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Area of Study 1: Forms and Devices
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20 QUICK QUESTIONS
Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices
QUESTION 1 [5]
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(a) Describe the music played by the cello in bar 2. [2]

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
(b) Identify the location of a perfect cadence heard in the extract. Give bar and [1]
beat numbers (eg bar 62–71).
Perfect cadence: _______________________________________________
(c) Describe the function of the music played by the 1st Violin in bars 6–10. [2]
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
QUESTION 2 [5]
You will hear two extracts from different sections of the same piece of music, both
played twice, in the order shown below.
Extract 1 Extract 2 Extract 1 Extract 2
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) the melody heard at the start of Extract 1. [1]
Melody Tick (ü) one
(b) Underline the tonality of the extract. [1]
Major Minor Pentatonic Chromatic
TURN THE PAGE FOR QUESTION (C)

(c) Excluding melody and key, identify one similarity and two differences between [3]
the two extracts.
Similarity: ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Differences: ___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
QUESTION 3 [5]
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) three musical features heard in the extract. [3] [3]
Musical features Tick (ü) three

Countermelody
Falsetto
Ground bass
Melisma
Riff
Sequence
(b) Underline the note on which the melody begins. [1]
Tonic Subdominant Dominant
(c) Identify a keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]
Instrument: ___________________________________________________

QUESTION 4 [5]
(a) Complete the missing rhythm of the melody at the start of the extract. (The [4]
pitches, in the order in which they are heard, are given for you, below.)
Here are the pitches, in the order in which they are heard:
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) one musical feature heard in the melody. [1]
Melody Tick (ü) one [3]

Anacrusis
Imitation
Ornaments
Sequence

QUESTION 5 [5]

(a) Give the full name of the key (eg E major) at the following locations.
(i) The beginning of the extract: _______________________________ [1]
(ii) The end of the extract: ___________________________________ [1]
(b) Identify a bar during the extract, in which the viola falls by an octave. [1]
Bar: _________________________________________________________
(c) Give a bar number during the extract where one example of the following [2]
musical features occurs.
A crotchet rest: _________________________________________________
A Neapolitan 6th chord: ___________________________________________

QUESTION 6 [5]
The following extract is taken from the ‘Dies Irae’ from the Requiem in D minor by
WA Mozart. The words describe the terror of the Day of Judgement.
Day of wrath! Day of anger!
The world will dissolve into burning ashes
As foretold by David and the Sibyl.
There will be great terror

When the Judge descends from Heaven
To judge us all, closely.
(a) Explain how the music describes terror, fear and anger. You should use musical [5]
vocabulary in your answer. There will be a 3-minute silence after the final playing
for you to complete your answer.
In your answer refer to:

(i) musical elements
(ii) how they are used to describe the emotions.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

QUESTION 7 [5]
You will hear two extracts from different versions of the same piece of music, both
(a) Identify one similarity and two differences between the two versions. [3]
Similarity: ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Differences: ___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
(b) Underline the period of music in which this piece of music was composed. [1]
Baroque Classical Romantic
(c) Underline the tempo of Extract 2. [1]
Allegro Lento Vivace

QUESTION 8 [5]
Here is a skeleton score of the extract.
(a) In the extract, you will hear three cadences. Tick the correct order. [1]
Tick (ü) one

Perfect – Perfect – Perfect
The order of
the cadences is: Perfect – Plagal – Interrupted
Perfect – Interrupted – Perfect
(b) Identify the performance technique used by the string instruments. [1]
Performance technique: ________________________________________
(c) In which bar is there a crescendo? [1]

Bar: _________________________________________________________
(d) Underline the interval between the two pitches shown in bar 1. [1]
Tone Semitone Major 3rd Major 7th
(e) Give a suitable Italian term (eg Allegro) for the tempo of the extract. [1]
Tempo: ___________________________________________________________

QUESTION 9 [5]
(a) Complete the missing pitches of the melody, given below. (The rhythm is given for [3]
you.)
Pitch
Time
signature Cadence
(b) Underline the cadence used at the end of the extract (bar 5). [1]
Perfect Imperfect Plagal Interrupted
(c) Insert the time signature in the correct place at the beginning of the music. [1]

QUESTION 10 [5]
(a) Identify the locations of perfect cadences heard in the extract in the following
keys. Give bar and beat numbers (for example, bar 52–61).
i) B minor: ______________________________________________ [1]
ii) A major: ______________________________________________ [1]
iii) F# minor: _____________________________________________ [1]
(b) Underline the keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]
Harpsichord Organ Piano Keyboard
(c) State the full name of the composer of this piece of music. [1]
_____________________________________________________________

QUESTION 11 [5]
(a) Here is part of a poem written by the composer of this music: [5]
‘Before the fire to pass peaceful, contented days,

While the rain outside pours down.’
Explain how the music describes this scene. You should use musical
vocabulary in your answer. There will be a 3-minute silence after the final playing
for you to complete your answer.

