National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

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1. Orchestra
2. Theme
3. Scale
4. Anacrusis
5. Military Band
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1. Minor key
2. Orchestra
3. Repetition
4. Variation
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1. Imitation
2. Variation
3. Staccato
4. Repetition
5. Sequence
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1. Orchestra
2. Theme
3. Scale
4. Anacrusis
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1. Tone
2. Scale
3. Semitone
4. Imitation
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1. Semitone
2. Major scale
3. Minor Scale
4. Tone
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1. Scale
2. Theme
3. Variation
4. Arpeggio
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1. Major Scale
2. Minor scale
3. Chromatic Scale
4. Pentatonic Scale
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1. Major Scale
2. Minor Scale
3. Pentatonic Scale
4. Chromatic Scale
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1. Major Scale
2. Minor Scale
3. Pentatonic Scale
4. Chromatic Scale
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1. Major Scale
2. Minor Scale
3. Pentatonic Scale
4. Chromatic Scale
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1. Scale
2. Scat Singing
3. Harmony
4. Unison
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1. Scat singing
2. Unison
3. Modulation
4. Dissonance
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1. Scat singing
2. Vamp
3. Unison
4. Anacrusis
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1. Drone
2. Vamp
3. Theme
4. Down Beat
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1. Up Beat
2. Down Beat
3. Anacrusis
4. Ornament
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1. Vamp
2. Down Beat
3. Up Beat
4. Drone
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1. Down beat
2. Rallentando
3. Modulation
4. Anacrusis
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1. Syncopation
2. Off the beat
3. Simple Time
4. Compound Time
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1. Syncopation
2. Modulation
3. Variation
4. Rubato
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1. Rallentando
2. Rubato
3. Accelerando
4. Syncopation
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1. Accelerando
2. Rallentando
3. Diminuendo
4. Syncopation
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1. Walking Bass
2. Scale
3. Arpeggio
4. Chord
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1. Cluster
2. Harmony
3. Arpeggio
4. Consonance
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1. Chord
2. Arpeggio
3. Cluster
4. Descant
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1. Walking Bass
2. Unison
3. Harmony
4. Ornament
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1. Melody
2. Single line
3. Unison
4. Descant
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1. Scale
2. Descant
3. Contrary motion
4. Chromatic scale
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1. Canon
2. Descant
3. Walking Bass
4. Arpeggio
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1. Binary form
2. Ternary form
3. Rondo form
4. Minuet and Trio
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1. Binary Form
2. Minuet and trio
3. Rondo form
4. Ternary form
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1. Binary form
2. Theme and variations
3. Minuet and trio
4. Rondo form
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1. Binary form
2. Rondo form
3. Minuet and trio
4. Ternary form
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1. Theme and Variations
2. Rondo form
3. Binary form
4. Minuet and trio
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1. Symphony
2. Concerto
3. Opera
4. Psalm
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1. Decrescendo
2. Harmony
3. Crescendo
4. Softer
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1. Crescendo
2. Decrescendo
3. Louder
4. Staccato
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1. Spiritual
2. Ragtime
3. Swing
4. Opera
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1. Swing
2. Blues
3. Spiritual
4. Ragtime
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1. Swing
2. Ragtime
3. Musical
4. Spiritual
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1. Concerto
2. Romantic
3. Baroque
4. Opera
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1. Opera
2. Concerto
3. Musical
4. Symphony
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1. Opera
2. Symphony
3. Concerto
4. Musical
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1. Scat singing
2. Concerto
3. Fanfare
4. Wind Band or Military Band
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1. Symphony
2. Concerto
3. Opera
4. Psalm
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1. Symphony
2. Concerto
3. Theme and Variations
4. Opera
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1. Ballad
2. Bothy Ballad
3. Waulking song
4. Gaelic Psalm
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1. Gaelic Psalm
2. Waulking Song
3. Scots Ballad
4. Bothy Ballad
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1. Scots Ballad
2. Bothy ballad
3. Waulking song
4. Psalm
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1. Waulking Song
2. Bothy Ballad
3. Scots Ballad
4. Mouth Music
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1. Mouth Music
2. Waulking song
3. Bothy Ballad
4. Gaelic Psalm
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1. Gaelic psalm
2. Scots Ballad
3. Bothy Ballad
4. Slow Air
West African drum music
1. Gamalan
2. Samba
3. Ghanaian
4. Salsa
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1. Ghanaian
2. Gamelan
3. Salsa
4. Samba
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1. Improvisation
2. Scat singing
3. Ornaments
4. Walking Bass
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1. Strathspey
2. Reel
3. Waltz
4. Jig
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1. Salsa
2. Gamelan
3. Samba
4. Ghanaian
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1. Rallentando
2. Rubato
3. Accelerando
4. Syncopation
A syncopated lively dance, 2 beats in a bar from Cuba
1. Salsa
2. Gamelan
3. Samba
4. Ghanaian