MCV 2 Music Theory Exam and Practice Guide 2022-2023

Exam Context: This document serves as the theoretical evaluation for MCV 2, encompassing assessment materials from the academic year 2022-2023. These notes cover key concepts from both the official exam (Examen Theorie) and the practice test (Oefentoets Evaluation 2.2).
Educational Institution: The materials are associated with "de Kunstbrug" (Muziek - Noord - Dans).

Whole or Half Tones (Hele of halve toon):
- The exam requires distinguishing between whole step and half step intervals (K = Kleine, G = Grote).
Major and Minor Thirds (Grote of kleine terts):
- Sol Major ( $Sol_{Groot}$ ): Identification and notation of thirds starting on $Sol$ .
- Mi minor ( $Mi_{klein}$ ): Identification and notation of thirds starting on $Mi$ .
- Evaluation 2.2 Practice specifics:
  - Section 3 explicitly asks to identify intervals as "KLEIN" (minor) or "GROOT" (major).
Major and Minor Seconds (Grote of kleine secunde):
- Exercise 2 of the practice test requires identification of seconds ( $Fa_{Groot}$ , $Sol_{Groot}$ ).
- Exercise 4 requires the student to write an ascending major second (stijgende grote secunde) starting from $Do$ .

Primary Degrees: The exam identifies the following structural notes within a key:
- T (Tonica): The tonic or first degree of the scale.
- M (Mediante): The mediant or third degree of the scale.
- D (Dominant): The dominant or fifth degree of the scale.
- OT (Ondertonica): The subtonic or seventh degree of the scale.
Missing Note Exercises: Students must fill in notes based on their harmonic function ( $T$ , $M$ , or $D$ ) in various keys.
Tonic Triad (Drieklank van de tonica):
- Analytical tasks require identifying which measure contains the tonic triad (e.g., "De drieklank van de tonica staat in maat…").
- Students must be able to notate the tonic triad on the staff manually.

Bar Lines and Beats:
- Exercises require indicating beats (tellen) and placing bar lines (maatstrepen) correctly based on the time signature (maatcijfer).
Notation without Ties:
- Practice exercise 7 tasks the student with writing rhythms without using ties (koppelteken).
Time Signatures (Maatcijfer):
- A core requirement is to identify and circle the time signature at the beginning of a musical piece.

Key Identification: The piece is explicitly identified as being in Mi minor ( $mi \text{ klein}$ ).
Lyric Content: "Ahoy, ahoy, de boots is zoek… aan de wal misschien, op de kaai misschien?"
Structural Elements:
- Starting Function: The song begins on either the Tonic ( $T$ ), Mediant ( $M$ ), or Dominant ( $D$ ).
- Measure Identification: Identification of specific measures for singing.
- Subtonic (Ondertonica): A task requires circling the subtonic notes in the second staff (2de notenbalk).
Performance Markings:
- $D.S. \text{ al Fine}$ : Dal Segno al Fine (return to the sign and continue to the end).
- Fine: Indicates the end of the piece.

Bass Clef (Fa-sleutel):
- Students must be proficient in writing notes in the bass clef in the key of Do Major ( $Do_{Groot}$ ).
- Specific notes required for notation include: $do$ , $mi$ , $sol$ , $do \text{ (High)}$ , $re$ , $sol$ , $mi$ , $fa$ , and $si$ .
Key Variation: Exercises fluctuate between $Do_{Groot}$ (C Major) and $Mi_{klein}$ (E minor) across different theoretical tasks.

Structural Questions:
- Calculating the total number of measures to be sung.
- Determining the specific tonality ( $toonaard$ ).
Notation Tasks:
- Writing the Tonic triad ( $drieklank van de Tonica$ ) on the staff.
- Marking all dominant notes with a "D" on the first line.
- Circling minor seconds ( $kleine secunde$ ) within specific measures (e.g., measure 2).
Navigation Markings:
- $Da \text{ Capo al begin}$ : Instruction to return to the beginning of the piece.