GCSE Music Elements Tests

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on texture, rhythmic devices, phrasing, cadences, metre, pulse, timbre, tonality, texture, melodic recognition, melodic dictation, melodic description, comparison question.

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on rhythmic devices, rhythm identification, note value recognition, location in bars, number of pitches in a melody, melodic dictation, melodic devices, melodic description, guitar techniques, timbre recognition, period and genre recognition, ornamentation, tonality, tempo in Italian.

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on melodic recognition, timbre, rhythmic devices, playing techniques, texture, ensemble groupings, description of an accompaniment, voice types, tonality, key, metre, features typical of a period, comparison question.

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on rhythm and pitch recognition, woodwind playing techniques, rhythmic devices, instrumental roles in an ensemble, string and percussion timbres, metre, keys, cadences, modulation, ornamentation, scale types.