AS Music Level EDEXCEL: 02/June/2015 (DURATION: 2HOURS)

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https://vimeo.com/album/3020143/video/124293103

found this on vimeo :biggrin:

Reply 27

jamesew

I am counting on getting all of the marks in every other section in this paper I u'd it last year :frown:

Reply 28

will grade boundaries goes down this year ?
because the boundaries in 2010 in obviously lower than other years :

A - 61
B - 54
C - same
D - "
E - "

Reply 29

Original post by RadioBlaBla

The last time these set works were used the only pieces to not come up were Tupelo Honey and Ohime Se Tanto Amate so I'm banking on one or both of them being a Section B question.

I rather hope tupelo honey come out as an listening question!

Reply 30

Original post by misainoue96

will grade boundaries goes down this year ?
because the boundaries in 2010 in obviously lower than other years :

A - 61
B - 54
C - same
D - "
E - "

Hard to tell at the moment, but looking at the grade boundaries over the years, they have increased with 68 to get an A last year (I think). :s-smilie:

I'm going to see what everyone else thinks of it to give a better overview of the boundaries :wink:

Good luck for tomorrow! :biggrin:

Reply 31

Original post by misainoue96

I rather hope tupelo honey come out as an listening question!

Same! Even though the sound of 'Compare and Contrast Tupelo Honey and Waterloo sunset sounds nice...' :smile:

I still want Tupelo Honey as the listening though, even though I'll get carried away listening to the song and most probably not write anything down! :tongue:

Good luck! :biggrin:

Reply 32

Original post by x1chloe1x

Hard to tell at the moment, but looking at the grade boundaries over the years, they have increased with 68 to get an A last year (I think). :s-smilie:

I'm going to see what everyone else thinks of it to give a better overview of the boundaries :wink:

Good luck for tomorrow! :biggrin:

Yea it was 68 but the pieces are all different to this year though.., maybe it's relatively easier or more straight forward?

How is your revise going ?
I didn't get any chance to practice the SATB questions omg

Section A is still the most scary one (for me )

Good luck to you too! :biggrin:

Reply 33

Original post by eddso

Predictions:

Section A: Poulenc and Van Morrison
Section B: Stylistic features = Bach, Compare the rhythm and harmony in Shostakovich with Mozart (not focusing on vocal for section B because more to learn haha)

I found that there is not much to talk about rhythm in Shostakovich's :s-smilie:

1. syncopation is uncommon
2. dotted rhythm occurs often
3. rhythmic augmentation

or is that enough ? haha

Bach's better not come out as an listening! it will kills everyone down..

Reply 34

Original post by misainoue96

Yea it was 68 but the pieces are all different to this year though.., maybe it's relatively easier or more straight forward?

How is your revise going ?
I didn't get any chance to practice the SATB questions omg

Section A is still the most scary one (for me )

Good luck to you too! :biggrin:

Might have been straight forward, or Edexcel hates us! Still, 68 seems ridiculously high, so I'm hoping that the boundaries are much lower this year. :s-smilie:

Revisions going OK, should've started earlier though; I'm most worried about section B, because I hate essays, and you have to remember all the bar number examples! :angry:

(You get an anthology next year though, which is a good thing I suppose)

Hopefully, Section A will be a nice set though as you find it not nice :wink:

Reply 35

ladybec

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How did everybody find that? :confused:

Reply 36

ohboyimscrewed

Pretty good, I found the Bach listening quite difficult, but The Lamb was relatively easy, the essays were a breeze and the first section of the chords and lines was easy too. I'm not so sure on the 4 part harmony, I used VI - Vb, II, IV, I in G minor with a tierce di picardie, but I should've used a V7 instead of the IV I think.

Reply 37

ladybec

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Original post by ohboyimscrewed

Pretty good, I found the Bach listening quite difficult, but The Lamb was relatively easy, the essays were a breeze and the first section of the chords and lines was easy too. I'm not so sure on the 4 part harmony, I used VI - Vb, II, IV, I in G minor with a tierce di picardie, but I should've used a V7 instead of the IV I think.

I think that should be alright... I did a plagal cadence too. As long as it's sensible I don't think they're very fussy about the type of cadence.

I thought it was a bit mean of them to have two minor questions, though.

Reply 38

ohboyimscrewed