Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring rhythm (anacrusis, dotted), bar counting, movement between tonic and dominant chords by ear, timbre identification.
Focus: Developing students' understanding of texture, in particular - homophony, canon and polyphony. Improvising, arranging and rehearsing exercises, focusing on the manipulation of compositional devices, and the development and deployment of short melodic motifs over chordal and bass ostinati. Resources include teaching materials, student exercises, progress and assessment tools, 'do now' tasks and supporting teacher notes.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring degrees of the scale, metre, harmonic devices (pedal note), anacrusis, texture (unison, melody and accompaniment), articulation (legato, staccato, pizzicato).
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring the string quartet, rhythm (triplet, dotted), dynamics (crescendo), metre, tempo (rall), naming pitch on stave, playing techniques (pizzicato and arco), ensemble groupings and roles.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring texture (melody and accompaniment), extension chords, melodic range, tempo, rhythm (on and off beat), recognising rhythmic patterns and beat location by ear.
Questions on chord progressions, metre, texture, timbre, rhythmic recognition, ornamentation, tonality, texture, rhythmic devices, intervals, structures, keys, cadences, types of scale
Questions on rhythm, intervals, tonality, compositional devices, phrase structures, dynamics, texture, cadences, tonality, metre, deployment of forces, Baroque characteristics and genres
