How music works by John Powell ISBN-10: 1846143152 A book to help you understand how music is put together, without needing all of the technical vocab. Recognising and identifying musical elements in a variety of styles. Topics of focus may include, but are not restricted to: repertory from several periods of western classical music, world music (including the challenges of ethnographic transcription), jazz and/or popular music. Aural Matters - A Students Guide to Aural Perception at Advanced Level ISBN-10: 0946535221 A guide to aural training. As well as practising dictation exercises, students will learn to hear the myriad variations in how musical notation is interpreted by performers, and they will explore their own ways to transcribe sound. Music has historically been seen to reside in the score but, while notation is often useful, it is also limited. Assessment detailsĮxamination 1 - 24 hour online exam Įxamination 2 - 24 hour online exam Educational aims & objectives Topics of focus may include, but are not restricted to: repertory from several periods of western classical music, world music (including the challenges of ethnographic transcription), jazz and/or popular music. This test assesses candidates’ ability to perform a previously unseen musical extract, at a level approximately two grades. Topics including melody, rhythm, harmony, and style will be addressed, with a variety of approaches encompassing a range of skills. Aural tests are based around a single musical extract played at the piano by the examiner, with candidates asked to describe various features of the music such as dynamics, articulation, texture and style.
The Aural Training module supports the Performance module, for which it is a co-requisite (though Aural may be taken independently). This module explores what it means to listen to music, how we understand what we hear, and how to use listening as a method of acquiring and developing musical knowledge. Students must be able to read music fluently.