QCE MusicPractice Examination 8

This paper covers

• Fear and suspense
• Tension through pedal, cluster and dissonance
• Silence, rests and unpredictable rhythm
• Extended string techniques
• Analysing relationships between elements
• Q1 'The Cellar Door' (horror film cue): harmonics, col legno, aleatoric swarm and a widening cluster
• Q2 'Something Follows' (adaptive survival-game cue): layered threat, 7/8 chase and Phrygian ostinato
• Q3 'Nightwalk' (operatic scena): parlando, diminished-seventh harmony and a chromatic melisma

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.