IGCSE Music (0978) — May–June 2025, Paper 12
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Start with Question 1 →Describe the music of the piano introduction.
Answer this question and get it marked →Which of the following describes the melodic shape of line 1? A Starts with an ascending octave, then moves in leaps B Starts with an ascending octave, then moves by step C Starts…
Answer this question and get it marked →In what ways is the music of the chorus different from verse 1?
Answer this question and get it marked →Compare the music of verse 2 with verse 1.
Answer this question and get it marked →What style of music has influenced this piece? A Impressionism B Jazz C Minimalism D Neo-classicism
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the key of the printed melody?
Answer this question and get it marked →Describe the accompaniment in bars 1-6.
Answer this question and get it marked →Describe the music which follows the printed passage, explaining how it is different from bars 1-8.
Answer this question and get it marked →When was this music written? A Baroque B Classical C Romantic D Since 1900
Answer this question and get it marked →Name the melody instrument which plays before the voices start singing.
Answer this question and get it marked →Where does this music come from?
Answer this question and get it marked →What instrument plays the printed melody?
Answer this question and get it marked →How is the music which follows the printed passage different?
Answer this question and get it marked →Where does this music come from?
Answer this question and get it marked →Name the woodwind instrument which plays the melody in the first passage.
Answer this question and get it marked →What other features of all three passages are typical of Jiangnan Sizhu music? Do not repeat any information already given in your answers.
Answer this question and get it marked →Briefly describe the context in which Jiangnan Sizhu music is typically performed.
Answer this question and get it marked →Suggest a suitable Italian tempo marking for this music.
Answer this question and get it marked →What compositional device is used in bar 11 and bar 68?
Answer this question and get it marked →What key is the music in at bar 25?
Answer this question and get it marked →What instrument plays the melody in bars 27^3-34?
Answer this question and get it marked →The melody is incomplete in bar 47. Fill in the missing notes on the stave below. The rhythm has been given to help you. [Melodic dictation / completion task — marked on accuracy…
Answer this question and get it marked →Name the bracketed interval in bar 53.
Answer this question and get it marked →Briefly explain the structure of the extract, referring to bar numbers.
Answer this question and get it marked →When was this music written? A Baroque B Classical C Romantic D Since 1900
Answer this question and get it marked →Bars 0^3-27 repeat the opening theme of the movement. How has Beethoven changed the music of the opening theme in bars 0^3-9^2?
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the structure of this movement as a whole?
Answer this question and get it marked →Name the key at bar 28.
Answer this question and get it marked →In which year did the first performance of this symphony take place? A 1770 B 1792 C 1808 D 1827
Answer this question and get it marked →What section of the movement is the printed music from?
Answer this question and get it marked →On the stave below, write the bracketed notes of the viola part in bar 18 in the treble clef. [Notation task — the viola part is printed in the alto clef in the insert; candidates…
Answer this question and get it marked →What thematic material is heard after the printed music?
Answer this question and get it marked →Explain precisely what is played in bars 4^2-5^1.
Answer this question and get it marked →What section of the solo exposition begins in bar 24?
Answer this question and get it marked →What was different about the construction of the trumpet Haydn wrote this concerto for, compared with other trumpets at this time?
Answer this question and get it marked →What do the violas play in bars 1-8? A Alberti bass B Dominant pedal C Main melody D Tonic pedal
Answer this question and get it marked →What section of the orchestral exposition starts in bar 27?
Answer this question and get it marked →On the stave below, write the two bracketed notes of the trumpet part in bar 67 at sounding pitch. The key signature has been given. [Transposition task — the trumpet in E flat…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is heard next in the movement (after the recorded extract)? A Codetta B Development C Recapitulation D Transition
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