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GCE Musical Arts Education
Music 6020 revision covering listening, analysis, aural skills, composition and choral harmony, with notation described in words.
The papers
Paper 1
Listening and analysis
The held papers combine unprepared listening or reading tasks with prepared analysis. Answers identify musical features and explain them using short written responses; the sections differ between years.
Paper 2
Harmony and composing
Five tasks develop composition, arrangement, harmonisation and score analysis. The 2017 paper also asks for an attached project manuscript.
Paper 4
Aural tests
The 2016 file catalogued as P3 is printed as Paper 4, Aural Tests. Six compulsory tests cover rhythm, melody, intervals, cadences, chord progression and modulation; these practice tasks use written descriptions rather than audio.
Topics
How often each topic came up across the 5 GCE papers from 2016 to 2017 that we studied. Start with the topics that come up most.
- 1. Rhythm and Metre FreeIn 3 of 5 papers
- 2. Pitch and IntervalsIn 4 of 5 papers
- 3. Chords and CadencesIn 4 of 5 papers
- 4. Keys and ModulationIn 4 of 5 papers
- 5. Melody Writing and Word SettingIn 2 of 5 papers
- 6. Choral Arrangement and Voice LeadingIn 2 of 5 papers
- 7. Form and Score AnalysisIn 4 of 5 papers
- 8. Listening Styles and InstrumentsIn 2 of 5 papers
Bright Minds practice questions in the GCE style, not official ECZ examination questions.