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GCSE
MUSIC
Component 1 Understanding Music
Wednesday 14 June 2026 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
You will not need any other materials.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. You may use pencil for music notation.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in Section A.
• Answer Question 09 in Section B.
• Answer one question from Questions 10 to 12 in Section B.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked.
Information
• The marks for questions (or part questions) are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 96.
• There will be suitable pauses for you to read and answer the questions.
For Examiner’s Use
Question Mark
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• You will be assessed on your ability to: TOTAL
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
• You have three minutes to read through the paper before the excerpts are played.
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