NATIONAL 5 PRELIM REVISION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
•Identify and distinguish
between music concepts in
excerpts of music
•Identify and understand
the meaning of music signs,
symbols and terms
STYLES & FORMS
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BAROQUE Harpsichord, Strings, Recorders
CLASSICAL Alberti Bass, Strings,
ROMANTIC Expression, Rubato
Give 2 reasons for
ATONAL C20th, no key
each concept as to
JAZZ Syncopation, Swing, Scat
why you would know
INDIAN Tabla, Sitar
you were listening to
Syncopation, Vamp, Piano
RAGTIME
that particular style
LATIN AMERICAN
Syncopation, Percussion
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STYLES
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LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING
EXCERPTS OF MUSIC AND
IDENTIFY THE STYLE
BAROQUE
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC
ATONAL
JAZZ
INDIAN
RAGTIME
LATIN AMERICAN
1
2
3
4
5
Give 2 reasons for your answer
INSTRUMENTAL
CONSIDER ANSWERS FOR
THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS……
THERE MAY BE MORE THAN 1
POSSIBLE ANSWER.
What is the
technique heard
by the
trumpets?
Name the string
playing
technique?
Rolling your R’s
•ARCO With bow
•FLUTTER TONGUING
•PIZZICATO
•FANFARE
Plucked
•DOUBLE STOPPING
Trumpet flourish
2 or more notes
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THESE 5
CONCEPTS?
INSTRUMENTAL
 WATCH
THE MGM OVERTURE
AND LISTEN OUT FOR ALL
THE DIFFERENT PLAYING
TECHNIQUES
CONCERTO OR SYMPHONY
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Can you remember the difference
between a concerto & symphony?
Solo instrument
accompanied by orchestra
CADENZA
The section within a concerto
where the orchestra stops
playing and the soloist shows
off
Work for orchestra
Are you listening to a
symphony or concerto?
Name the solo instrument of a
concerto
1
2
3
4
5
VOCAL
A solo song
Singing the same notes
One note per syllable
ARIA OR RECITATIVE Rhythm of speech
 UNISON OR HARMONY Singing different notes
SYLLABIC OR MELISMATIC
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Many notes per syllable
DESCRIBE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EACH PAIR OF CONCEPTS
IN THE BOX ABOVE
Now listen to musical examples
and identify the concept.
Now listen to musical examples
and identify the concept.
VOCAL
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A solo song
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Singing the same notes
ARIA OR RECITATIVE
Rhythm of speech
UNISON OR HARMONY Singing different notes
Many notes per syllable
One note per syllable
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SYLLABIC OR MELISMATIC
MORE VOCAL CONCEPTS
STRUCTURE
STYLES
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GAELIC PSALM
SCAT SINGING
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DESCANT
STROPHIC
Descant
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FOUR
CONCEPTS?
SCOTTISH CONCEPTS
INSTRUMENTS
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Bagpipes
SCOTTISH DANCES
Reel
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Clarsach
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Jig
Listen &
identify the
Scottish dance
Waltz
Which Scottish dance is the only dance in compound time?
SIMPLE & COMPOUND TIME
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How would you recognise the difference
between simple & compound time in an
extract of music?
divide
LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING Beats
into 2
EXTRACTS AND DECIDE
WHETHER THEY ARE SIMPLE OR
COMPOUND TIME
Beats
divide into
Click here
STRUCTURE & FORM
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BINARY Form
AB
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TERNARY Form
ABA
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RONDO Form
Each letter represents
a different / new
section of music.
To determine the
structure you must
listen for the return of
the first section.
ABACADA
Now listen to some of last years soundation structures and decide
whether they are BINARY / TERNARY OR RONDO FORM
STRUCTURE
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ALBERTI BASS
Uses notes of a chord in a pattern
Low – high – middle - high
TASK
On your keyboards try to perform an alberti bass pattern using
notes of a C chord, a G chord and an F chord
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OSTINATO
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RIFF
A repeated pattern (melodic or rhythmic)
A repeated pattern in the bass
Put the correct definition
with the correct scale
SCALES
HAPPY & CHEERY SOUND
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MAJOR SCALE
MINOR SCALE
PENTATONIC
SCALE
BLUES SCALE
CHROMATIC SCALE
ANY 5 NOTE SCALE (Particularly
used in Scottish & Celtic music)
NOTES WHICH MOVE BY A
SEMITONE (every note on keyboard)
USED IN BLUES & JAZZ
MUSIC
A SAD FEEL
A cadence consists of
two chords at the end of
a phrase
CADENCES
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PUNCTUATION MARKS IN MUSIC
PERFECT CADENCE
A musical full stop
IMPERFECT CADENCE
A musical comma
TEXTURE
What 2 musical concepts are used to describe texture?
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HOMOPHONIC
Same
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Many
Where all the parts play a similar rhythm
at the same time
Sounds
POLYPHONIC
Sounds
Homophonic or Polyphonic?
Two or more musical lines which weave
independently of each other
RHYTHM
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time signature can be classified as
simple or compound time
How would you
describe the difference
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SIMPLE OR COMPOUND
LISTEN TO THE
FOLLOWING EXTRACTS
AND DECIDE WHETHER
THEY ARE SIMPLE OR
COMPOUND TIME
SIMPLE
Pulse can be divided
into 2
COMPOUND
Pulse can be divided
into 3
RHYTHM
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CROSS RHYTHMS
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SYNCOPATION
TEMPO
ADAGIO
ANDANTE
ALLEGRO
SLOW
WALKING PACE
FAST
What concepts
are used to
describe tempo?
CHANGE IN TEMPO
ACCELERANDO
What two
concepts are used
to describe a
change in tempo?
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To get faster
RALLENTANDO
To slow down
MELODIC CONCEPTS
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IMITATION
REPETITION
SEQUENCE
TRILLS
GRACE NOTES
GLISSANDO