Featuring Chopin 'Marzurka in Am op.59', and 'Nocturne no.8 in Db op.27', Robert Schumann 'Kinderszenen op.15' and 'Fantasiestücke op.12'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, context and musical language associated with the music of both composers and the Romantic period.
Featuring four extracts of Romantic period works by Schubert, Dvořák, Bruch and Tchaikovsky. Questions cover all musical elements including the identification of musical forms and devices characteristic of the period, as well as providing opportunities to practise melodic dictation and score reading.
Featuring four extracts of concerti by Brahms, Rachmaninov, Dvořák and Bruch. Questions focus on the identification of musical features and devices characteristic of the period and genre, as well as providing opportunities to practise score reading, pitch recognition and melodic dictation.
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, covering key aspects of Greek, Palestinian and Israeli Folk Musics. Thumbprints of each style explored in relation to the elements, alongside aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Ensemble rehearsing and performing tasks provide students with hands-on experience of additive rhythms and Arabic rhythmic cycles. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.
One way of exploring consonance and dissonance
Featuring Mozart 'Symphony no. 29', Beethoven 'Symphony no. 7', Haydn 'Symphony no. 82', and Beethoven 'Coriolan Overture'. Questions focus on the identification of the elements, context and musical language associated with both genres in the Classical period.
Featuring four extracts of solo piano works from the Classical and early Romantic periods by Beethoven, Field and Schubert. Questions focus on the identification of elements and devices characteristic of the period, with all four questions featuring melodic and rhythmic dictation exercises.
Featuring four extracts of Classical works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Questions cover all musical elements including the identification of musical forms and devices characteristic of the period, as well as providing opportunities to practise melodic dictation and score reading.
Featuing four extracts of Classical concerti by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Questions focus on the identification of musical features and devices characteristic of the period and genre, as well as providing opportunities to practise score reading and melodic dictation.
Featuring four extracts of Baroque works by J.S. Bach, Handel and Corelli. Questions cover all musical elements including the identification of musical forms and devices characteristic of the period, as well as providing opportunities to practise melodic dictation and score reading.
