World music / World focus — IGCSE Music (0410) questions by topic

Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Name the tuned instrument heard at the start of the extract.

Music B1 (continued): Describe the music of the extract.

Music B1 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score (printed; extract continues). How is the printed melody accompanied?

Music B2 (continued): How is the music which follows the printed passage different?

Music B2 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B3 (World Focus: Chinese music): You will hear three passages from a piece of Jiangnan sizhu music, separated by short gaps. The music of the first passage is printed…

Music B3 (continued): What other features of all three passages are typical of Jiangnan sizhu music? Do not repeat any information already given in your answers.

Music B3 (continued): Briefly describe the context in which Jiangnan sizhu music is typically performed.

Section B. You will hear three extracts of music from around the world. Each extract will be played four times, with a pause between each playing. Music B1: You will hear an…

Music B1 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score (printed on the question paper) and read through Questions 12 to 14. What instrument plays the…

Music B2 (continued): How is the music which follows the printed passage different?

Music B2 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B3 (World Focus: Chinese music): You will hear three passages from a piece of Jiangnan sizhu music, separated by short gaps. The music of the first passage is printed…

Music B3 (continued): What other features of all three passages are typical of Jiangnan Sizhu music? Do not repeat any information already given in your answers.

Music B3 (continued): Briefly describe the context in which Jiangnan Sizhu music is typically performed.

SECTION B. You will hear three extracts of music from around the world. Each extract will be played four times, with a pause between each playing. Music B1: You will hear an…

Music B1 (continued): The extract continues with a variation of the printed melody. Describe two ways in which the music changes when the extract continues.

Music B1 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Read through Questions 12 to 14. Name the tuned instrument heard at the start of the extract.

Music B2 (continued): Describe the music of the extract.

Music B2 (continued): Where does this music come from?

Music B3 (World Focus: Chinese music): You will hear an extract of Guangdong music. Look at the skeleton score and read through Questions 15 to 18. The melody in bars 1-8 is…

Music B3 (continued): Comment on the scale used in the printed passage.

Music B3 (continued): What other features of this extract are typical of the start of a piece of Guangdong music?

Music B3 (continued): How has the transmission of this music changed over time?

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Read through questions 11 to 13. Describe the music of the instrumental introduction…

Music B2: You will hear two passages from a piece of music for instruments, separated by a short gap. Read through questions 14 to 15. Name the main instrument in the first…

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear an extract of choro music. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 16 to 19. [Skeleton score in G major…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear two passages from a piece of music for instruments, separated by a short gap. Read through questions 12 to 13. Name the main…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 14 to 17. What instrument plays the highest melodic part?

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear an extract of choro music. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 18 to 21. [Skeleton score in G major…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 8 to 10. Describe the music played by the two accompanying instruments in the…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments and voices. Read through questions 11 to 13. Referring to the music heard before the entry of the voices: Describe the music at…

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear an extract of samba music, with two contrasting sections. Read through questions 14 to 16. What features of the first…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 8 to 10. Name the instrument in the first half of the extract.

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 11 to 13. Name the first instrument heard.

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of samba music, separated by a short gap. Read through questions 14 to 15. First passage:…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. There is a long introduction before a new instrument joins, playing the printed melody. Look at the…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 12 to 14. Name the instrument in the first half of the extract.

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of samba music, separated by a short gap. Read through questions 15 to 17. First passage:…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 9 to 10. Describe the music in the first part of the extract.

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 11 to 13. Describe in detail the texture of the music at the start of the extract.

Music B3 (World Focus: Latin American Music): You will hear three short passages of choro music, separated by short gaps. Look at the skeleton scores and read through questions 14…

Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 9 to 11. Describe the melody during the first half of the extract.

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 12 to 15. What key is the music in?

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of Classical Hindustani music separated by a short gap. Read through questions 16 to 18. What…

Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 8 to 10. Describe the texture during the first half of the extract.

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. There is a long introduction before the printed melody is heard. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 11 to…

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear three passages from a piece of Classical Hindustani music, separated by short gaps. Read through questions 15 to 18. What is…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score below and read through questions 9 to 12. [Skeleton score in D minor, 4/4,…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 13 to 14. Name the first instrument.

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of Classical Hindustani music separated by a short gap. Read through questions 15 to 17. What…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments. Read through questions 10 to 11. Describe the music heard during the three different parts…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 12 to 14. [Skeleton score in C major, cut common time, bars…

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear an extract of folk music from Rajasthan. Read through questions 15 to 17. The extract begins with a kamāichā. Describe in…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments. Read through questions 10 to 12. What is the first instrument you hear?

Music B2: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments. Look at the skeleton score and read through questions 13 to 15. [Skeleton score in C major, cut common time, bars…

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of folk music from Rajasthan, separated by a short gap. Read through questions 16 to 18. What…

Section B — World Music. Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments. Look at the skeleton score below and read through questions 9 to 11. [Skeleton score in F major (1…

Music B2: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments. Read through questions 12 to 13. Describe the music heard during the three different parts of the extract. First…

Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear an extract of folk music from Rajasthan. Read through questions 14 to 16. The extract begins with a kamāichā. Describe in…