Candidate 2

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).

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.

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)

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)

The candidate was awarded 0 marks because:

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.