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. Nothing is new: what is new is finding the answer in a page of real music.
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: the key signature, the last note, and a raised 7th.
- The time: the beats in a bar, and what kind.
- 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 new line tells you where you are.
Quick check
An extract has one flat, a C sharp near the end, and ends on D. Which key?
Remember
- Read it all through first.
- Key, then time, then words and signs, then phrases.
This question is in Brainlag Plus