National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

Credit level / Intermediate 2 specimen exam questions

JQuiz Instructions

Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Tonal
2. Moves to relative major
3. Moves to relative minor
4. Modulating
5. Atonal
6. 20th century style
Listen to the excerpt and place three ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Move to the relative major
2. Move to the relative Minor
3. Sequence
4. Variation
5. Romantic period
6. Classical Period
7. Baroque period
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1. Move to the relative Major
2. Move to the relative Minor
3. Repetition
4. Ornament
5. Baroque period
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1. Atonal
2. Modulating
3. Whole tone
4. Atonal
5. Symphony
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. 20th century
2. Romantic
3. Tonal
4. Atonal
5. Major key
Listen! Type in the name of the ornament you hear.
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music, one in Column A and one in Column B

Column A
1. Trill
2. Grace notes
3. Melismatic
Column B
1. Strathspey
2. Reel
3. Pibroch
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music, one in Column A and one in Column B

Column A
1. Syllabic
2. Mellismatic
3. Word painting
Column B
1. Rubato
2. Classical period
3. Ostinato
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to identify the type of voice you hear
1. Counter tenor
2. Tenor
3. Baritone
4. Mezzo soprano
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Word painting
2. Backing vocals
3. Syllabic
4. Word Setting
5. Minor key
6. 4/4 time
7. Cadenza
Listen to the excerpt and place four ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Recitative
2. Syllabic
3. Word painting
4. Backing vocals
5. Baroque perod
6. Classical period
7. Romantic period
8. Sequence
9. Aria
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Word setting
2. Melismatic
3. Syllabic
4. Lead singer
5. Baroque
6. Romantic
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Blues scale
2. Major Scale
3. Minor Scale
4. Pentatonic
5. Repetition
6. Sequences
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks, one in Column A to indicate the scale used and one in Column B to indicate the period

Column A
1. Whole tone scale
2. Pentatonic Scale
3. Chromatic Scale
Column B
1. Romantic
2. Impressionisim
3. Renaissance
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe what you hear.
1. Scales
2. Harmony
3. Intervals
4. Chords
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe what scale is used.
1. Major scale
2. Mode
3. Minor scale
4. Chromatic scale
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks, one in Column A to choose a cadence present and one in Column B to indicate the group playing.

Column A
1. Plagal cadence
2. Imperfect cadence
3. Interrupted cadence
4. Perfect cadence
Column B
1. String quartet
2. String Orchestra
3. Wind band
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Whole tone
2. Ornaments
3. Tierce de Picardie
4. Modal
5. Recitative
6. A capella
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1. Discord
2. Chord
3. Harmony
4. Passing note
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1. Chord
2. Discord
3. Interval
4. Passing note
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1. Simple time
2. Aleatoric
3. Compound time
4. Irregular rhythms
5. Jig
6. Reel
Listen to the excerpt and type the name of the style of group performing in the space provided.
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe what you hear.
1. Simple time
2. Cross rhythms
3. Compound time
4. On the beat
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1. Simple time
2. Compound time
3. Irregular pulse
4. 11/8 time
5. Obbligato
6. Flute
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1. Ground bass
2. Pedal
3. Inverted pedal
4. Alberti Bass
5. Ascending scale figures
6. Descending
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1. Polyphony
2. Obbligato
3. Homophony
4. Counter melody
5. Rallentando
6. Imperfect Cadence
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1. Obbligato
2. Polyphony
3. Oboe solo
4. Strophic
5. Homophony
6. Flute solo
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1. Suspension
2. Passing note
3. Homophonic
4. Pedal
5. Perfect Cadence
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1. Baritone voice
2. Through composed
3. Inverted pedal
4. Obbligato
5. Strophic
6. Flute
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe the concept you hear in this excerpt.
1. Homophony
2. Pedal
3. Counter melody
4. Cadenza
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1. Through composed
2. Strophic
3. Homophonic
4. Word painting
5. Folk music
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1. Through composed
2. Strophic
3. Baritone voice
4. Tenor voice
5. Word painting
6. Melisma
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the concluding section of this movement.
1. Cadenza
2. Obbligato
3. Countermelody
4. Coda
5. Imperfect cadence
6. Perfect Cadence
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick in Column A to indicate a feature present in the music and one tick in Column B to indicate the instrument playing.

