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
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.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
