Edexcel GCSE Music Paper 3 June 2022 question paper

J Williams: Main title/rebel blockade runner (from the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.

Name the family of instruments which play the melody at the start of the extract.

Describe two features of the harmony heard at the start of the extract.

After a ritenuto the main Star Wars theme is heard. Explain how the composer establishes a thrilling atmosphere. You should refer to instrumentation and melody.

instrumentation

Name the percussion instrument heard at the end of the extract.

Queen: Killer Queen (from the album ‘Sheer Heart Attack’)

Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.

Name one pitched accompanying instrument heard at the start of the extract.

Name the playing technique heard on the snare drum at ‘kept the same address’.

Give two features of the backing vocals at ‘Met a man from China’.

Name the studio effect heard at ‘anytime’.

Identify three differences between the start of the verse and the start of the chorus. You should refer to harmony, instrumentation and vocals.

harmony

instrumentation

vocals

J S Bach: 3rd Movement from Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major

Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.

Describe the texture at the start of the extract.

The extract starts with a passage for a solo instrument. Describe the music played by the other instruments when they first enter.

Name the cadence at the end of the extract.

Identify three features of the instrumentation which are characteristic of a Baroque concerto grosso.

Afro Celt Sound System: Release (from the album ‘Volume 2: Release’)

Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.

Identify two studio effects heard before the entry of the vocal melody.

The vocal melody is based on a repeated melodic pattern. Identify the melodic

Describe the harmony when the vocal melody enters.

Identify the instrument playing the solo at the end of the extract.

This extract combines musical features from different cultures. Apart from instrumentation, identify three musical features associated with Celtic music in this extract.

L van Beethoven: 1st Movement from Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’

Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.

Explain how Beethoven creates tension at the start of the extract by referring to dynamics, harmony and pitch.

dynamics

Name the harmonic device heard at the end of the extract.

Identify the structure of this movement.

H Purcell: Music for a While

You will hear two extracts, A and B.

You will hear each of them three times in the following order: AB, AB, AB.

Name the musical device heard throughout both extracts.

Identify two differences between the vocal melody at the start of extract A and the start of extract B.

whether each statement is true or false.

Describe two features of the harpsichord melody at the end of extract B.

rhythm

melody

Describe the hi-hat part in the Introduction.

Name one accompanying instrument that starts to play in the Head.

The melody in bar 13 and bar 15 is based on the same rhythmic pattern.

Identify one way in which the accompaniment is different in the repeat of the Head.

Describe two features of the melody from bar 21 to bar 24.

This piece of music fuses elements of folk music, Caribbean music and jazz. Apart from instrumentation, identify two musical features associated with jazz.

You will hear extracts from Area of Study 3: Music for Stage and Screen; one familiar and one unfamiliar. In order to answer the question you should refer to the Source Booklet.

The familiar extract, Extract A: S Schwartz: Defying Gravity ( from the album of the cast recording of Wicked)

The unfamiliar extract, Extract B: J Kander and R Ebb: Cabaret (from the musical Cabaret)

You will hear both extracts three times in the following order: familiar unfamiliar, familiar unfamiliar, familiar unfamiliar.

Defying Gravity is sung by witches in a fantasy world. Cabaret is sung by a performer in a 1930s jazz club.

Evaluate how effectively melody, tempo and rhythm are used to capture the different atmospheres of these two songs.

The skeleton scores are provided in the Source Booklet.

You should use your knowledge of musical elements, context and language in your response.