YHSS Prelims Music Paper 1 (Questions)

Part 1 Western Classical Tradition [25 marks] Question 1 [10 marks] The recording of Extract 1 will be played four times. A skeleton score for this extract is shown in the Insert. All answers are to be written in the spaces below. (a) Name the tonic key of this extract. ..................................................................................................................................... [1] (b) Identify the interval that is marked out in bar 2. ….................................................................................................................................. [1] (c) On the printed bars below, complete the right-hand part from bar 72 to bar 81. The rhythm has been printed above the stave to help you. [3] (d) State the harmonic function of the note that is marked out in the right hand part in bar 9. ..................................................................................................................................... [1] (e) What key did the extract modulate to in bar 22? ..................................................................................................................................... [1] (f) Identify the chord marked X in bar 28 by writing Roman numerals. X .................................................................................................................................. [2] (g) This extract is taken from the first movement of a piece in Sonata Form. Which section of the Sonata Form is this extract from? Exposition Development Recapitulation [1]

2 YHSS/Prelim/2022 Sec 4 Express / 5 Normal (A) Music and Higher Music (Paper 1) Question 2 [15 marks] The recording of Extract 2 will be played four times. A skeleton score for this extract is shown in the Insert. All answers are to be written in the spaces below. (a) Tick one box that best describes the string accompanimental writing from bar 1—7. Arpeggic Block Chords Scalic Contrapuntal [1] (b) (i) Identify the solo woodwind instrument playing the melody from bars 8—16. ............................................................................................................................ [1] (ii) State the bar and beat number of one place where an acciaccatura is played in the melody by the solo woodwind instrument (bars 8—16). ............................................................................................................................ [1] (c) Describe two changes that the composer makes when the melody in bars 8—16 is repeated in bars 17—23. ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [2] (d) Describe the texture from bars 30—37. ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [3] (e) Describe any significant features of the harmony and tonality from bars 24—45. ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [3] (f) (i) This extract is taken from a four movement symphony in the Romantic period. Which movement is this likely taken from? First Movement Second Movement Third Movement [1]

3 YHSS/Prelim/2022 Sec 4 Express / 5 Normal (A) Music and Higher Music (Paper 1) [Turn Over (ii) Give a reason to support your answer in (f)(i). ............................................................................................................................ [1] (iii) Give one similarity and difference between the orchestration of this movement and the orchestration of a typical symphony from the classical period. Similarity ………………………………………………………………………………. [1] Difference .……………………………………………………………………………. [1]

4 YHSS/Prelim/2022 Sec 4 Express / 5 Normal (A) Music and Higher Music (Paper 1) Part 2 Jazz and Popular Music [25 marks] Question 3 [13 marks] The recording of Extract 3 will be played four times. A lead sheet for this extract is shown in the Insert. All answers are to be written in the spaces below. Introduction (Bar 1—4) Chorus 1 (Bar 5—20) Chorus 2 (Bar 21—36) Chorus 3 (Bar 21—38 Repeat) Interlude (Bar 39— 42) Chorus 4 (Bar 43—62) Chorus 5 (Bar 43—62 Repeat) All instruments All instruments Trumpet improvisation Clarinet improvisation All instruments Clarinet improvisation Trumpet improvisation (a) This music is played by three frontline solo instruments (trumpet, clarinet, trombone) and accompanied by a rhythm section of three instruments. Identify any two rhythm section instruments. Instrument 1: ………………………………………………………………………………… [1] Instrument 2: ………………………………………………………………………………… [1] (b) Compare the texture of the music played by the frontline solo instruments in the Introduction and in Chorus 1. Describe the differences in texture between the Introduction and Chorus 1. ..................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................... [3] (c) What is the key and cadence heard at the end of the Interlude? Key ………………………….. Cadence ………………………………. [2] (d) Identify the bar number of one place where a break is heard in Chorus 4. Bar …………………………. [1] (e) (i) What is distinctive about the sound of the trumpet in Chorus 5? ............................................................................................................................ [1] (ii) Describe what the rest of the ensemble are playing in Chorus 5 to accompany the trumpet. ............................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................ [2] (iii) Give the technical term to describe what the rest of the ensemble are playing. ............................................................................................................................ [1] (f) What style of jazz best describes the music heard in this extract?

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