CCEA AS-Level Music 7010 Past Papers

CCEA GCE AS Music Unit AS 3 Paper 2 (SMU32) is a 2-hour, 70-mark written examination assessing score reading, harmonic analysis, and detailed analytical essay writing across set and unfamiliar works. Section A tests the prescribed orchestral set work (Brahms' Violin Concerto, 3rd movt), Section B tests unfamiliar score analysis (Haydn String Quartet Op. 64 No. 5), Section C offers an extended response choice on Sacred Anthems (Gibbons vs Handel), and Section D tests Secular Musicals (Carousel vs Les Misérables). Harmonic precision (exact chord name and inversion) constitutes 23% of the total marks, while structured essay commentary forms over 42%.

The CCEA AS Level Music Unit AS 3 examination consists of two complementary papers totaling 140 marks: Paper 1 (Test of Aural Perception, 70 marks, 1 hour) and Paper 2 (Written Examination, 70 marks, 2 hours). Paper 1 assesses listening skills across both set works (Beethoven, Rutter, Rodgers & Hammerstein) and unfamiliar extracts (Dvořák, Handel), focusing on melodic dictation, cadence identification, harmonic recognition, modulation, and stylistic context. Paper 2 assesses in-depth score analysis via compulsory set work study (Mozart Symphony No. 39) and unfamiliar score reading (Haydn String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2), alongside two extended 15-mark essay questions chosen from Sacred Vocal Anthems (Mendelssohn/Handel) and Musicals (Bernstein/Kern).