Featuring Copland 'Billy the Kid' and 'Rodeo', Reich 'Music for Pieces of Wood' and Adams 'Harmonium'. Questions focus on the elements, context and musical language associated with the music of these composers.
Featuring Bartók 'Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra' and the 'Concerto for Orchestra', and Kodály 'Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song' and 'Dances of Galánta'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, characteristics of folk music, and features of 20th century orchestral writing found in the works of the two composers.
Featuring music by Emmet Cohen, Joy Brown, Tyreek McDole, Summer Camargo, Memphis Minnie and Dinah Washington. Questions focus on texture and sonority but cover all musical elements, and include opportunities to practise pitch and rhythm identification.
Featuring music by Sippie Wallace, Memphis Minnie, Dinah Washington and Louis Jordan. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with The Blues.
Featuring music by Soulsha, Laufey, Barbatuques and Courtney Pine. Questions focus on the identification of elements, devices, characteristics and musical language associated with a range of fusions.
Featuring four extracts of music by Soulsha, Laufey, Lady Gaga, and Courtney Pine. Questions focus on the identification of elements, compositional devices and characteristics of styles and genres in this AOS. All four questions feature melodic and rhythmic dictation or identification exercises.
Featuring music by Soulsha, Laufey, Balkan Paradise Orchestra and Courtney Pine. Questions focus on the identification of elements, in particular - timbral combinations, alongside opportunities to practise pitch and rhythm identification.
Featuring four extracts of music by the Balkan Paradise Orchestra, Laufey, Kasiva Mutua and Amjad Ali Khan. Questions focus on the identification of elements, and characteristics of musical genres and traditions, as well as providing opportunities to practise rhythm recognition.
Featuring four extracts of songs by Burt Bacharach, Charles Fox, George Michael and Cyndi Lauper. Questions focus on the identification of musical features and devices characteristic of the genre, as well as providing opportunities to practise score reading, pitch and rhythm recognition, and melodic dictation.
Featuring four extracts of music by Lloyd Webber, Loesser, Bareilles and Sondheim. Questions focus on the identification of elements, compositional devices and characteristics of the genre. Three of the four questions feature melodic and rhythmic dictation, and score reading.
