WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Music Revision Guide Sample

8 SECTION 1 APPRAISING THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC 12 7 10 8 11 9 4 5 6 Now play each of the patterns on a keyboard (or any instrument of your choice), or listen to the extracts to check your answers and hear how they sound. B Now listen to extracts 1–10, all of which contain four musical pitches or notes. • Which note in each pattern is the highest-pitched sound – 1, 2, 3 or 4? • Which note in each pattern is the lowest-pitched sound – 1, 2, 3 or 4? C One of the questions in the Appraising examination will require you to add the missing pitch in a given melody. Here are some examples for you to try. The rhythm has been given – complete the melody by filling in the missing notes. 1 2 3 Rhythm When we talk about the ‘rhythm’ of the music, we are thinking about the patterns of the long and short notes used within the strong and weak beats. You need to know and understand the note-values (e.g. semibreve, minim, quaver, etc.) and how rhythmic devices are used (e.g. dotted rhythms, syncopation, triplets, rests, tied notes, etc.). The rhythm tree