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Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Higher UM May Revision 2: 3 days to Go! - Things They Ask About a Lot Part 2

There are 3 days to go until the Nat 5 Understanding Music paper on Friday 5th May.

Things They Ask About a Lot Part 2

Strophic
Through composed
Melismatic
Syllabic
Suspension
Walking bass
Alberti bass
‘Describe the tonality’ – major, minor, atonal
Gospel
String quartet
Chamber music
Obbligato
Passacaglia
‘Describe the texture’ – polyphonic, homophonic

‘Describe the form’ – AB (binary) ABA (ternary), rondo, theme and variations, middle 8


Some more things to know about -


If you are asked about the texture of a piece of music you are being asked if it is polyphonic or homophonic.

If you are asked about the tonality of a piece of music you are being asked if it is majorminoratonal or modal.

If you are asked to describe a playing technique, e.g. on a string instrument, the answer could be arcopizzicatoharmonicscon sordinotremolando.

On a brass instrument, a playing technique could be flutter tonguing (also possible on a flute) or con sordino (using a mute).

If you are asked to identify a type of scale, this could be major scaleharmonic minor scalemelodic minor scalepentatonic scalechromatic scale.

If you are asked to identify a type of chord, this could be major, minor, dominant 7thdiminished 7thadded 6th.

If you are asked to identify a cadence, this could be perfectplagalimperfect or interrupted

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