A level Edexcel Music June 2024 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Additive rhythm - Answer>>Where a bar has beats of unequal
length, or where unequal short rhythmic sets are grouped
together to form a longer rhythmic pattern
Alberti bass - Answer>>A type of broken chord pattern with 3
pitches heard in the order low-high-middle-high, e.g. C-G-E-C
Anacrusis - Answer>>Note or notes preceding the first beat of a
piece or phrase
Antiphony - Answer>>Performance in alternation. Often - but
not always - the different groups perform similar material
Appoggiatura - Answer>>Non-chord note that is on the beat as
a dissonance and resolves by step to the main chord note. Not
'prepared' as a suspension is
Chordal; homorhythmic - Answer>>Homophony in which all the
parts move together in the same or very similar rhythm
Comping - Answer>>A term associated with jazz and popular
music referring to the playing of a chordal accompaniment
Concerto grosso - Answer>>Common type of concerto for late
Baroque period, in which three or more soloists ('concertino') are
contrasted with the sound of a larger group of mainly string
instruments, known as the 'ripieno'
Continuo - Answer>>Short for 'basso continuo', the continuo
instruments form the accompaniment in Baroque music. Often
has a harpsichord and cello/bassoon reinforcing the bass line
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