(ii) how they are used to describe the scene.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

QUESTION 12 [5]
(a) Underline the word which best describes the tonality of the extract. [1]
Major Minor Pentatonic
(b) Underline the musical texture used throughout the extract. [1]
Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic
(c) Describe a musical feature of the bass line. Do not comment on instrumentation. [1]
_____________________________________________________________
(d) This extract represents a rural village dance. Describe two musical features of [2]
the extract, that makes it suitable for dancing to. Do not repeat any answers from
previous questions.
Musical features
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
QUESTION 13 [5]
(a) Complete the missing pitches of the opening melody, on the stave below. (The [3]
rhythm is given for you.)
(b) Identify the solo instrument that plays the melody at the beginning of the extract. [1]
Instrument: ___________________________________________________
(c) Underline the period of music in which this piece of music was composed. [1]

QUESTION 14 [5]
(a) State the name of the compositional device which occurs between bars 62 and [1]
102 in the solo part.
Compositional device: __________________________________________
(b) Describe the function of the music played by the cello during the extract. [2]
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
(c) Give the names of the pitches played by the viola in bar 13 (eg D and E). [2]
Pitches: _________ and _________.

QUESTION 15 [5]
Extract 1:
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) two musical features heard in Extract 1. [2]
Musical features Tick (ü) two

Chaal
Dotted rhythms
Rubato
Syncopation
Trill
Both extracts:
(b) Identify two differences between the two versions. [2]

Differences
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________

QUESTION 16 [5]
(a) Identify the tonality of the extract. [1]

Tonality: _____________________________________________________
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) the first two chords heard at the start of the extract. [1]
(Each chord is heard three times.)
Chord sequence Tick (ü) one

I–V
I – IV
IV – I
I – VI
(d) In the table below, tick (ü) three musical features heard in the extract. [3]

Alberti bass
Arpeggio
Blue Notes
Crescendo
Pizzicato
Pedal

QUESTION 17 [5]
(a) Underline the type of metre in the extract. [1]

Compound Irregular Triple Quadruple
(b) Identify two musical features of the bass line. [2]

1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
(c) In the table below, tick (ü) the first voice type heard in the extract. [1]
Voice type Tick (ü) one

Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
(d) Tick (ü) the rhythm sung by all voice parts during the extract. [1]

QUESTION 18 [5]
(a) You will hear an extract from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Paul Dukas, in which the [5]
young apprentice unwisely uses magic to bring a broom to life, to fetch buckets of
water for him.
Explain how the music describes the mischief and magic of the scene.
You should use musical vocabulary in your answer.
In your answer, refer to:

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

QUESTION 19 [5]

(a) Identify the pitch of the note played by the viola in bar 24. Rewrite this pitch as it [1]
would appear in the treble clef.
(b) Underline the key to which the music modulates by the end of the extract. [1]
Tonic Dominant Minor Relative Minor
An appoggiatura: ________________________________________________
A chord of C major: _____________________________________________
A D in the viola part: ____________________________________________

QUESTION 20 [5]
(a) Underline the structure of the extract. [1]
Binary Minuet Rondo Ternary
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) the best description of the changing tonality of the [1]
opening section.
Tonality Tick (ü) one

Major – Minor – Major – Minor
Minor – Major – Minor – Major
Minor – Minor – Major – Major
(c) (i) Give the name of a tuned percussion instrument heard in the extract. [1]
Tuned percussion instrument: ___________________________________
(ii) Give the name of an untuned percussion instrument heard in the extract.
Untuned percussion instrument: _________________________________ [1]
(d) Underline the period of music in which this piece of music was composed. [1]

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QUESTION 1 [5]
(a) Describe the music played by the cello in bar 2. [2]
Two of:
§ Descending
§ Arpeggio
§ B minor
§ Regular quavers
(b) Identify the location of a perfect cadence heard in the extract. Give bar and [1]
beat numbers (eg bar 62–71).
§ 32–41
§ 71–81 (allow 72–81)
§ 112–121
§ 152–161
(c) Describe the function of the music played by the 1st Violin in bars 6–10. [2]
Two of:
§ Doubles / supports / plays the same as the flute/solo
§ Plays a decorated melody / uses decoration / adds extra notes
§ Plays in a heterophonic texture (not on the syllabus, but correct)
QUESTION 2 [5]
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) the melody heard at the start of Extract 1. [1]

