Edexcel GCSE Music Paper 3 November 2021 question paper

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

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

Name the instrument playing the melody at the start of the extract.

Describe the rhythm played by the instruments at the start of the extract.

Describe the vocal melody.

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

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

Compare the start of each extract by completing the following table.

Name the harmonic device at the start of extract A.

Name the melodic device at the start of extract B.

Describe three features of the harmony in extract B which are typical of early Romantic music.

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

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

Name the musical device heard in the bass guitar at the start of the extract.

Identify a folk instrument that plays a solo in this extract.

Describe the vocal melody.

Identify the texture when the voice enters.

Identify two musical features heard in this extract which are associated with folk music. You should refer to melody and tonality.

melody

tonality

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 melodic interval between the first two pitches when Elphaba sings ‘Unlimited’.

Identify the correct rhythm at ‘Dreams the way we planned ‘em’ and ‘If we work in

Near the start of the extract Elphaba sings ‘Unlimited’ and at the start of the chorus Elphaba and Glinda sing ‘I, defying gravity’.

Identify two similarities and one difference between these two melodies.

similarities

H Purcell: Music for a While

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

Identify the texture at the start of the extract.

Explain how Purcell uses word painting to convey the meaning of the word ‘eased’.

Identify the key and cadence at ‘disdaining to be pleas’d’. Complete the table below.

At the end of this extract the soloist tries to soothe the mythical Fury, Alecto.

Explain how Purcell establishes a sense of calm. You should refer to harmony, melody and tonality.

harmony

melody

tonality

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

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

Explain how the band create a musical climax at ‘drive you wild’. You should comment on instrumentation and rhythm.

instrumentation

Name two studio recording techniques used in the outro.

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 18 for rough work. However you must write your final answer on the stave below.

rhythm

melody

Unfamiliar listening

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

A skeleton score is provided below.

Identify the texture in bars 1 to 4.

Name the melodic device in bar 5 beat 2 to bar 8 beat 1.

You have been given the chord indications above the melody line for bars 1 to 10.

Complete the table below by filling in chords for bars 9 to 10.

Identify a harmonic device used in bars 23 to 27.

You will hear extracts from Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music; one familiar and one unfamiliar. In order to answer the question you should refer to the Source Booklet.

The familiar extract, Extract A: J S Bach: 3rd movement from Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major

The unfamiliar extract, Extract B: W A Mozart: 2nd movement from Quintet for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A major, K581

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

The familiar extract was composed in the Baroque period and the unfamiliar extract was composed in the Classical period.

Evaluate how effectively Bach and Mozart exploit melody and texture in these two extracts.

The skeleton scores are provided in the Source Booklet.

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