Music 0410/practice paper
Paper 1: Listening
You will need to answer on this question paper
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Answer all questions in Section A
• There will be time for you to look at the questions before you hear each
extract of music. You may find it helpful to make notes on the music as
you listen.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at
the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any music.
SECTION A [16 MARKS]
You will hear two examples of music, selected from the Baroque, Classical or Romantic periods or the
Twentieth Century.
Each extract will be played four times, with a pause between each playing.
Music A1 [ part 1 ]
You will hear an extract for voices and orchestra. The words are printed below. Read through
questions 1 to 5.
1 Dies irae, Dies illa
2 Solvet saeclum in favilla
3 Teste David cum Sybilla
4 Quantus tremor est futurus
5 Quando judex est venturus
6 Cuncta stricte discussurus
(instrumental part)
7 Dies irae, Dies illa
8 Solvet saeclum en favilla
9 Teste David cum Sybilla
1. Which voices sing in line 1
___________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
2. What is the melodic shape in line 3
Ascending in leaps
Ascending in steps
Descending in leaps
Descending in steps
[1 mark]
3 Which section of the orchestra plays in the instrumental part?
_____________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
4. Describe the texture of this extract
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
5 (a) When was this music written?
[1 mark]
(b) Give two reasons for your answer
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
Total marks[8]
Music A1 [ part 2 ]
You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 6 to
10.
Extract continues…
6. Which instrument plays the printed melody in bars 1-13?
___________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
7. What key is the music in?
___________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
8. Describe the dynamics of this extract
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
9 (a) When was this composed?
__________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
(b) Give 2 reasons why
______________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
10. Who composed this?
Stravinsky
Glass
Beethoven
Brahms
[1 mark]
Total marks[8]
SECTION A [16 MARKS]
Music A1 [ part 3 ]
You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 11 to
15.
Extract continues…
11. What type of work is this extract taken from?
Symphony
Concerto
String quartet
String quintet
[1 mark]
12. The extract continues after the printed melody. Name 1 difference between the printed melody
extract and the extract that continues after.
__________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
13. What other instrument can you hear accompanying the strings?
__________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
14. Describe the texture of the extract.
__________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
15 (a) When was this music written?
[1 mark]
(b) Other than the instrument give 2 reasons why.
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
Total[8 marks]
Music A1 [ part 4 ]
You will hear an extract for a solo instrument. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions
16 to 20.
Extract continues…
16. What is the main melody instrument?
_____________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
17. Describe 2 differences between the printed extract and the extract after the printed melody
__________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
18. Suggest a suitable Italian tempo for this extract
_____________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
19 (a) What type of piece is this
Blues
Jazz
Minimalistic
Concerto
[1 mark]
(b) Give two reasons why
__________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
20. Who composed this?
Gershwin
Strauss
Glass
Stravinsky
Total[8 marks]
Music A1 [ part 5 ]
You will hear an extract for a solo instrument. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions
20 to 24.
Extract continues…
20. What musical technique does the printed melody instrument use?
__________________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
21. Describe in detail the dynamics of this extract
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________[3 marks]
22. What is the chord in bar 6
_______________________________________________________________________[1 mark]
23 (a) What type of music is this
Impressionism
Neo-classicism
Minimalism
Expressionism
(b) Give 2 reason for your answer
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________[2 marks]
24. Who composed this music?
Arnold Schoenberg
Philip Glass
Gershwin
Stravinsky
[1 mark]
