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WACE Music Practice Exams with Worked Solutions
20 full-length papers · worked solutions for every question
The 20 practice exams inside the WACE Music Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.
- aural: modulation to the dominant and a swung rhythmic dictation
- theory: transposition for B flat clarinet
- unseen: Classical sonata exposition (string quartet)
- Identities: Marryuna and Gaelic Symphony
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody studio technology
- aural: chord progression chart in D major
- theory: alto clef and viola transposition
- unseen: big-band chart with swing and walking bass
- Identities: Young, Gifted and Black harmony and gospel heritage
- Innovations: Short Ride polyrhythm
- aural: melodic dictation with rubato in A minor
- theory: ninth chords and chord symbols
- unseen: film-score cue with ostinato and pedal
- Identities: all three Identities works
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha konnakol and tala
- aural: discrepancies in a brass fanfare
- theory: Roman numerals with inversions in E flat major
- unseen: musical-theatre number with tempo changes
- Identities: Gaelic Symphony sonata-form keys
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody form and opera section
- aural: intervals including the tritone
- theory: writing dorian and mixolydian modes
- unseen: progressive-rock excerpt linked to a designated work
- Identities: Marryuna verse/chorus contrast
- Innovations: Short Ride quartal harmony and synthesisers
- aural: compound-metre rhythmic dictation (6/8)
- theory: TAB and guitar chord symbols
- unseen: Romantic orchestral excerpt with folk influence
- Identities: Beach and Dvorak's call; Simone's sentiment
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha form and jazz features
- aural: tonality and modulation to the relative minor
- theory: transposition for horn in F
- unseen: jazz-influenced orchestral excerpt
- Identities: Marryuna yidaki and Yolngu language
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody metre and rhythm change
- aural: chord quality recognition (augmented, diminished, dominant 7th)
- theory: intervals to a ninth and enharmonics
- unseen: rondo-form Classical piano piece
- Identities: Young, Gifted and Black vibraphone, voicing and choir
- Innovations: Short Ride form map and motoric rhythm
- aural: melodic dictation in a major key, bass clef
- theory: rondo and theme-and-variations forms
- unseen: hip hop track with sampled loops
- Identities: identity types compared across the three works
- Innovations: innovation through technology across Queen and Adams
- aural: swing versus straight quavers in dictation
- theory: blues scale and 12-bar blues
- unseen: bebop head with extended chords
- Identities: Gaelic Symphony drone and folk tunes
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha India influence and call and response
- aural: discrepancies in a jazz piano reduction (missing tie, articulation, time signature)
- theory: harmonic and melodic minor scales
- unseen: sonata development section
- Identities: Marryuna chorus harmony in F minor
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody chromatic planing
- aural: irregular metre (5/4, 7/8) identification
- theory: transposition for E flat alto saxophone
- unseen: world-music excerpt with drone and cyclic rhythm
- Identities: Simone in the civil rights context
- Innovations: Short Ride imitation and cell construction
- aural: chord progression chart in A major with V7
- theory: chord inversions and primary/secondary triads
- unseen: Baroque concerto grosso
- Identities: Beach's exposition themes and orchestration
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha extended harmony and improvisation
- aural: aural analysis of timbre and techniques (pizzicato, harmonics, muted brass, distortion)
- theory: alto and tenor clef reading
- unseen: art song with word painting
- Identities: Young, Gifted and Black form and gospel IV-I
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody word painting and call and response
- aural: rhythmic dictation with semiquaver syncopation (funk)
- theory: scale degrees and technical names
- unseen: verse-chorus pop song in a PVG score
- Identities: Marryuna and the hip hop genre
- Innovations: Short Ride and minimalism with a large ensemble
- aural: modulation to the subdominant
- theory: signs and symbols (D.S. al coda, 1st and 2nd time bars)
- unseen: jazz ballad lead sheet with ii-V-I
- Identities: Gaelic Symphony recapitulation key choice
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha konnakol modified with pitch
- aural: tonality, dictation and discrepancies on an original hymn tune
- aural: melodic dictation with vibrato (voice)
- theory: compositional devices (augmentation, diminution, inversion)
- unseen: minimalist chamber piece with phasing patterns
- Identities: Young, Gifted and Black lyrics and meaning (described, not quoted at length)
- Innovations: Bohemian Rhapsody as a rhapsody
- unseen: fugal exposition for string quartet
- aural: interval recognition in a jazz standard-style melody
- theory: transposition for A clarinet
- unseen: video-game theme with synthesiser layers
- Identities: comparing cultural identity in Marryuna and the Gaelic Symphony
- Innovations: Short Ride rhythm innovation
- aural: jazz-waltz chord chart with secondary dominants
- aural: chord progression with vi and iii in G major
- theory: writing m7(b5) and major 9th chords
- unseen: Romantic piano character piece with rubato
- Identities: all three works through texture and timbre
- Innovations: comparing innovation across all three works
- theory: guitar TAB, capo and alto saxophone transposition
- aural: texture and form recognition (monophonic, polyphonic, 12-bar blues)
- theory: score order and instrument families
- unseen: theme and variations
- Identities: Simone's harmony and the relative minor
- Innovations: Tha Thin Tha and Short Ride compared on rhythm
- aural: jazz 12-bar blues chord chart and cadence recognition
Included in the WACE Music Mastery Pack
20 full-length practice exams with worked solutions, 20 revision notes, 64 practice questions and 200 flashcards.
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