Reading a longer extract
A page of real music
The last section of the exam prints one longer extract, often eight bars or more. It asks about five things in it. Each question uses a skill from an earlier section, so nothing is new.
Quick check
What do the longer extract's questions ask you to use?
Read it all through first
Read the whole extract before the first question:
- The key: count the sharps or flats, then look at the last note.
- The time: the beats in a bar.
- The words and signs: speed, dynamics, signs on notes.
- The shape: many extracts are built in phrases of four bars.
A number at the start of each line tells you where you are.
Quick check
An extract has one flat in its key signature and ends on F. Which key is it in?
Remember
- Read it all through first.
- Key, then time, then words and signs, then phrases.
This question is in Brainlag Plus