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In order to effectively prepare for your Listening and Appraising exam you must practise your listening skills on a regular basis. You need to know all of the associated terms for the musical elements of dynamics, rhythm, structure, melody, timbre (sonority), texture, harmony, tonality, phrasing and articulation.
Knowing and being able to define these terms is not good enough. You must be able to identify them when listening to music.
The simple flowchart below shows the looping process of practice that you should follow:
Listening and Appraising Section A (unfamiliar music)
“Students must be able to listen attentively to unfamiliar music from all four areas of study to identify and accurately describe musical elements, musical contexts and use musical language (including staff notation).
There are four areas of study:
Western classical tradition 1650–1910
Popular music
Traditional music
Western classical tradition since 1910.”
Useful Links:
Past Papers (Old Specification)
Past Papers 2018-2022 (Old Set Works)
Listening and Appraising Section B (familiar music)
“For two areas of study , students must also be able to critically appraise the music from the specified study pieces using knowledge and understanding of:
the effect of audience, time and place on how the study pieces were created, developed and performed
how and why the music across the selected areas of study has changed over time
how the composer’s purpose and intention for the study pieces is reflected in their use of musical elements
relevant musical vocabulary and terminology for the study pieces.”
The two study pieces are:
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, 3rd movement, Rondo
Paul Simon: Graceland album – the following tracks:
Graceland
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al
Useful links:
Mozart Set Work Teaching Guide.pdf
NEW - AQA-8271-TEACHER-GUIDE_AOS3 (1).PDF
Suggested revision guides:
http://www.rhinegoldeducation.co.uk/product/edexcel-gcse-music-revision-guide/
http://www.rhinegoldeducation.co.uk/product/aqa-gcse-music-listening-tests/
All resources and individual lessons are available through Google Classroom. Ask your teacher if there is anything you can’t find or if you need more material.
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