


Question 1
The candidate was awarded 3 marks because:
- Skiffle is not the correct answer for part (a)
- 1960s, Electronica and Instrumental Break are the correct answers for parts (b) to (d).
Question 2
The candidate was awarded 2 marks because:
- Reverb is not the correct answer for part (a)
- Synthesiser is the correct answer for part (b).
- Condenser microphone is also the correct answer for part (c) (i).
- Uni directional is incorrect for part (c) (ii)
- “12 feet from the instrument” is not acceptable for part (c ) (iii) to be awarded 1 mark.
Question 3
The candidate was awarded 4 marks because:
- Synth Pop is the correct answer for part (a).
- Synthesiser is one correct answer for part (b), however “vocals” is not acceptable as a production feature for synth pop. The candidate was awarded 1 mark for part (b).
- Punk is the correct answer for part (c), however Major is not the correct answer for the tonality
- Electric Guitar is the correct answer for parts (d)
- Low EQ Boost is not the correct answer for part (e)
Question 4
The candidate was awarded 0 marks because:
- Country is not the correct answer for part (a) (i)
- 4/4 is not the correct answer for part (a) (ii)
- “Edit track in a later stage” and “use on-stage/live guitar distorter” are not acceptable answers for part (b)
Question 5
The candidate was awarded 0 marks because:
- All answers were incorrect and the candidate was awarded 0 marks in total.
Question 6
The candidate was awarded 2 marks because:
- In part (a) the candidate correctly identified the Piano/Reverb in version 2 and the candidate was awarded 1 mark.
- All other instruments and the effects/panning applied were incorrect
- Major is the correct answer for part (b) and was awarded 1 mark.
Total Mark: 11 out of 30