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2023 AQA GCSE MUSIC 8271/W Component 1 Understanding Music Question Paper & Mark
scheme (Merged) June 2023 [VERIFIED]
GCSE
MUSIC
Component 1 Understanding Music
Wednesday 14 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will not need any other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. You may use pencil for music notation. 1
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 2
• Answer all questions in Section A.
3
• Answer Question 09 in Section B.
• Answer one question from Questions 10 to 12 in Section B. 4
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not 5
write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
6
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 7
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be 8
marked. 9
Information 10
• The marks for questions (or part questions) are shown in brackets. 11
• The maximum mark for this paper is 96.
• There will be suitable pauses for you to read and answer the questions. 12
• You will be assessed on your ability to: TOTAL
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
• You have three minutes to read through the paper before the excerpts are played.
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Do not write
outside the
Section A: Listening box
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 Area of study 2: Popular Music
You will hear two excerpts.
Each excerpt will be played three times.
Excerpt A
You may find it helpful to tick a box each time you hear the excerpt.
0 1 . 1 Name the repeating interval played by the panpipes after the first phrase of the
melody.
[1 mark]
0 1.2 Name one rhythmic feature heard in the melody of this excerpt.
[1 mark]
0 1.3 What is the time signature of this excerpt?
[1 mark]
0 1.4 What is the tonality of this excerpt?
[1 mark]
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Do not write
outside the
Excerpt B box
You may find it helpful to tick a box each time you hear the excerpt.
0 1 . 5 Name the instrument which plays two short phrases at the start of the excerpt.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 6On which note of the scale does the vocal melody begin?
[1 mark]
Circle your answer.
1st 3rd 5th 7th
0 1 . 7Describe the articulation heard in the vocal part during this excerpt.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 8 Identify two features of melody and/or texture used in this excerpt typical of the
music of Broadway 1950s to 1990s.
[2 marks]
1
2
9
Turn over ►
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Do not write
outside the
0 2Area of study 1: Western Classical Tradition 1650–1910 You box
will hear two excerpts.
Each excerpt will be played three times.
Excerpt A
You may find it helpful to tick a box each time you hear the excerpt.
0 2 . 1What is the tonality of this excerpt?
[1 mark]
0 2 . 2Which of the following is heard in the melody line of this excerpt?
[1 mark]
Circle your answer.
anacrusis glissando sequence trill
0 2 . 3 Identify three features of articulation, harmony and/or texture used in this
excerpt typical of the piano music of Chopin and Schumann.
[3 marks]
1
2
3
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