WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Music Revision Guide Sample

CHAPTER 1: THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC 23 THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC Exam style questions T E EL (b) Give the full name of the key of the extract (e.g. B b major). [1 mark] (c) Identify the instrument playing in this extract. [1 mark] (d) Suggest a tempo marking for this extract (e.g. allegro). [1 mark] Film theme, Laurence of Arabia (from the start to 1’08”) [Eduqas 12 marks] You will hear an extract of lm music, played from the start. It is about a man who led the Arabian tribes with the British army in its ght against the Turks. Listen to it three times. (a) The instruments heard at the beginning of this extract are from the PERCUSSION family. Name two of the percussion instruments heard in the rst part of the extract. (i) [1 mark] (ii) [1 mark] (b) Describe how the composer creates the required mood and atmosphere in this extract. In your answer you must refer to: • the musical elements • the purpose and intention of the music. [10 marks] (This is a longer answer question and about two pages would be provided in the answer booklet in an examination. If you want to attempt this answer you will need to use separate sheets of paper.) Beatles, ‘Yesterday’ (from the start to 1’00”) [WJEC 9 marks] Listen to the rst two verses of Version 1 of this song. Then answer the following questions. (a) Two of the following statements are true. Tick the two statements that you believe to be true. [2 marks] Statement Tick The introduction is played on a percussion instrument. The introduction is two bars long. This song is sung by a bass singer. A string accompaniment is added in verse two. Now listen to another two versions of ‘ Yesterday ’: ’Yesterday’Version 2 (from the start to 1’16”) (b) Note three ways in which Version 2 is di erent from the original ( Version 1 ). [3 marks] (i) (ii) (iii)