Exam style practice question, opening paragraph material, links to articles, performance footage and a wider listening playlist.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring texture, structure (ostinato), articulation (legato), a cappella, syncopation, dynamics, idiomatic writing (drum fill), naming pitches, key signature - F# and C#, stepwise motion, role of specific timbres and rhythmic patterns.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring texture, rhythmic device (dotted), structure, tempo terms in Italian, describing melodic shape and word setting (major, scalic, triadic, melismatic, conjunct), degrees of the scale (tonic, dominant, subdominant), metre, tonality (major or minor).
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring triads, melody and intervals, phrase, major and minor harmony, major and minor tonalities, orchestral, choral and brass timbres, using bar numbers to locate features, rhythm spotting and ensemble groupings.
Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring tempo, melody, choir, orchestra, a cappella, solo, soprano and bass voices, stave, timbre, pulse - notes on a line, identifying the highest pitch.
Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring tempo, dynamics, instrumental families, melody, rhythm, treble stave - notes in a space, crotchet and quaver note values, timbre, texture and pulse.
Scales, degrees of the scale, triads, keys and the circle of 5ths.
