National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

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Intermediate 2 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.

JQuiz Instructions

The first seven questions are about a piece of music by Dvorak. Listen to this excerpt and choose two features present in the excerpt.
1. Modulation
2. Accelerando
3. Compound time
4. Rallentando
5. A cappella
6. Whole tone scale
Listen to that excerpt again and identify a feature present at the ending of the excerpt.
1. Crescendo
2. Diminuendo
3. Atonal
4. Tierce de Picardie
Listen to a continuation of that excerpt and type in the name of the solo instrument.
Listen to a further excerpt from the same work. Type in the name of the solo instrument.
Listen to the excerpt again and choose a feature present in the playing of his instrument.
1. Con Legno
2. Con sordino
3. Pizzicato
4. Double stopping
Listen to a further excerpt and choose a feature which is prominent in the music.
1. Major scales are present
2. Minor arpeggios
3. The music rises chromatically
4. Perfect cadences
Listen to the excerpt again and type in the style of composition you hear.
The following six questions are about vocal music. Listen to this excerpt and in Column A identify the type of voice you hear and in Column B a feature present in the music.
1. Column A
2. Tenor
3. Counter tenor
4. Baritone
5. Bass
1. Column B
2. Descant
3. Obbligato
4. Perfect cadence
5. Accelerando
Listen to the excerpt again and in Column A identify a feature concerning the accompaniment and a harmonic concept in Column B
1. Column A
2. Ripieno
3. Exposition
4. Episode
5. Basso Continuo
1. Column B
2. Suspension
3. Triplets
4. Cross rhythms
5. Cadenza
Listen to this excerpt and identify two features present in the excerpt.
1. Recitative
2. Aria
3. A cappella
4. Unaccompanied
5. Strophic
6. Syllabic
7. Word painting
Listen to the excerpt again. Identify a further two features from the excerpt.
1. Ballad
2. Syllabic
3. Melismatic
4. Modal
5. Tierce de Picardie
6. Perfect cadence
7. Imperfect cadence
Listen to this excerpt. What kind of voice do you hear? Type in the space provided.
Listen to this excerpt a choose one box to describe the style of the music.
1. Aria
2. Recitative
3. Polyphony
4. Chorale
Listen to this excerpt three times and identify six features present in the music. Choose no more than two features in any one section.
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.

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1. Melodic
2. Octaves
3. Melodic minor
4. Blues scale
5. Atonal
1. Harmonic
2. Ostinato
3. Syncopation
4. On the Beat
5. Imperfect cadence
1. Timbre
2. Col legno
3. Con sordino
4. Legato
5. Staccato
1. Style
2. Oratorio
3. Opera
4. 20th Century
5. Romantic
Listen to this example of piano music and tick two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate tonality and one in Column B to indicate the style.
1. Column A
2. Modal
3. Minor scale
4. Atonal row
5. Whole tone scale
1. Column B
2. Renaissance
3. Romantic
4. Impressionist
5. Classical
Listen to this example of piano music and tick two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate a feature present Column B to indicate a feature of the bass part.
1. Column A
2. Polyphony
3. Homophony
4. Discords
5. Harmonics
1. Column B
2. Inverted pedal
3. Riff
4. Ground bass
5. Pedal
Listen twice to this example of piano music an tick two features present in the music, one in Column A to indicate a feature present and one in Column B to indicate the period.
1. Column A
2. Pedal
3. Alberti Bass
4. Ground bass
5. Ostinato
1. Column B
2. Baroque
3. Classical
4. Romantic
5. modern
Listen to this excerpt and place one tick in Column A to indicate the tonality of the music and one in Column B to indicate a feature of the playing.
1. Column A
2. Modal
3. Pentatonic
4. Major
5. Minor
1. Column B
2. Pedal
3. Arpeggios
4. Alberti bass
5. Ground bass
Listen to this excerpt an type, in the space provided, the name for this style of music.
The following questions are based on styles of music. Type in the space below the name of this style of music.
Listen to this excerpt and choose the style of music you hear in this excerpt.
1. Classical
2. Romantic
3. Baroque
4. Minimalist
Listen to this excerpt and choose the style of music you hear in this excerpt.
1. Classical
2. Romantic
3. Baroque
4. Minimalist
Listen to this excerpt again and choose two features present in this excerpt.
1. Aria
2. Recitative
3. Melismatic
4. Word painting
5. Syllabic
Listen to this excerpt and type in the style of music you hear.
Listen to that excerpt again and type in the instrument you hear.
Listen to this excerpt and choose the style of music you hear.
1. Indian
2. Salsa
3. Gamelan
4. Aelatoric
Listen to the excerpt and choose the style of music you hear.
1. Tabla
2. Samba
3. Gamelan
4. Aelatoric
For the final Question click on Question No.28