Column A
1. Coda
2. Alberti Bass
3. Counter melody
4. Cadenza
Column B
1. Trumpet
2. Trombone
3. French Horn
Listen to the excerpt and place three ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Through composed
2. Mass
3. A capella
4. Syllabic
5. Homophonic chorus
6. Arco
7. Harmonics
8. Mixed voice choir
9. Tremolando
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick in Column A to indicate the type of voice present in the music and one in Column B to describe the style of the sound.

Column A
1. Counter tenor
2. tenor
3. Baritone
4. Bass
Column B
1. Aria
2. Recitative
3. Soul
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick In Column A to indicate the type of voice present in the music and one in Column B to describe the style of the sound.

Column A
1. Soprano
2. Baritone
3. Counter tenor
4. Alto
Column B
1. Melismatic
2. Syllabic
3. Atonal
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in this excerpt
1. Col Legno
2. Arco
3. Muted
4. A capella
5. Arco
6. Col legno
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1. Trill
2. Glissando
3. Boogie woogie
4. Dixieland
5. Blues
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe the movement of the Music used in this excerpt.
1. Relative major
2. Whole tone scale
3. Chromatic scale
4. Relative minor
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick to describe this style of composition
1. Psalm
2. Chorale
3. Oratorio
4. Mass
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Type in the name of the cadence heard at the end of the excerpt.
Listen to the excerpt and place one tick to describe the Bass part in this excerpt.
1. Ground bass
2. Pedal
3. Inverted pedal
4. Alberti Bass
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in this excerpt
1. Ground bass
2. Pedal
3. Inverted pedal
4. Sequence
5. Repetition
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1. Oboe
2. Pedal
3. Inverted pedal
4. Alberti Bass
5. Flute
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1. Col Legno
2. Arco
3. Muted
4. Pedal
5. Inverted pedal
6. Trill
7. Diminuendo
8. Crescendo
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in this excerpt
1. Col Legno
2. Arco
3. Muted
4. Minor key
5. Major key
6. Pentatonic key
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1. Col Legno
2. Arco
3. Muted
4. Pizzicato
5. Contrary motion
6. Similar motion
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1. Tremolando
2. Arco
3. Double stopping
4. Major key
5. Minor key
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1. Tremolo
2. Vibrato
3. Flutter tonguing
4. Glissando
5. Polyphonic
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1. Cantata
2. Minimalist
3. Boogie woogie
4. Octaves
5. Blues
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1. Tremolando
2. Minimalist
3. Aleatoric
4. Trills
5. Classical
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1. 4/4 time
2. Minimalist
3. Aleatoric
4. No time signature
5. Baroque
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1. Imperfect cadence
2. Perfect cadence
3. Madrigal
4. Passion
5. Polyphonic
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1. Musical
2. Concerto
3. Oratorio
4. Classical
5. Baroque
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1. Cantata
2. Concerto
3. Anthem
4. Major key
5. Minor key
6. Obbligato
7. Descant
8. Counter melody
Listen to the excerpt and place three ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Cantata
2. Chorale
3. Oratorio
4. Polyphonic
5. Homophonic
6. Melismatic
7. Modulation to a major key
8. Modulation to a minor key
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1. Recitative
2. Aria
3. Chorus
4. Perfect cadence in a Major key
5. Perfect cadence in a Minor key
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1. Recitative
2. Aria
3. Chorus
4. Melisma
5. Inverted pedal
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1. Recitative
2. Aria
3. Chorus
4. Moves from Minor to Major
5. Moves form Major to Minor
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1. Reel
2. Strathspey
3. March
4. Pibroch
5. Grace notes
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1. Soul
2. Country
3. Sequence
4. Dixieland
5. Repetition
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1. Soul
2. Country
3. Indian
4. Backing vocals
5. Minor key
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick to indicate the solo instrument you hear in Column A and one for the period of the music in Column B.

Column A
1. Violin
2. Cello
3. Viola
Column B
1. 20th Century
2. Classical
3. Romantic
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick to indicate the solo instrument you hear in Column A and another in Column B to indicate a feature present in the music

Column A
1. Trumpet
2. Oboe
3. Trombone
Column B
1. Ground bass
2. Sequence
3. Alberti bass
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick to indicate the group of solo instruments in Column A and a tick for a feature present in Column B

Column A
1. Violins
2. Cellos
3. Violas
Column B
1. pedal
2. Walking style bass
3. Alberti Bass
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in the music.
1. Snare drum
2. Glockenspiel
3. Timapni
4. Fanfare
5. Glissando
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick to indicate the group of instruments you hear in Column A and another to describe how they are being played in Column B.

