks) — Short-answer questions; all compulsory
  • Section B (50 marks) — Structured/extended-response and practical questions; all compulsory
• Format: Ms Word