Questions on playing techniques, describing melodic shapes, degrees of the scale, pitch, intervals, structure, rhythmic and harmonic devices, Italian terms for tempo, dynamics, orchestration
Focus: Connecting melody with simple harmonic frameworks and the role of the bass line. There’s also a rhythmic focus on the syncopated character of Calypso melodies, the skank rhythms of Ska, and bass lines of Reggae. Hands-on exercises in performing, improvising, composing and analytical listening. Resources include teaching materials, student exercises, progress and assessment tools, 'do now' tasks and supporting teacher notes.
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: reverb, ambience, delay, slap back echo, chorus, EQ, filter sweep, overdubbing, ADT, varispeed, reverse. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: dotted, lombardic, syncopation, triplet, shuffle, swung, anacrusis, polyrhythm, crossrhythm, augmentation, diminution, hemiola. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring rhythmic devices (on and off beat, swung rhythm), texture (call and response, unison), scale types (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic).
Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: step, leap, conjunct, disjunct, scalic, triadic, arpeggiaic, rising, falling, ascending and descending sequences, repetition, range. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring solo and unison textures, crotchet and minim note values, instrumental families, piano and forte dynamics, stave - notes on a line, phrase, timbre, pitch and pulse.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring texture (unison, melody and accompaniment), rhythm section forces, playing techniques (note bending), rhythm (swung beat, triplets), instrumental roles, open question (describe) on rhythm.
