Below is a very short example of the type of
listening excerpt and questions you can purchase on the ABC Music Notes web
site.
Each excerpt includes several
questions with answers to help improve your listening skills in preparation
for your GCSE listening examination.
To hear the excerpt
click the treble clef and try to answer the questions below.
Click the clef
This very short
excerpt is
called Pastorale composed by Locatelli .
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to buy your own GCSE listening packs.
Sample Listening
Questions
Answer
the following 10 questions. Use
one worded answers or sentences where appropriate.
-
Describe
the tempo.
-
What
is the time signature?
-
Which
instrumental family plays this excerpt?
-
Name
the solo instrument.
-
From
which period is this excerpt taken? Choose from the following - Renaissance, Baroque, Classical,
Romantic or 20th century.
-
Give
two reasons for your answer to question No.4.
-
At
the end of the first phrase - a) describe how the dynamics are
treated, b) name which ornament is being used,
and c) describe the
cadence.
-
What
is the name given to the melodic/harmonic device being used at the end of the excerpt?
-
What
happens to the key at the end? Does it - a) remain the same, b) fall, or c)
rise?
-
List
three ways in which the music reflects the happy, cheerful mood of the
song?
Answers
are available in the listening packs!
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