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    EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE 2018

    MUSIC

    PART B – CONTEXTUAL MUSICAL ANALYSIS


    Question B-3 Electronic Dance Music (15 marks)

    1) Give three examples of musical techniques used in [3 marks]


    EDM and explain them briefly.

    2) Extracts 16, 17 and 18 are taken from EDM songs. [6 marks]


    Which EDM style sound do each of them represent?
    Track 16 Give reasons for your answer (Two main
    Duration: 1:51 characteristics each).

    Track 17 1) Track 16: Paul van Dyk (Germany) – I am


    Duration: 1:51 alive
    2) Track 17: Pendulum (Australia) – Hold your
    Track 18 colour
    Duration: 2:06 3) Track 18: Model 500 (USA) – No Ufo’s

    3) “House still has its heart in 70's disco” (Derrick May). [6 marks]

    What did electronic musician Derrick May mean by


    saying this?
    Drawing on the tracks 16-18, other EDM songs you
    know, and your knowledge of EDM, describe the
    musical influence of disco on House and other EDM
    styles.

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