(b) Underline the tonality of the extract. [1]
Major Minor Pentatonic Chromatic
(c) Excluding melody and key, identify one similarity and two differences between [3]
the two extracts.
Similarity
One of:
§ Same ensemble / both use orchestra
§ Both have a short (1-bar) introduction (on the tonic) before the tune begins
§ Strings / violins play the melody in both
§ Same tempo / speed
§ Both use a pedal / drone
§ Both use only chords 1 and V
Differences:
Two of:
§ Extract 1 is quieter – Extract 2 is louder
§ Extract 1 uses fewer instruments / strings only – Extract 2 uses more
instruments / full orchestra
§ Extract 2 finishes with (two) perfect cadences – Extract 1 doesn’t
QUESTION 3 [5]
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) three musical features heard in the extract. [3] [3]

Countermelody
Falsetto ü
Ground bass ü
Melisma ü
Riff
Sequence
(b) Underline the note on which the melody begins. [1]
Tonic Subdominant Dominant

(c) Identify a keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]
§ (Chamber) Organ

QUESTION 4 [5]
(a) Complete the missing rhythm of the melody at the start of the extract. (The [4]
pitches, in the order in which they are heard, are given for you, below.)
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) one musical feature heard in the melody. [1] [3]

Anacrusis
Imitation
Ornaments ü*
Sequence ü
*Allow ‘Ornament’, as there is a grace note leading into bar 1, and the repeat of the
melody, albeit in the left hand, and lower. It’s arguably not part of the melody, but without
the score, it’s hard to discern.
QUESTION 5 [5]
(a) Give the full name of the key (eg E major) at the following locations.
i) F# minor [1]
ii) B minor [1]
(b) Identify a bar during the extract, in which the viola falls by an octave. [1]
§ Bar 23
§ A crotchet rest: Bar 16
§ A Neapolitan 6th chord: Bar 19

QUESTION 6 [5]
The following extract is taken from the ‘Dies Irae’ from the Requiem in D minor by
WA Mozart. The words describe the terror of the Day of Judgement.
Day of wrath! Day of anger!
The world will dissolve into burning ashes
As foretold by David and the Sibyl.
There will be great terror
When the Judge descends from Heaven
To judge us all, closely.
(a) Explain how the music describes terror, fear and anger. You should use musical [5]
vocabulary in your answer.

(ii) how they are used to describe the emotions.
Answers should explain musical features that reflect the action up to a maximum of
5 marks.
Musical Feature Action
Loud dynamic / forte / fortissimo / f / Reflects anger and terror, eg shouting
ff and screaming; loud volumes are often
used to portray anger
Full orchestra Reflects large numbers of people
shouting together
Fast Reflects terror and fear
Minor key Makes the music sound unhappy, fearful
and frightening
Lots of homorhythms / rhythmic Reflects lots of people together, in fear
unison / singing same rhythms
Some chromatic harmony Creates a sense of unease, connected
with fear
Large vocal range / singers singing high High voices represent shouting and
screaming
Use of timpani / drums Make the music sound dramatic, adding
to the tension and anger in the music
Imitation between voice parts (upper Portrays multiple people all shouting and
and lower voices) screaming in fear, across each other
Brass playing fanfare-like ideas Reflects a grand ceremony, and the
terror of judgement day
Staccato Lots of short notes give the feeling of
unease, and terror, as they sound
punchier and angrier

QUESTION 7 [5]
(a) Identify one similarity and two differences between the two versions. [3]
Similarity:
One of:
§ Both use the same melodic material
§ Both use the same piano accompaniment
§ Both are quiet
§ Both are slow
§ Both soloists use vibrato
Differences:
Two of:
§ Extract 1 is sung – Extract 2 is instrumental / played on the cello
§ Extract 1 is faster than Extract 2
§ Extract 1 is in a higher key than Extract 2 (by a semitone)
§ Extract 1’s soloist has gaps between phrases – Extract 2’s soloist plays
without gaps
§ Extract 1’s soloist doesn’t use portamento/glissandi – Extract 2’s soloist
uses (brief!) portamento/glissandi
(b) Underline the period of music in which this piece of music was composed. [1]
(c) Underline the tempo of the extract. [1]
Allegro Lento Vivace

QUESTION 8 [5]
Here is a skeleton score of the extract.
(a) In the extract, you will hear three cadences. Tick the correct order. [1]
Tick (ü) one

Perfect – Perfect – Perfect
The order of
the cadences is: Perfect – Plagal – Interrupted
Perfect – Interrupted – Perfect ü
(b) Identify the performance technique used by the string instruments. [1]
§ Pizzicato
(c) In which bar is there a crescendo? [1]

