National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

Answer each question as instructed.

Choose a box to describe the type of cadence you hear.
1. Perfect Cadence
2. Imperfect cadence
3. Interrupeted cadence
4. Plagal cadence
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate a Cadence present and one in Column B to indicate a feature present in the music.

Column A
1. Perfect cadence
2. Imperfect cadence
3. Interrupted cadence
4. Plagal cadence
Column B
1. Descant
2. Counter melody
3. Coloratura
4. Melismatic
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate a chord present at the end of the excerpt and one in Column B to indicate a feature present in the singing.

Column A
1. Dominant 7th
2. Diminished 7th
3. Augmented chord
4. Added 6th
Column B
1. Contrapuntal
2. Polyphonic
3. Homophonic
4. A cappella
Choose a box to indicate the type of chord you hear.
1. Augmented
2. Dominant 7th
3. Diminished 7th
4. Added 6th
Type in the box provided the name of the type of chord you hear.
Type in the box provided the name of the type of chord you hear.
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate a cadence present and one in Column B to indicate a the type of composition.

Column A
1. Perfect cadence
2. Imperfect cadence
3. Interrupted cadence
4. Plagal cadence
Column B
1. Sonata
2. String quartet
3. Symphony
4. Madrigal
Type in the name of the chord you hear in this excerpt.
Choose only three features present in this excerpt.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Homophony
2. Polytonality
3. Dissonance
4. Impressionism
5. Nationalism
6. Romantic
7. Perfect cadence
8. Rubato
9. Irregular rhythms
Choose four features present in this excerpt.

Marking key:10/10 = 4 correct, 8/10 = 3 correct, 6/10 = 2 correct,4/10 = 1 correct, Less than 4/10 + 0 correct, an odd number like 9/10 = too many answers.
1. Lied
2. Air
3. Folk song
4. Counter tenor
5. Baritone
6. Tenor
7. Minor scale passages
8. Major scale passages
9. Homophony
10. Polytonality
Choose six features present in this excerpt. Choose no more than two concepts in any one column marked, Melody, Harmony, Timbre and Style.

Marking key:16/16 = 6 correct, 14/16 = 5 correct, 12/16 = 4 correct, 10/16 = 3 correct, 8/16 = 2 correct, 6/16 = 1 correct, Less than 6/16 = 0 correct, an odd number like 9/16 = too many answers.

Melody
1. Obbligato
2. Descant
3. Unison
4. Melismatic
Harmony
1. Plagal cadence
2. Interrupted cadence
3. Imperfect cadence
4. Suspension
Timbre
1. Tenor
2. Counter tenor
3. Baritone
4. Soprano
Style
1. Baroque
2. Classical
3. Romantic
4. 20th Century
Choose three features present in this excerpt.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Major
2. Minor
3. Modal
4. Anthem
5. Mass
6. Plainchant
7. Unison
8. Octaves
9. Harmony
Choose three features present in this excerpt.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Trill
2. Mordent
3. Appoggiatura
4. Turn
5. Inverted pedal
6. Ground bass
7. Alberti bass
8. Hemiola
9. Syncopation
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate the tonality present and one in Column B to indicate an ornament present in the music.

Column A
1. Turn
2. Trill
3. Mordent
4. Appoggiatura
Column B
1. Major
2. Minor
3. Whole tone
4. Pentatonic
Choose three features present in this excerpt.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Trill
2. Inverted pedal
3. Turn
4. Drone
5. Ghanaian
6. Gamelan
7. Sitar
8. Renaissance
9. Ground bass
Type in the name of the instrument you hear.
Choose two features present in this music.
1. Counter subject
2. Counter melody
3. Tritones
4. Augmented chords
5. Col legno
6. Con Sordino
7. Legato
8. Double stopping
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate a style present and one in Column B to indicate a feature present in the music.

Column A
1. Major
2. Whole tone
3. Tone row
4. Minor
Column B
1. Hemiola
2. Perfect cadence
3. Counter melody
4. Pedal
Choose two boxes, one in Column A to indicate a feature present and one in Column B to indicate the period of the music.
3024.mp3

Column A
1. Col legno
2. Pizzicato
3. Con sordino
4. Double stopping
Column B
1. Renaissance
2. Baroque
3. Classical
4. Romantic
Choose two features present in this excerpt.
1. A tempo
2. Rubato
3. Irregular meters
4. three against two
5. Whole tone
6. Impressionism
7. Neo-classical
8. Melismatic
Listen to the excerpt and choose a feature present in the music.
1. Diminuendo
2. Diminution
3. Aumented chord
4. Augmentation
Listen to this excerpt and place one tick to indicate the rhythm used and one to indicate the correct key signature. The excerpt is in A minor.
Place three ticks to identify features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Diminution
2. Augmentation
3. Inversion
4. 20th Century
5. Romantic
6. Rallentando
7. Accelerando
8. Legato
Listen to the excerpt and identify three features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Exposition
2. Cadenza
3. Coda
4. Renaissance
5. Classical
6. Romantic
7. Concerto
8. Opera
9. Oratorio
Choose six features present in the music. Choose no more than two features present in any section Melody, Harmony, Style and Timbre.

Marking key:16/16 = 6 correct, 14/16 = 5 correct, 12/16 = 4 correct, 10/16 = 3 correct, 8/16 = 2 correct, 6/16 = 1 correct, Less than 6/16 = 0 correct, an odd number like 9/16 = too many answers.

Melody
1. Trills
2. Turns
3. Microtones
4. Tritones
Harmony
1. Major key
2. Polytonality
3. Continuo
4. Added 6th chords
Style
1. Symphony
2. Concerto Grosso
3. Pavane
4. Suite
Form
1. Concertino
2. Episode
3. Cadenza
4. Coda
Listen to the excerpt and identify three features present in the music
3043b.mp3

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Romantic
2. Nationalistic
3. Impressionistic
4. Rallentando
5. Rubato
6. Hemiola
7. Mordents
8. Trills
9. Turns
Type in the name of the woodwind instruments playing at the start of this excerpt.
Listen to this excerpt and choose four features present in the music.

