Edexcel A-Level Music the elements and analysis overview quiz quiz

The texture is very thick and exciting and full of energy throughout the whole passage

There is a great deal going on in the busy texture here

The texture is polyphonic, with imitative entries from bar 9

The texture sounds rather busy and full

The overall length, the neatness of handwriting and a wide vocabulary

Including a labelled diagram, a direct quotation and the composition date

Describing the volume, the speed and the key only

The correct term, a location (bar reference) and an effect

Interrupted

Perfect (V to I)

Plagal (IV to I)

Imperfect (to V)

A dominant seventh chord in root position

The flattened supertonic in first inversion

A diminished triad built on the leading note of the key

The tonic chord in second inversion

Syncopation

Triplet

Hemiola

Augmentation

1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks

1 hour 30 minutes, 40 marks

3 hours, 120 marks

2 hours, 100 marks

A links essay relating an unfamiliar extract to your set works

An in-depth written evaluation of just one single chosen set work

A rhythmic and melodic dictation exercise

A broad general history of Western classical music essay

Homophonic

Polyphonic

Monophonic

Melody-dominated homophony

Rondo form

Ritornello form

Sonata form

Binary form

Writing a full analytical essay entirely from memory

Naming all eighteen of the prescribed set works in order

Transcribing the whole of the played extract from scratch

Completing missing notes of a melody or rhythm by ear

Sequence

Perfect cadence

Suspension

Pedal point

Only a plain description of what happens in the music as it goes along

Context and evaluative analysis of one set work, reaching a judgement

A detailed comparison of all eighteen prescribed set works

A live performance of the work