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QCE MusicPractice Examination 4

Reading time15 minutes
Writing time2 hours
Total marks90
Questions3
StructureSection 1 — 3 Q, 90 marks

This paper covers

  • Depicting the natural environment
  • Texture and timbre as word painting in sound
  • Wave-like melodic contour and dynamics
  • Modal colour and unresolved harmony
  • Aural evidence of unscored sounds
  • Original stimuli: orchestral tone poem, alternative-rock song, didgeridoo with strings and fixed media
  • Canon and retrograde as structural images

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.

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QCE Music Practice Examination 4