Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style skeleton score questions and answers for Debussy 'Estampes' Pagodes
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, covering key aspects of the solo concerto, concerto grosso, the Baroque orchestra, individual period instruments, characteristics of concerti in relation to period, role of the continuo, characteristics of movements, modulation, texture, harmonic language, ornamentation and compositional devices. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Rehearsing and performing tasks enable students to get hands-on experience of handling canon and imitation in context. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of period and genre.
Teaching materials covering the use of live piano to accompany silent film, the first orchestral scores and sound effects, 'Micky-Mousing' in early animation, the lush Hollywood string sound of the 1950s, the first electronic instruments in film scores, programmatic writing, the influence of Jazz, and the first synthesised soundtracks. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Rehearsing and performing tasks enable students to get hands-on experience of 'Micky-Mousing'. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: forte, piano, the mezzos, the issimos, crescendo, diminuendo, sforzando, fortepiano. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
Four composition workshops with supporting analytical listening resources that focus on root note bass lines, using chord inversions to create melodic bass lines, pedal notes, bass ostinati, ground bass patterns, triadic bass lines, chromatic and elaborated bass lines.
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: major and minor triads, chord hierarchy in tonal schemes, dominant 7ths, diminished 7ths, harmonic rhythm. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted cadences, functional harmony, key relationships and the circle of 5ths in relation to key relationships. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
