Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring the pentatonic scale, tonality, families of instruments, playing techniques (tremolo), anacrusis, pentatonicism in context, anacrusis in context and 'rare breed' timbres.
Solo, monophonic, melody and accompaniment, unison, octaves, homophonic, tutti, question and answer, call and response, homorhythm, canon, strict counterpoint, imitation, polyphony, fugue
Four voices, but only three notes in a triad. Simple voicings of a root position chord, in 4 parts (SATB), over two staves.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring the note bend, metre, syncopation, woodwind timbres, note values (including tied notes), comparison of melodic movement, family of instruments and instrumental roles.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring texture (melody and accompaniment, solo), rhythm (syncopation), ostinato, note values, metre (compound), instrumental families, roles of specific timbres.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring rhythm (syncopation, triplet, onbeat, anacrusis), texture, dynamics, structure, harmony, root position and inverted chords, triads, rhythmic devices and patterns, timbres linked to role.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring note values (semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver) and identifying note lengths aurally, melodic movement (conjunct, disjunct), the purpose of tie marks in notation, chord types (major, minor), open question (describe) on tempo.
Developing musical thinking and reinforcing the fundamentals
Questions on melodic dictation, melodic description, rhythmic and harmonic devices, texture, dynamics, instrumental roles and playing techniques, timbre, ornamentation, key recognition, metre
