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Wednesday, 12 June 2013

A2 listening skills checklist


A2 Listening Skills

Use the right hand column to write explanations or examples

Cadences – perfect, imperfect, interrupted, plagal
 
Chords I, V, V7, V7d, IV
 
 
Inversions of chords: a b c
 
 
Cadential 6/4 Ic-V-I
 
Diminished 7th chord Bb+C#+E+G
 
Augmented 6th chord Ab+C+F# in key of C
 
Secondary 7th chord II#37 D7-G7-C
 
Sequence
 
Circle/cycle of 5ths
 
Pedal, tonic and dominant
 
imitation
 
canon
 
Ostinato
 
Riff
 
Hemiola
 
Augmentation/diminution
 
Appoggiatura (chromatic)
 
Passing note
 
Note of anticipation
 
Suspension
 
Dictation of melody/rhythm
 
Tonality
 
 
Modulation to dominant
 
 
Modulation to subdominant
 
 
Modulation to relative minor
 
 
Modulation to tonic minor
 
Modal tonality
 
Atonal tonality
 
Whole tone tonality
 
Bitonal tonality
 
Recognise instruments and techniques: pizzicato, arco, con sordino, double stopping, col legno
 
 
 
 
 
Homophonic/melody and accompaniment
 
Polyphonic
 
Unison
 
Playing in octaves
 
Monophonic
 
Ornamentation: trill, mordent, turn, portamento
 
 
Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 12/8, 5/4, 7/4
 
 
 
Intervals: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave, minor, major, perfect, diminished, augmented
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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