Haydn – The Clock Aural Skills (These require practice to

8 mark essay GCSE improve)

How does the music create the  Dictation (guessing/completing

sense of a clock? How is this
typical of classical? How is this Music 
the melody)
Cadences: finished or unfinished?
music balanced?  Instrument identification

The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper Album

Knowled 3 mark questions
 Tonality (major or minor?)

8 mark essay How is this music typical of… Extra Tasks

With a Little Help From My
Friends (happiness, rock song) Baroque? Rock? Pop?  Use teoria.com to practise aural
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Western Classical? Blues? Latin? skills
(music tech, psychedelia) Romantic? R’n’B? Reggae?  Choose your favourite songs and
Within You Without You (Indian Western Classical Since 1910? analyse them using the
music, fusion) Contemporary Folk? terminology below

Melody … Ostinato Rhythm Harmony Dynamics Texture Structure

Conjunct Ground bass Crotchet Major Pianissimo, piano Monophonic 12-bar blues
Disjunct Hook, riff Quaver Minor Mezzo piano/forte Homophonic Verse chorus
Scalic Melisma, syllabic Dotted rhythm Perfect cadence Forte/fortissimo Polyphonic form
Triadic 4/4, 3/4, 3/8, 6/8 Imperfect cadence Sforzando Melody & Symphony
Chromatic Shuffle beat Plagal cadence De/crescendo accompaniment ABA Ternary
Sequence Instrumentation
Upbeat/anacrusis Tierce de Picardie Octaves AB Binary
Distortion
Staccato Augmentation Consonant Unison A A1 A2 A3
Legato Reverb Tempo
Diminution Dissonant Call & response
Echo Lento, largo,
Glissando Syncopation Pedal A cappella
Ornament Double Tracking adagio
Backbeat Tonic (I) SATB (soprano,
Vibrato Andante,
Acciaccatura Dotted rhythms Dominant (V) alto, tenor,
Trill Falsetto moderato
Subdominant (IV) bass)
Pizzicato Allegro, vivace
Mordent
Trill Con arco Presto
Mute (brass)