Eduqas GCSE Music – 20 Quick Questions – AoS2 Music for Ensemble – Practice Paper / Mock Exam

AN END-OF-UNIT PRACTICE PAPER, COMPRESSED INTO ONE LESSON

A quick (55’) exam-practice sample assessment containing 20 separate pieces of music, that can be done within one (60’) lesson.

This paper focuses on Area of Study 2: Music for Ensemble, and includes essays, dictation and comparisons.

20 separate extracts of music covering all topics within Area of Study 2

• Jazz
• Blues
• Musical Theatre
• Chamber Music

Questions include:

• 3 Dictation questions
• 3 Comparison questions
• 3 Essay questions (1 x Jazz, 1 x Musical Theatre, 1 x Chamber Music)

Each question is worth five marks, rather than the usual 12, and contains shorter extracts, each played twice.

This is perfect as an end-of-unit assessment, to give students practice at exam questions, but testing them on just one Area of Study.

This TES bundle includes:

• PDF of all 20 Questions and Mark Scheme
• PDF of just the 20 Questions (in case you need to set these remotely)
• PDF of just the Mark Scheme (ditto)
• Information about accessing the audio

Extracts include music by Nina Simone, Tim Minchin, Billie Holiday, Haydn, Corelli, Jackie Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Japan, Alan Menken, Gerry Mulligan, LaVern Baker, and Shostakovich, Kurt Weill, and Rodgers & Hammerstein.

This would also work well for Year 10s, as an introduction to exam-style questioning.

A full, free audio file is available from the author.

Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!