Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Music and Dance Mid Term 2 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This exam assesses Grade 10 Music and Dance learners on musical notation, rhythm, time signatures, indigenous instruments, music software, solfa, performance, and dance elements — evaluating practical and theoretical musicianship as required under the KCBE Senior School curriculum.

  • Month Administered: June 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • 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

  It 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
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  MUSIC AND DANCE

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