Column A
1. High strings
2. Low strings
3. Low Brass
Column B
1. Pizzicato
2. Arco
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick in Column A to indicate the solo instrument you hear and another in Column B to indicate a device used.

Column A
1. Flute
2. Alto Sax
3. Clarinet
Column B
1. Grace notes
2. Trill
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick in Column A to indicate the solo instrument you hear and one in Column B to indicate the style of music.

Column A
1. Oboe
2. Bassoon
3. Alto Sax
Column B
1. Wind Band
2. Orchestra
3. Brass Band
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks, one in Column A to indicate the period and on in Column B to indicate a feature present in this excerpt.

Column A
1. Baroque
2. Romantic
3. Classical
Column B
1. Imitation
2. Unison
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks, one in Column A to indicate the instrument used and one in Column B to indicate a device used.

Column A
1. Trumpet
2. Oboe
3. Trombone
Column B
1. Glissando
2. Trill
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate features present in this excerpt
1. Orchestral Vamp
2. Plagal Cadence
3. trombone
4. Clarinet
5. Oboe
Listen to the excerpt type the name of the solo instrument in the space provided
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate prominent instruments.
1. Snare drum
2. Glockenspiel
3. Timpani
4. Muted trumpets
5. Harp
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate prominent features, one in Column A to indicate the period and one in Column B to indicate the style.

Column A
1. 20th Century
2. Romantic
3. Classical
Column B
1. Minimalism
2. Serial Music
3. Impressionism
Listen to this excerpt and place six ticks to identify features in the four areas identified below. Choose no more than two features in any one area.

Marking Key: 16/16 = 6 marks : 14/16 = 5 marks : 12/16 = 4 marks : 10/16 = 3 marks : 8/16 = 2 marks : 6/16 = 1 mark. Less than 5 = 0 marks. An odd number e.g. 11/16 indicates too many ticks.

Melodic
1. unison or octaves
2. Rubato
3. Arpeggios
4. suspension
Harmonic
1. Modulates to a minor key
2. Modulates to a major key
3. Whole tone scale
4. Perfect cadence
Rhythmic
1. Pause
2. Stacatto
3. Pizzicato
4. Col legno
Form
1. Canon
2. Binary form
3. Rondo
4. Minuet and trio
Listen to the excerpt and place two ticks to indicate prominent features in the excerpt.
1. 20th Century
2. Romantic
3. Classical
4. Recitative
5. Aria
Listen to the excerpt and place a tick in Column A to indicate the correct period for this Music and another in Column B to describe the group playing.

Column A
1. 20th Century
2. Romantic
3. Classical
Column B
1. Symphony Orchestra
2. Wind Band
3. Brass band
Listen to this excerpt and place six ticks to identify features in the four areas identified below. Choose no more than two features in any one area.

Marking Key: 16/16 = 6 marks : 14/16 = 5 marks : 12/16 = 4 marks : 10/16 = 3 marks : 8/16 = 2 marks : 6/16 = 1 mark. Less than 5 = 0 marks. An odd number e.g. 11/16 indicates too many ticks.

Melodic/Rhythmic
1. Rubato
2. Sequence
3. Pause
4. Canon
Harmonic
1. Minor key
2. Ornaments
3. Perfect cadence
4. Imperfect cadence
Style
1. Aria
2. Recitative
3. Tenor
4. Soprano
Period
1. Baroque
2. Classical
3. Romantic
4. Modern
Listen to this excerpt and place six ticks to identify features in the four areas identified below. Choose no more than two features in any one area.

Marking Key: 16/16 = 6 marks : 14/16 = 5 marks : 12/16 = 4 marks : 10/16 = 3 marks : 8/16 = 2 marks : 6/16 = 1 mark. Less than 5 = 0 marks. An odd number e.g. 11/16 indicates too many ticks.

Melodic
1. Octaves or unison
2. Major scale
3. Whole tone melody
4. Contrary motion
Ways of playing
1. Stacatto
2. Col legno
3. Pizzicato
4. Arco
Harmonic/rhythmic
1. Walking bass
2. Pedal
3. Inverted pedal
4. Irregular rhythms
Styles of sound
1. Con sordino
2. Arco strings
3. Chorus
4. Aria