§ Bar 3
(d) Underline the interval between the two pitches shown in bar 1. [1]
Tone Semitone Major 3rd Major 7th
(e) Give a suitable Italian term (eg Allegro) for the tempo of the extract. [1]
§ Adagio / Lento

QUESTION 9 [5]
(a) Complete the missing pitches of the melody, given below. (The rhythm is given for [3]
you.)
(b) Underline the cadence used at the end of the extract (bar 5). [1]
Perfect Imperfect Plagal Interrupted
(c) Insert the time signature in the correct place at the beginning of the music. [1]
§ 3/4
QUESTION 10 [5]
(a) Identify the locations of perfect cadences heard in the extract in the following
keys. Give bar and beat numbers (for example, bar 52–61).
i) B minor: bar 32–41 [1]
ii) A major: 71–81 (allow 72–81) [1]
iii) F# minor: 112–121 / 152–161 [1]
(b) Underline the keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]
Harpsichord Organ Piano Keyboard
(c) State the full name of the composer of this piece of music. [1]
§ Johann Sebastian Bach

QUESTION 11 [5]
(a) Here is part of a poem written by the composer of this music: [5]
‘Before the fire to pass peaceful,

Contented days,
While the rain outside pours down.’
Explain how the music describes this scene. You should use musical
vocabulary in your answer.

Answers should explain musical features that describe the scene up to a maximum
of 5 marks.
Musical Feature Description

Quiet / p / piano
Constant, unchanging dynamic All of these musical features
Pizzicato strings combine to create a sense of
Slow / Largo peace, calmness, contentment,
Major key comfort, stability and happiness.
Conjunct melody
Use of sequence Notable features include the
Descending bass line pizzicato strings portraying
raindrops falling.
Legato
Use of appoggiaturas
This is in contrast to the legato
Homophonic texture
playing of the other instruments,
Equally balanced phrases thereby creating a sense that the
Diatonic harmony rain is outside, and we are inside.
Only one family of instruments (strings) used
Regular, repeated rhythms used

QUESTION 12 [5]
(a) Underline the word which best describes the tonality of the extract. [1]
Major Minor Pentatonic
(b) Underline the musical texture used throughout the extract. [1]
Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic
(c) Describe a musical feature of the bass line. Do not comment on instrumentation. [1]
§ Drone / pedal / plays the same note throughout
(d) This extract represents a rural village dance. Describe two musical features of [2]
the extract, that makes it suitable for dancing to. Do not repeat any answers from
previous questions.
Two of:
§ Fast / lively / Allegro
§ Dotted rhythms / triplet rhythms
§ Compound time / 6/8
§ Regular pulse
§ Short repetitive ideas
§ Strings (violas) playing lively, dance-like rhythms (under the melody)
§ Don’t allow answers which refer to instrumental representation (eg the
drone/pedal sounding like bagpipes, or the flute/piccolo/oboe sounding like rustic
pipes), or brief modal harmony, as these do not inherently make the music
suitable for dancing to, and therefore such responses do not answer the question.
QUESTION 13 [5]
(a) [3]
(b) Identify the solo instrument that plays the melody at the beginning of the extract. [1]
§ Harp

QUESTION 14 [5]
(a) State the name of the compositional device which occurs between bars 62 and [1]
102 in the solo part.
§ Sequence
(b) Describe the function of the music played by the cello during the extract. [2]
§ Provides a bass line
§ Imitates the solo / melody (eg bars 62–92)
§ Supports the harmony
§ Regular quavers provide a clear pulse
(c) Give the names of the pitches played by the viola in bar 13 (eg D and E). [2]
§ F#
§ A
QUESTION 15 [5]
Extract 1:
(a) In the table below, tick (ü) two musical features heard in Extract 1. [2]
Musical features Tick (ü) two

Chaal
Dotted rhythms ü
Rubato
Syncopation
Trill ü
Both extracts:
(b) Identify two differences between the two versions. [2]
§ Extract 1 is quieter – Extract 2 is louder
§ Extract 1 is strings (and continuo) only – Extract 2 uses full orchestra /
more instruments / timpani / brass/trumpets

QUESTION 16 [5]
(a) Identify the tonality of the extract. [1]

§ Major
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) the first two chords heard at the start of the extract. [1]
(Each chord is heard three times.)
Chord sequence Tick (ü) one

I–V ü
I – IV
IV – I
I – VI
(d) In the table below, tick (ü) three musical features heard in the extract. [3]

Alberti bass
Arpeggio ü*
Blue Notes
Crescendo ü
Pizzicato
Pedal ü
*17 seconds into the extract, the viola, cellos, basses, trumpets and horns play repeated ascending
arpeggios

