A Level Music Appraising

A Level Music Appraising

1. Identification

   • Be precise
     • Main formal sections
       • Sonata
         • 1. Exposition
           • 1st subject group
             • 2nd subject group
           • Transition
           • Codetta
         • 2. Development
           • Material from 1st & 2nd subject groups
           • Material from transition / codetta
         • 3. Recapitulation
           • 1st subject group
           • 2nd subject group {tonic}
           • Transition / codetta material
         • 4. Coda
     • minor formal sections
   • Give bar / figure {fig.} reference
   • Listen very carefully

2. Comment on...

   • Harmony
     • Identify example - bar / fig. / instrument
       • Chord names
         • Letter & Quality - e.g. E major