AQA GCSE Music listening and appraising overview quiz quiz

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Guess who the composer might be first

Only ever listen to the main melody line

Write down absolutely everything that you feel

Work through the musical elements one by one

A simplified printed version of the music to read from

A full and complete orchestral score for every instrument

A printed list showing the dynamics only

An audio recording of the whole extract

Diminuendo

Crescendo

Staccato

Legato

One long sentence covering everything

Only describe how the music personally makes you feel inside

Name the feature, locate it and explain its effect

List as many instruments as possible

To save time by describing the first piece only and then moving on quickly

Because the elements do not matter

To avoid using technical vocabulary

To keep the answer balanced and cover both pieces fairly

Whereas

Similarly

Both

Likewise

A harpsichord and terraced dynamics

A drum kit, electric guitar and verse and chorus structure

A sitar and tabla playing over a sustained drone in a raga

Atonal dissonance and a tone row

Essay, multiple choice and oral

Performance, composition and a written listening diary task

Short questions, dictation and extended responses

True or false, matching and gap fill

It sounds happy and quite nice, with a cheerful feel that most people in the room would probably enjoy hearing

The texture is homophonic, with a melody and chordal accompaniment, typical of the Classical period

There is a lot going on

I like the instruments used

Only the similarities that can be found between the two pieces

Only the differences between the pieces

A description of just one piece

Both similarities and differences, across several elements