OCR A Level Music H543/05 Listening and appraising June 2025 Combined
QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 9 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Music
H543/05 Listening and appraising
*185 3 2 755 45 *
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
You must have:
• the Insert (inside this document)
• the music tracks ( Tracks 1–4)
• playback facilities with headphones
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions in Sections A and B.
• Answer two questions in total in Section C from two different Areas of Study.
• If you have music examples as part of your answer, use the music manuscript page at
the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 120.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/8242/8] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (SL) 351064/3 Turn over
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Tracks 1–4 are the music extracts for Section A and Section B. You can listen to them as many
times as you like.
Section A
1 Track 1 is a recording from Area of Study 2: Popular Song: Blues, Jazz, Swing and Big Band.
The extract is ‘You Make Me Feel So Young’ by Josef Myrow & Mack Gordon. The singer is Barry
Manilow, recorded in 1998.
A lead sheet of the song is provided: Extract 1 in the Insert.
The lyrics sung on the recording are below:
You make me feel so young,
You make me feel so spring has sprung,
And ev’ry time I see you grin,
I’m such a happy individual.
The moment that you speak,
I wanna go play hide and seek,
I wanna go and bounce the moon
Just like a toy balloon.
You and I
Are just like a couple of tots,
Running across the meadow,
Picking up lots of forget-me-nots.
You make me feel so young,
You make me feel there are songs to be sung,
Bells to be rung,
And a wonderful fling should be flung.
And even when I’m old and gray
I’m going to feel the way I do today,
’Cause, you make me feel so young.
(Instrumental)
You and I
Are just like a couple of tots,
Running across the meadow,
Picking up lots of forget-me-nots.
’Cause you make me young,
Give me songs to be sung,
Feel like bells should be rung,
And a wonderful fling to be flung.
And even when I’m old and gray
I’m gonna feel the way I do today,
’Cause, you make me feel so,
You make me feel so,
You make me feel,
I feel so young.
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(a) In what key is the music at the beginning of the song?
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(b) Explain how the vocal melody in bar 1 to bar 8 is constructed.
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(c) What device is played by the bass from bar 17 to bar 20 ( 0’46” to 0’52”)?
A cadence
B pedal
C riff
D sequence
Your answer
[1]
(d) Identify two features of the tonality in the instrumental section from 1’23” to 1’48”.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................
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[2]
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(e) The second time ( 1’59’’), Manilow sings bar 23 to bar 24 as an ascending scale.
If bar 23 is ‘A’ and bar 24 is ‘B’, which combination of A and B matches what he sings on the
recording? Write your two answers below.
A1 B1
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A2 B2
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A3 B3
.
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A4 B4
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me - nots, 'Cause
Your answers ............................................................................................................................. [2]
(f) Explain Manilow’s treatment of the melody at the end of the song (from bar 25, 2’03”).
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QUESTION PAPER and MARK SCHEME
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 9 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Music
H543/05 Listening and appraising
*185 3 2 755 45 *
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
You must have:
• the Insert (inside this document)
• the music tracks ( Tracks 1–4)
• playback facilities with headphones
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions in Sections A and B.
• Answer two questions in total in Section C from two different Areas of Study.
• If you have music examples as part of your answer, use the music manuscript page at
the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 120.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/8242/8] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (SL) 351064/3 Turn over
, 2
Tracks 1–4 are the music extracts for Section A and Section B. You can listen to them as many
times as you like.
Section A
1 Track 1 is a recording from Area of Study 2: Popular Song: Blues, Jazz, Swing and Big Band.
The extract is ‘You Make Me Feel So Young’ by Josef Myrow & Mack Gordon. The singer is Barry
Manilow, recorded in 1998.
A lead sheet of the song is provided: Extract 1 in the Insert.
The lyrics sung on the recording are below:
You make me feel so young,
You make me feel so spring has sprung,
And ev’ry time I see you grin,
I’m such a happy individual.
The moment that you speak,
I wanna go play hide and seek,
I wanna go and bounce the moon
Just like a toy balloon.
You and I
Are just like a couple of tots,
Running across the meadow,
Picking up lots of forget-me-nots.
You make me feel so young,
You make me feel there are songs to be sung,
Bells to be rung,
And a wonderful fling should be flung.
And even when I’m old and gray
I’m going to feel the way I do today,
’Cause, you make me feel so young.
(Instrumental)
You and I
Are just like a couple of tots,
Running across the meadow,
Picking up lots of forget-me-nots.
’Cause you make me young,
Give me songs to be sung,
Feel like bells should be rung,
And a wonderful fling to be flung.
And even when I’m old and gray
I’m gonna feel the way I do today,
’Cause, you make me feel so,
You make me feel so,
You make me feel,
I feel so young.
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(a) In what key is the music at the beginning of the song?
. ................................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) Explain how the vocal melody in bar 1 to bar 8 is constructed.
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
. ................................................................................................................................................. [3]
(c) What device is played by the bass from bar 17 to bar 20 ( 0’46” to 0’52”)?
A cadence
B pedal
C riff
D sequence
Your answer
[1]
(d) Identify two features of the tonality in the instrumental section from 1’23” to 1’48”.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
[2]
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(e) The second time ( 1’59’’), Manilow sings bar 23 to bar 24 as an ascending scale.
If bar 23 is ‘A’ and bar 24 is ‘B’, which combination of A and B matches what he sings on the
recording? Write your two answers below.
A1 B1
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A2 B2
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A3 B3
.
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me- nots, 'Cause
A4 B4
Pick - ing up lots of for - get - me - nots, 'Cause
Your answers ............................................................................................................................. [2]
(f) Explain Manilow’s treatment of the melody at the end of the song (from bar 25, 2’03”).
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