•Exam Advice
•In Your Exam….
•In your exam, you will be played an extract of music.
•It will be clear which extract relates to each question and how many times you will hear it.
•You have to do the exam with the CD.
•You do not have to write in full sentences.
•DO NOT select more than one unless asked to and DO NOT write contrasting answers.
•Try every question
•Things You May Be Asked and Types of Questions
•Name the instrument heard ….
•Which of the following terms best describes …
•Name the cadence …
•What is the time signature?
•On which beat of the bar …
•What is the tonality …
•How does ??? Contrast with ???
•Things You May Be Asked and Types of Questions
•Which of the following matches the pitches and rhythm played …
•Describe the ??? chord and how it is played
•On the score fill in the missing notes …
•Name the effects used in the ….
•Describe what the ??? plays …
•What playing technique can be heard in the ???
•Things You May Be Asked and Types of Questions
•Which of the following can be heard …
•Name the instrument and the playing technique
•How many bars are there in …
•Name the chord used at each point …
•Comment on the music referring to …
•Which term best describes the …
•Things You May Be Asked and Types of Questions
•Which of the following can be heard in this excerpt?
•Name the ornament….
•Which of the following rhythms matches…
•Complete the following sentence….
•Which of the following best fits the form…
•Give two ways in which ??? contrasts with the one before
•Things You May Be Asked and Types of Questions
•How many times is the ??? played in this excerpt?
•Which Italian term best describes the tempo…
•REVISE
•Rhythm & Metre
•pulse
•simple & compound time
•regular, irregular, free
•augmentation, diminution, hemiola, cross-rhythm
•dotted rhythms, triplets, syncopation
•tempo, rubato
•polyrhythm, bi-rhythm
•drum fills
•Harmony
•diatonic, chromatic
•consonant, dissonant
•REVISE
•pedal, drone
•cadences: perfect, plagal, imperfect, interrupted, Tièrce de Picardie
•identification of major, minor and dominant seventh chords using Roman numerals /chord symbols
•Tonality
•tonal, major, minor, modal
•use and identification of key up to 4 sharps and 4 flats
•modulation:
•to dominant/subdominant in major or minor key
•to relative major or minor
•Texture
•harmonic/homophonic, polyphonic/contrapuntal
•imitative, canonic, layered
•unison, octaves, single melody line, melody with accompaniment, antiphonal
•Melody
•intervals within the octave
•conjunct, disjunct, triadic, broken chords, scalic, arpeggio
•passing notes, acciaccaturas, appoggiaturas
•blue notes
•diatonic, chromatic, pentatonic, whole tone, modal
•augmentation, diminution, sequence, inversion
•slide/glissando/portamento, ornamentation
•ostinato, riff
•phrasing, articulation
•pitch bend
•improvisation
•Timbre
•instruments and voices singly and in combination as found in music for solo instruments, concertos, chamber groups, pop and vocal music
•generic families of instruments as found in world music
•timbre, including the use of technology, synthesised and computer-generated sounds, sampling, and use of techniques such as reverb., distortion and chorus
•instrumental techniques including con arco/with a bow, pizzicato/plucked, con sordino/muted, double-stopping, tremolo/tremolando
•vocal techniques such as falsetto and vibrato
•Dynamics
•gradation of dynamics as follows:
•pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
•cresc., crescendo, dim., diminuendo
•sfz, sforzando
•‘hairpins’
•common signs, terms & symbols
•Structure & Form
•binary, ternary, call & response
•rondo, theme & variations, arch-shape
•sonata, minuet & trio, scherzo & trio
•strophic, through-composed, da capo aria, cyclic
•popular song forms
•ground bass, continuo, cadenza
