World music / World focus — IGCSE Music (0978) questions by topic
Naming a melody instrument before voices enter, identifying an instrument and its playing technique in an Andean condor-themed extract, and recognising the main melody instrument in a Hindustani classical passage make up this world-music page's 17 questions, drawn from 2023 to 2025 papers and worth between 1 and 10 marks. Describe, identify, name, explain and state test recognition of instruments and techniques from outside the Western tradition.
Because instrument recognition depends on precise listening rather than general impression, submit your answers for instant marking to check whether the specific instrument or technique you named matches the mark scheme.
May–June 2025, Paper 12
Name the melody instrument which plays before the voices start singing.
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 →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 →May–June 2024, Paper 12
Section B 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. Question 12 has two parts: (a)…
Answer this question and get it marked →Music B2: You will hear an extract for instruments. Read through questions 14 to 17. What instrument plays the highest melodic part?
Answer this question and get it marked →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. Complete the table below to…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
Music B1: You will hear an extract for instruments from around the world. Describe the texture during the first half of the extract.
Answer this question and get it marked →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. What playing technique is used at…
Answer this question and get it marked →Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear three passages from a piece of Classical Hindustani music, separated by short gaps. What is the main melody instrument in the…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Music B1: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments from around the world (Ancient Civilisations of Southern Africa – The Tswana People). What is the first instrument…
Answer this question and get it marked →Music B2: You will hear an extract for voices and instruments ('Sur les ailes du condor' – Los Calchakis). Look at the skeleton score (bars 1–17). Question 13 has two parts: (a)…
Answer this question and get it marked →Music B3 (World Focus: Indian Music): You will hear two passages from a piece of folk music from Rajasthan (Traditional Music of the Langas and the Manganiyars), separated by a…
Answer this question and get it marked →