Edexcel a level music question paper 3 june 2023 + mark scheme

Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2023 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Music (9MU0) Component 3: AppraisingEdexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at or . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: Summer 2023 Question Paper Log Number 70890 Publications Code 9MU0_03_2306_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2023General marking guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Brackets around parts of words/phrases in this mark scheme indicate the possible additional words/phrases candidates may write as their answer. They must not be awarded twice for an answer relating to one bullet point. Marks must not be awarded twice for an answer relating to one bullet point, unless it specifically allows for additional marks to be awarded, normally for additional points of information. • Where a word is underlined, that word must be included in the answer to be awarded a mark for that point. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed-out work should be marked unless the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. How to award marks for the levels based mark scheme (Questions 5 and 6) For all questions marked using a Levels Based Mark Scheme, examiners should pay particular attention to the initial rubric which precedes the indicative content section. This rubric details the Assessment Objective and where applicable strand emphasis that should be applied when making judgements within each band. Finding the right level The first stage is to decide which level the answer should be placed in. To do this, use a ‘best-fit’ approach, deciding which level most closely describes the quality of the answer. Answers can display characteristics from more than one level, and where this happens examiners must use their professional judgement to decide which level is most appropriate. Placing a mark within a level After a level has been decided on, the next stage is to decide on the mark within the level. The instructions below tell you how to reward responses within a level. However, where a level has specific guidance about how to place an answer within a level, always follow that guidance.Examiners should be prepared to use the full range of marks available in a level. Examiners should start at the top of the level and then move down through the level to find the best mark. To do this, they should take into account how far the answer meets the requirements of the level: • If it meets the requirements fully, markers should be prepared to award full marks within the level. The top mark in the level is used for answers that are as good as can realistically be expected within that level • The middle marks of the level are used for answers that have a reasonable match to the descriptor. This might represent a balance between some characteristics of the level that are fully met and others that are only barely met. • If it only barely meets the requirements of the level, markers should consider awarding marks at the bottom of the level. The bottom mark in the level is used for answers that are the weakest that can be expected within that levelSECTION A J. S. Bach, Cantata, Ein feste Burg, BWV 80: Movement 1 CD Track 1: 2.38 – 3.30 Bars 60 - 82 Question Number Answer Mark 1(a) A, D and G are the correct answers A Bass voice (1) D Diatonic (1) G Syncopated (1) B is not correct because it is a diatonic melody C is not correct because there are no cross rhythms E is not correct because the leap is a 5th and not a 4th F is not correct because the leap is a 5th and not a 7th H is not correct because the voice is a bass and not tenor (3) Question Number Answer Mark 1(b) (Mainly) ascending (1) Conjunct / step / scale (1) Chromatic / semitones (1) Passing notes (1) Sequence (1) Starts half way through bar 1 (1) Crotchets / same note lengths (1)