Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1) Music COMPONENT 3: Appraising QP 2023

Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1) Music COMPONENT 3: Appraising QP 2023
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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Wednesday 14 June 2023
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Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes)
reference 1MU0/03
Music ⬟ ⬟


COMPONENT 3: Appraising


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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.

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•• The total mark for this paper is 80.
Section A has 68 marks and Section B has 12 marks.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• There are two Audio files for the paper. One for Section A and one for Section B.
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• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• your answers if you have time at the end.
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, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.




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Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
S Schwartz: Defying Gravity (from the album of the cast recording of Wicked)
1 Listen to the following extract which will be played three times.
(a) Name the section heard at the start of the extract. Put a cross in the correct box.
(1)

A chorus

B coda
C instrumental

D verse
(b) Name the instrumental playing technique heard in the strings at the start of




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the extract.
(1)

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(c) Describe two features of the harmony at the start of the extract.
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(d) Name the instrument which is first heard at ‘the rules of someone else’s game’.
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(e) Name the melodic interval in the vocal line between the words ‘and’ and ‘leap’.
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, (f) ) Describe how the composer uses rhythm to generate a feeling of excitement
at ‘it’s time to try defying gravity’.
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(g) Identify the pitches at ‘you can’t pull me down’. Put a cross in the correct box.
(1)


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A & œœœœœ
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B
& œœœœœ
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C
& œœœœœ
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D & œœœœœ
(Total for Question 1 = 8 marks)
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