MUSIC Details of exam Pupils will be given one hour to complete an online test. The test will feature a series of theory and listening activities relating to the schemes of work covered by the pupils this academic year.
Topics to revise Elements of Music • • •
Pitch, dynamics, timbre, structure, texture, tempo, duration/rhythm. Understanding the vocabulary associated with each element Be able to recognise aurally, how these elements are used in different ways
Instruments of the Orchestra • • •
The main instrumental families: strings; woodwind; brass; percussion (including tuned and untuned percussion, *single and double reed instruments) Be able to identify or recognise the tone colour of each instrument Understand how instruments use different techniques, such as bowed or plucked strings, muted or unmuted brass, single and double reed in
Rhythm and Pulse • • •
Note values and rests: crotchets, quavers, semiquavers *triplets, tied notes Reading simple rhythms with three or four beats in a bar Be able to write a short rhythmic pattern using rhythmic notation
Pitch and Notation • • •
Recognise the notes on a treble clef *and bass clef staff *Be able to confidently read ledger lines and identify higher/lower notes Read short patterns on the treble clef staff
. *Denotes extension activities
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