Marking key:10/10 = 4 correct, 8/10 = 3 correct, 6/10 = 2 correct,4/10 = 1 correct, Less than 4/10 + 0 correct, an odd number like 9/10 = too many answers.
1. Symphony
2. Sonata
3. Concerto
4. Rubato
5. Hemiola
6. Leitmotiv
7. three against two
8. Sequence
9. Neo-Classical
10. Late romantic
Listen to the excerpt and choose three features present.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Ground bass
2. Pedal
3. Riff
4. Unison or octaves
5. Cross rhythms
6. Irregular meters
7. Imitation
8. Salsa
9. Samba
Listen to the excerpt and type in the name of this style of music.
Listen to the excerpt and type in the name of this style of music.
Listen to this excerpt and identify three features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Tremolo
2. Delay
3. Vibrato
4. Pedal
5. Alberti Bass
6. Inverted pedal
7. Modulates to major
8. Modulates to minor
9. Aleatoric
Listen to the excerpt which begins in G minor. Choose the correct key signature below.
Listen to this excerpt two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate the style and one in Column B to indicate the most prominent ornament.

Column A
1. Pavane
2. Galliard
3. Air
4. Gigue
Column B
1. Turn
2. Trill
3. Acciaccatura
4. Mordent
Listen to the excerpt and type the name of the instrument in the space provided.
Listen to this excerpt two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate the style and one in Column B to indicate the most prominent ornament.

Column A
1. Pavane
2. Galliard
3. Air
4. Gigue
Column B
1. Turn
2. Trill
3. Acciaccatura
4. Mordent
Listen to this excerpt two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate the style and one in Column B to indicate the prominent cadence.

Column A
1. Renaissance
2. Baroque
3. Classical
4. Romantic
Column B
1. Perfect cadence
2. Plagal cadence
3. Imperfect cadence
4. Interrupted cadence
Listen to the excerpt and identify in Column A the period, in Column B the style of composition and in Column C the ornament use in the trumpet towards the end of the music.

Column A
1. Renaissance
2. Baroque
3. Classical
4. Romantic
Column B
1. Sonata
2. Madrigal
3. Mass
4. Overture
Column C
Listen to this excerpt and identify the style of music and a feature present.
1. Chorale prelude
2. Fugue
3. Sonata
4. Canon
5. Antiphonal
6. Hemiola
7. Homophony
8. Polyphony
Listen to the excerpt and then choose the style of music you hear and two other features present in the music
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Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Prelude
2. Air
3. Madrigal
4. Accelerando
5. Imitation
6. Sequence
7. Augmentation
8. Polytonality
Identify the prominent solo instrument near the beginning of this excerpt and type it's name in the space provided.
Listen to this excerpt which is in E minor and choose in Column A the correct version of the opening phrase, in Column B the correct key signature for the music and in Column C the correct time signature.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.

Column A
Column B
Column C
1. 2/4
2. 6/8
3. 3/4
4. 12/8
Listen to this excerpt and choose the correct tonality in Column A, the correct style of singing in Column B and the correct period in Column C.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.

Column A
1. Major
2. Minor
3. Modal
4. Chromatic
Column B
1. Dissonant
2. Harmonic
3. Chromatic
4. Unison
Column C
1. Pre-Renaissance
2. Baroque
3. Classical
4. 20th Century
Listen to this excerpt which and choose the correct tonality in Column A, the correct type of composition in Column B and the style of composition in Column C.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.

Column A
1. Major
2. Minor
3. Whole tone
4. Chromatic
Column B
1. Madrigal
2. Mass
3. Oratorio
4. Anthem
Column C
1. Fugue
2. Sonata
3. Prelude
4. Chorale prelude
Choose six features present in this music. Choose no more than two concepts for each section, Melody, Harmony, Style and Period.

Marking key:16/16 = 6 correct, 14/16 = 5 correct, 12/16 = 4 correct, 10/16 = 3 correct, 8/16 = 2 correct, 6/16 = 1 correct, Less than 6/16 = 0 correct, an odd number like 9/16 = too many answers.

Melody
1. Major scales
2. Imitation
3. Sequence
4. canon
Harmony
1. Suspension
2. Dissonance
3. Change to triple time
4. Change to simple time
Style
1. Sonata
2. Consort
3. Antiphonal
4. Obbligato
Period
1. Romantic
2. Classical
3. Baroque
4. Renaissance
Listen to this excerpt and choose the style of playing.
1. Homophonic
2. Melodic
3. Couter melody
4. Fugal
Listen to the excerpt and choose three features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Ballet
2. Madrigal
3. Motet
4. Polyphonic
5. Homophonic
6. Classical
7. Renaissance
8. Hemiola
9. three against two
Listen to this excerpt and identify three features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Madrigal
2. Motet
3. Anthem
4. Classical
5. Renaissance
6. Homophonic
7. Polyphonic
8. Accompanied
9. Melismatic
Listen to this excerpt and identify three features present in the music.

Marking key:9/9 = 3 correct, 7/9 = 2 correct, 5/9 = 1 correct, Less than 5/9 = 0 correct, an even number like 8/9 = too many answers.
1. Motet
2. Madrigal
3. Mass
4. Anthem
5. 20th century
6. Imperfect cadence
7. Triplets
8. Alberti bass
9. Augmetation
Type in the style of voice you hear.
Listen to this excerpt and type in the name of the style of composition.
Listen to the excerpt and type in the name of this style of composition.