PERCEPTION AND ANALYSIS:BUILDING LISTENING SKILLS

A GOOD STARTING POINT…

SOME TOOLS…

ME

ME

HA

ME

FO

STY

CO

MEANS: HOW IS THIS MUSIC BEING PRODUCED?

Instruments?

Voices?

Group?Solo?

Written?

Aural?

METER: IS THERE ANY DIVISION OR ORGANIZATION OF PULSE WITHIN THIS PIECE?

Organized?

Unorganized?

Duple?

Triple?

Compound?

Alternating?

Multi metered?

HARMONY: CAN YOU IDENTIFY HARMONIC ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS PIECE OF MUSIC?

Tonal?

Atonal?

Cadences?

Polytonal?

Bitonal?

Homophonic?

Polyphonic?

MELODY: CAN YOU DESCRIBE ANY MELODIC PATTERNS IN THIS PIECE?

Motives?

Phrases?

Themes?

Symmetrical?

Asymmetrical?

Polyphonic?

Transcription?

FORM: CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY TYPE OF FORM OR STRUCTURE IN THIS PIECE?

Sections?

Through compose

d?

Chorus – Verse?

Chant – Response

?

STYLE: CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY CHARACTERISTIC STYLE IN THE PIECE?

Western art?

Time span?

Part of world?

COMPOSER: COULD YOU GUESS THE COMPOSER?

Characteristics of time period?

Characteristics of part of

world?

SOME TOOLS…

Means

Meter

Harmony

Melody

Form

Style

Composer

CAN YOU IDENTIFY MUSICAL LINKS BETWEEN PIECES OF MUSIC?

Means Meter Harmony Melody Form Style Composer

Style Harmony Composer Means Meter Melody Form