Music 8271/1 June 2021

AQA GCSE Music (8271) Jun 2021

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The exam paper covers musical understanding across the Western Classical Tradition (1650–1910), Popular Music, Traditional Music, and Western Classical Tradition since 1910. Topics include tonality, harmony, melody, rhythm, texture, dynamics, and sonority. Works by Haydn, The Beatles, Santana, and Copland are analyzed, emphasizing stylistic features, cultural influences, and compositional techniques. Key areas of focus include articulation, harmonic devices, rhythmic structures, and instrumentation. The paper assesses contextual understanding through questions on forms, chordal progressions, melodic patterns, and genre-specific elements. Keywords: Western Classical Tradition, Popular Music, Traditional Music, harmony, rhythm, Copland, Santana, The Beatles, Haydn, musical analysis.