Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style practice question 5, with embedded video, guidance on preparation, writing style, essay structure, and a playlist made up of pertinent 'wider listening' reference materials
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
The use of unaccented passing notes (UPN), accented passing notes (APN), auxiliary notes (AUX), suspensions (9-8, 7-6, 4-3) and harmony notes, in generating quaver movement, creating beautiful bass lines, and dissonance.
Four examples of Bach's use of parallel 3rds, 6ths and 10ths, followed by test 3.
Eight examples of how Bach harmonises the material leading up to an imperfect cadence, followed by a two phrase exercise to try out a few patterns.
Questions on texture, rhythmic devices, phrasing, cadences, metre, pulse, timbre, tonality, texture, melodic recognition, melodic dictation, melodic description, comparison question.
Great progressions built from 2 or 3 chords. These exercises are to get students used to the idea that they’re going to find themselves with knotty problems that need unravelling, re-working and rethinking. It’s also to get them recognising that each phrase connects with the one before and after it. No phrase is an island. Horizontal thinking is just as important as vertical thinking. There's a lot to consider, even when you’re just using primary triads.
Rooty progressions and same chord inversions. Three progressions that explore root chord progressions, adjacent root position chords and adjacent root and first inversions of the same chord.
