Edexcel GCSE Music Paper 3 November 2020 question paper

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

Name the first percussion instrument heard.

Identify two technological processes used when the first voice enters.

Describe the melody heard at the end of the extract.

Identify three features of this extract which are characteristic of electronic dance music. You should refer to the following: harmony, rhythm and metre, and texture.

harmony

rhythm and metre

texture

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

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

Name the instrumental playing technique heard in the timpani at the start of the extract.

Name two instruments that accompany the voice at ‘ You can still be with the wizard ’.

At the start of the verse Elphaba sings ‘ Something has changed within me’.

Describe the melody of this phrase.

During the verse the composer creates a feeling of anticipation.

Give three ways he does this, referring to accompaniment, harmony and rhythm.

accompaniment

harmony

rhythm

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 solo instrument heard in this extract.

Describe the rhythm played by this solo instrument before the entry of the next instrument.

Describe the melody played by the harpsichord before the ripieno enters.

Identify two features of the harmony which are characteristic of the Baroque period.

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

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

Identify the percussion instrument heard at the start of both extracts.

Identify a percussion instrument heard in extract A but not in extract B.

Complete the table below.

Extract B accompanies the start of a space battle.

Explain how the composer uses harmony and tempo to establish a battle-like atmosphere.

harmony

tempo

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

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

Name the instrument that accompanies the voice at the start of the extract.

Describe the tonality at the start of the extract.

Describe the vocal melody from when the second instrument enters.

This song fuses elements of Brazilian music with elements of jazz.

Describe three features of the harmony that are characteristic of jazz.

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.

This movement is in sonata form.

Name the section played in this extract.

Identify the texture at the end of the extract.

Describe two features of the instrumental writing that are typical of early Romantic music.

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:

melody

Describe the accompaniment in the opening four bars.

Name the melodic device in bar 13 beat 2 to bar 16 beat 3.

Describe the melody in bar 17 to bar 20.

Identify the difference between the music of bar 17 to bar 18 and bar 21 to bar 22.

Identify the key and the cadence at bar 29 beat 3 to bar 30 beat 1.

Killer Queen is a playful glam rock song. Hard to Say I’m Sorry is a soft rock ballad in which the singer asks for forgiveness.

Evaluate how effectively Queen and Chicago use melody, tonality and harmony to capture the different atmospheres in these two 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.