National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

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Intermediate 1 NAB style test.

Please note that this is in the style of a NAB test and is NOT to be used as a official NAB for National Qualifications in music. Results should only be regarded as a guide.

Answer each question as instructed

Listen to this excerpt and place one tick to identify the style of music.
1. Opera
2. Musical
3. Concerto
4. Symphony
Listen to this excerpt and place one tick to identify the style of music.
1. Opera
2. Musical
3. Concerto
4. Symphony
Listen to this excerpt and place one tick to identify the style of music.
1. Opera
2. Musical
3. Concerto
4. Symphony
Listen to this excerpt and place one tick to identify the style of music.
1. Opera
2. Musical
3. Concerto
4. Symphony
Listen to the excerpt again and in Column A identify a feature of the style of the accompaniment and in Column B a the method of performance..
1. Column A
2. Pizzicato
3. Col legno
4. Arco
1. Column B
2. Unison
3. Arpeggios
4. Discords
Listen to that excerpt again and type in the box provided the type of voice you hear.
The next five questions are based on Scottish music. What kind of music do you hear in this excerpt.
1. Waulking song
2. Gaelic psalm
3. Scots ballad
4. Bothy ballad
What kind of music do you hear in this excerpt.
1. Waulking song
2. Gaelic psalm
3. Scots ballad
4. Bothy Ballad
Listen to this excerpt and choose one answer in Column A to identify the type of dance and on in Column B to identify the style of time signature.
1. Column A
2. Waltz
3. Strathspey
4. Jig
5. Reel
1. Column B
2. Simple time
3. Compound time
Listen to this excerpt and choose one answer in Column A to identify the type of dance and in Column B to identify the style of time signature.
1. Column A
2. Waltz
3. Strathspey
4. Jig
5. Reel
1. Column B
2. Simple time
3. Compound time
Listen to this excerpt and type in the Scottish title of this instrument.
The next three questions are about a piece of choral music and performed by the National Youth Choir of Scotland. Look at the music below, listen to the music twice and then answer the questions below.
1. a.) The music is in G major. Choose the correct key signature.
1. b.) Choose the correct music for bar 7.
1. c.) Choose the correct pitch for bar 6 beat 1.
2. C
3. D
4. E
5. F
Listen to a further excerpt from this music. Which feature below is present in the music.
1. Minor key
2. Descant
3. Vamp
4. Modulation
Listen to the excerpt again and choose what kind of group is singing in Column A and how they are performing in Column B
1. Column A
2. Female voices
3. Children's voices
4. Mixed voices
1. Column B
2. A cappella
3. Accompanied
In the next five questions you are asked to identify concepts in use in excerpts. Identify in Column A the best description of the performance and in Column B the type of group playing.
1. Column A
2. Syncopation
3. Modulation
4. Contrary motion
5. Homophony
1. Column B
2. Military Band
3. Orchestra
4. Swing band
5. Folk group
Identify in Column A The best description of the performance and in Column B the type of group playing.
1. Column A
2. Modulation
3. Walking bass
4. Pedal
5. Drone
1. Column B
2. Military band
3. Orchestra
4. Swing band
5. Folk group
Identify in Column A The best description of the performance and in Column B the type of group playing.
1. Column A
2. Crescendo
3. Diminuendo
4. Rallentando
5. Rubato
1. Column B
2. Military band
3. Orchestra
4. Swing band
5. Folk group
Identify in Column A the best description of the performance and in Column B the type of group performing.
1. Column A
2. Unison
3. Octaves
4. Harmony
5. Canon
1. Column B
2. Mixed voices
3. Girls voices
4. Mens voices
Identify in Column A The form of the music and in Column B the type of dance.
1. Column A
2. Binary Form
3. Ternary form
4. Minuet and trio
5. Rondo
1. Column B
2. Waltz
3. Strathspey
4. Reel
5. Jig
Listen to that excerpt again and type in the name of the featured solo instrument.
Listen to this excerpt and type in the name of the type of voice you hear.
Listen to the excerpt and type in the name of the instrument you hear.
Listen to the excerpt and decide what style of music you hear.
1. Ghanaian
2. Gamelan
3. Salsa
4. Blues
Listen to this excerpt and decide what style of music you hear.
1. Ghanaian
2. Gamelan
3. Salsa
4. Blues
Listen to this excerpt and decide what style of music you hear.
1. Blues
2. Swing
3. Ragtime
4. Samba
Listen to this excerpt and decide what style of music you hear.
1. Blues
2. Swing
3. Ragtime
4. Samba
Listen to the excerpt and type in the term which describes the bass note in the accompaniment.
Look at the music below and study it carefully and then listen to the excerpt and answer the two questions below.
1. a.) Tick the best description of the note before bar 1.
2. Down beat
3. Anacrusis
4. Drone
5. Rubato
1. b.) Tick the correct music for missing in bar 3.
Listen to the excerpt and identify six features present in the columns below. Choose no more than two features in any one section.
1. a.) Melodic
2. Minor melody
3. Major melody
4. Variation
5. Cello solo
1. b.) Harmonic
2. Woodwind harmony
3. Vamp
4. Compound time
5. Rubato
1. c.) Structural
2. Clusters
3. Arpeggios
4. Canon
5. Walking bass
1. c.) Style and form
2. Baroque solo
3. Romantic concerto
4. Slow air
5. Romantic symphony