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Grade 8 Aural

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strong melodic ideas (copied between the parts)

Imitation of melodic ideas between parts

Crisp articulation, limited pitch range

Which suggests that the piece may have been written for organ or harpsichord

Clear, contrapuntal textures

Clear-cut cadences only at the end of section

Limited/absence of dynamic

AB structure with two main halves

Mozart and Haydn

Classical composers

Bach and Handel

Baroque composers

Regular, clear-cut phrases

Clear cadences, balanced phrases

Repetition in melodic ideas, with the same base material

Melodic ideas are graceful and elegant, notes from key chord

Accompaniment clearly outlines harmony, transparent

Broken chord accompaniment

Contrasting ideas, dynamics

Straightforward harmony

A dominating melody at the top

Melody with scale runs

Use of Arpeggios and Scales

Chopin and Schumann

Romantic Composers

Flexible tempo, some use of rubato

Lyrical melody, cantabile

Harmonies enriched with 7ths and chromatic notes

Use of sustaining pedal

Wide dynamic range

Dense texture, chordal, thick

Each phrase rises and falls

Arpeggio melodic ideas

Rising/falling chromatic scale

Ravel, Gershwin, Bernstein

20th Century Composers

Sudden changes between ideas

Adventurous, dissonant harmony

Extremes of note range and dynamic level

Jazz: Bluesy tunes, syncopation, a swing rhythm, walking bass lines, swung quavers

Folk music style

Dramatic contrast between textures

Tonal centre suggested by repeating bass note

Ambiguous metre

Chromatic harmony

Melodic decorations

Chromatic grace notes

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