Effects

Effects are often found in popular music, on the guitar. You need to be able to recognise the sound of each.
                         Chorus                                                                            Reverb

 

        Distortion

Instruments of the Orchestra

A short video to show the instruments that are used in an orchestra, and which section they are in.

Percussion Instruments

Please watch this video to gain an idea about percussion instruments in the orchestra

African Music

Listen to this podcast on African Music. The keywords have mainly been covered, but an understanding of this type of music is essential.

Indian Music

Listen to this podcast on Indian Music. It links into the keywords that you have already covered and an understanding of this type of music will help in the listening exam.

Time Signatures

Here is the podcast for Time Signatures. Compound Time and Simple Time

Dynamics podcast

Dynamics are explained here.

Rhythm and metre podcast

Rhythm and metre explained.....

Structure and Form podcast: through-composed, binary, ternary, strophic

Structure and Form podcast: through-composed, binary, ternary, strophic

Structure and Form podcast: rondo/theme+variations

Structure and Form podcast: rondo/theme+variations

What is a chord

This may be helpful understanding what a chord is.

Structure and Form

How different sections of a piece are organised.
Binary form: AB
Ternary form: ABA1
Rondo Form: ABACA
Song Form: verse, chorus, verse, chorus
Sonata Form: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation (extended ternary form)
Strophic: A, A, A
Call and Response: form for two or more performers. One performer will sing or play a musical phrase (Call); another performer or group of performers will sing or play a phrase in response
Theme and Variations: Variations on a musical statement/tune

Below are structure and form podcasts 1 & 2, these will test your knowledge of structure and form!

Listen to the extracts in each podcast, then using the sheet here match the extract with the musical form that describes it best

Here are the presentations from the lesson, for revision

Structure 1

Structure 2

Musical Devices

Here is a video that clearly explains the following keywords for melodic ornamentation: Imitation, Inversion, Sequence, Ostinato, Modulation.