QUESTION 17 [5]
(a) Underline the type of metre in the extract. [1]

Compound Irregular Triple Quadruple
(b) Identify two musical features of the bass line. [2]

Two of:
§ Descending
§ Chromatic
§ Ground bass / ostinato
(c) In the table below, tick (ü) the first voice type heard in the extract. [1]
Voice type Tick (ü) one

Soprano ü
Alto
Tenor
Bass
(d) Tick (ü) the rhythm sung by all voice parts during the extract. [1]

QUESTION 18 [5]
(a) You will hear an extract from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Paul Dukas, in which the [5]
young apprentice unwisely uses magic to bring a broom to life, to fetch buckets of
water for him.
Explain how the music describes the mischief and magic of the scene.
You should use musical vocabulary in your answer.

In your answer, refer to:
Musical Feature Description

Begins quietly / p / pp
Rapid crescendos and diminuendos
Staccato melody (in bassoons)
Bassoons play the main melody
Short melodic idea, repeated
Not many instruments used (initially)
Homophonic texture All of these musical features combine
Fast to create a feeling of playfulness,
mischievousness, fun, uncertainty,
Thin texture
magic and mystery.
Minor key
Triple time (3/8)
Allow ‘compound time’, as it feels like 9/8
Mostly diatonic
Irregular phrase lengths
Pizzicato strings
Wide range in the melody
Trills (in woodwind)
Use of staccato piccolo
QUESTION 19 [5]
(a) Identify the pitch of the note played by the viola in bar 24. Rewrite this pitch as it [1]
would appear in the treble clef.
Credit the correct pitch, regardless
of note length.
(b) Underline the key to which the music modulates by the end of the extract. [1]
Tonic Dominant Minor Relative Minor

An appoggiatura:
§ 2 [C to B]
§ 17 [A to G]
§ 20 [G to F# and B to A#, in the violins, and G to F# in the flute]
§ 24 [C# to B]
A chord of C major: 19
A D in the viola part: 9 / 12 / 13 / 21 / 23 / 24
QUESTION 20 [5]
(a) Underline the structure of the extract. [1]
Binary Minuet Rondo Ternary
(b) In the table below, tick (ü) the best description of the changing tonality of the [1]
opening section.
Tonality Tick (ü) one

Major – Minor – Major – Minor
Minor – Major – Minor – Major ü

Minor – Minor – Major – Major
(c) (i) Give the name of a tuned percussion instrument heard in the extract. [1]
§ Timpani / kettle drums
(ii) Give the name of an untuned percussion instrument heard in the extract. [1]
§ Cymbals
§ Bass drum
§ Triangle
(d) Underline the period of music in which this piece of music was composed. [1]

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Area of Study 1: Forms and Devices

20 five-mark sample questions

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(a) Describe the music played by the cello in bar 2. [2]

Extract 1 Extract 2 Extract 1 Extract 2

Melody Tick (ü) one

(b) Underline the tonality of the extract. [1]

Major Minor Pentatonic Chromatic

TURN THE PAGE FOR QUESTION (C)

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Musical features Tick (ü) three

(b) Underline the note on which the melody begins. [1]

Tonic Subdominant Dominant

(c) Identify a keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]

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Melody Tick (ü) one [3]

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There will be great terror

In your answer refer to:

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Extract 1 Extract 2 Extract 1 Extract 2

Baroque Classical Romantic

(c) Underline the tempo of Extract 2. [1]

Allegro Lento Vivace

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Here is a skeleton score of the extract.

Tick (ü) one

Perfect – Interrupted – Perfect

(c) In which bar is there a crescendo? [1]

Tone Semitone Major 3rd Major 7th

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Perfect Imperfect Plagal Interrupted

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ii) A major: ______________________________________________ [1]

iii) F# minor: _____________________________________________ [1]

(b) Underline the keyboard instrument heard in the extract. [1]

Harpsichord Organ Piano Keyboard

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‘Before the fire to pass peaceful, contented days,

In your answer refer to:

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Major Minor Pentatonic

Monophonic Homophonic Polyphonic

Baroque Classical Romantic

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Extract 1 Extract 2 Extract 1 Extract 2

Musical features Tick (ü) two

(b) Identify two differences between the two versions. [2]

Baroque Classical Romantic

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(a) Identify the tonality of the extract. [1]

Chord sequence Tick (ü) one

Musical features Tick (ü) three

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(a) Underline the type of metre in the extract. [1]

(b) Identify two musical features of the bass line. [2]

Voice type Tick (ü) one

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You should use musical vocabulary in your answer.