Aural

This standard assesses how well you can hear various elements of music. These will includes aspects of harmony, melody, ryhthm, and general perception within the style of music. 

Demonstrate aural understanding involves a selection from each of the following:

• understanding of elements and expressive features (eg rhythm, pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, tonality, texture, harmony, form, style)

• understanding of structural/compositional devices used in constructing a piece of music (eg motif, phrase, sequence, repetition, variation, cadence)

• knowledge of simple and compound time signatures, treble and bass clefs, major and minor keys (harmonic, melodic, and natural minor) up to four sharps and four flats

• notating rhythmic and melodic phrases

• recognising chords in root position, of I, II, IV, V, V7, VI, the Isus4 and Vsus4 chords, and jazz/rock chord equivalents eg A♭, B♭m, D♭, E♭, E♭7, Fm, and the A♭sus4 and E♭sus4 chords, or E, F#m, A, B, B7, C#m and the Esus4.

Demonstrate in-depth aural understanding involves showing sound aural understanding through written representation.

Demonstrate comprehensive aural understanding involves integrating and sustaining aural perception through written representation.

This external assessment is worth 4 NCEA L2 Credits

This achievement standard involves integrating aural skills into written representation - being able to write and desribe what you hear and its effect. 

Integrate aural skills involves listening to a range of music in order to apply knowledge of elements and features through transcription and description.

Integrate aural skills securely involves listening to a range of music in order to apply knowledge of musical elements and features through transcription and explanation.

Integrate aural skills consistently involves listening to a range of music in order to apply knowledge of elements and features through transcription and analysis.

A range of musical styles refers to music from a variety of different cultural, historical and social contexts, ‘art’ music, popular, rock, jazz, ethnic, indigenous, folk, stage.

Traditional and contemporary forms of Māori music may be used for assessment against this standard.

Elements and features will be selected from those listed here

This external assessment is worth 4 NCEA L3 Credits