Edexcel GCSE Music Paper 3 June 2024 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 instrument which plays the melody at the start of the extract.

Name the playing technique heard in the violins at the start of the extract.

Explain how the composer uses harmony and texture to create a dramatic atmosphere at the start of the extract.

Name one percussion instrument heard when the strings play the melody.

H Purcell: Music for a While

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

Identify three features of the harmony at the start of the extract that are characteristic of Baroque music.

whether each statement is true or false.

Describe two features of the vocal melody that create a feeling of grief.

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

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

Name the first instrument heard in this extract.

Identify three features of the texture at the start of the extract.

Describe the music played by the harpsichord at the end of the extract.

Identify one melodic device heard at the end of the extract.

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

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

Describe three features of the vocal melody at the start of the extract.

Identify the string instrument associated with folk music which accompanies the voice at the start of the extract.

Describe two features of the rhythm which create a sense of excitement in the instrumental section.

Describe two features of the texture that are characteristic of electronic dance music (EDM).

Esperanza Spalding: Samba Em Preludio (from the album ‘Esperanza’)

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

Describe the melody played by the acoustic bass guitar at the start of the extract.

Name one playing technique used by the acoustic bass guitar in this extract.

Describe the texture in this extract.

This is a sorrowful love song. Explain how Esperanza Spalding uses harmony, tempo and rhythm to capture this mood in this extract.

S Schwartz: Defying Gravity (from the album of the cast recording of Wicked)

You will hear two extracts, A and B. You will hear each of them three times in the following order: AB, AB, AB.

Name one woodwind instrument heard when Glinda sings ‘ still be with the wizard’.

Name the harmonic device heard when Glinda sings ‘ still be with the wizard, What you’ve worked and waited for’.

In extract A Glinda sings ‘ You can have all you ever wanted’. Identify the melodic interval between the syllables ‘ev’ and ‘er’.

Describe the dynamics at the start of extract B.

Explain how the composer uses harmony at the end of extract B to create a thrilling atmosphere.

Identify three differences between the use of voices in extract A and extract B.

Musical dictation

Listen to the following melody which will be played four times.

Before the melody you will hear the tonic chord followed by the pulse.

Complete the score below by writing in the missing:

You may use the manuscript on page 17 for rough work. However you must write your final answer on the stave below.

(a) rhythm?

(b) melody?

rhythm

melody

Identify the key of this movement.

Describe two features of the texture of the opening eight bars.

The opening eight bars are repeated. Identify one way in which the repeat is different.

Identify the key and cadence at bar 15, beat 3 to bar 16, beat 3.

Name the form of this movement.

You will hear extracts from Area of Study 2: Vocal Music; one familiar and one unfamiliar. In order to answer the question you should refer to the Source Booklet.

The familiar extract, Extract A: Queen: Killer Queen (from the album ‘Sheer Heart Attack’)

The unfamiliar extract, Extract B: The Crickets: That’ll Be The Day

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

That’ll Be The Day is a rock and roll love song recorded in the 1950s. Killer Queen is a flamboyant glam rock song recorded in the 1970s.

Evaluate how effectively the bands use performing forces, rhythm and structure to evoke different emotions in these rock songs.

The skeleton scores are provided in the Source Booklet.

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