P ERCEPTION AND A NALYSIS : B UILDING L ISTENING S KILLS
A GOOD STARTING POINT …
S OME TOOLS … ME HA ME FO STY CO
MEANS: H OW IS THIS MUSIC BEING PRODUCED ? Instruments ? Voices? Group?Solo? Written? Aural?
METER: I S THERE ANY DIVISION OR ORGANIZATION OF PULSE WITHIN THIS PIECE ? Organized? Unorganized? Duple? Triple? Compound? Alternating? Multi metered?
HARMONY: C AN YOU IDENTIFY HARMONIC ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS PIECE OF MUSIC ? Tonal? Atonal? Cadences? Polytonal? Bitonal? Homophonic? Polyphonic?
MELODY: C AN YOU DESCRIBE ANY MELODIC PATTERNS IN THIS PIECE ? Motives? Phrases? Themes? Symmetrical? Asymmetrical? Polyphonic? Transcription?
FORM: C AN YOU IDENTIFY ANY TYPE OF FORM OR STRUCTURE IN THIS PIECE ? Sections? Through composed? Chorus – Verse? Chant – Response?
STYLE: CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY CHARACTERISTIC STYLE IN THE PIECE ? Western art? Time span? Part of world?
COMPOSER: C OULD YOU GUESS THE COMPOSER ? Characteristics of time period? Characteristics of part of world?
S OME TOOLS … Means Meter Harmony Melody Form Style Composer
C AN YOU IDENTIFY MUSICAL LINKS BETWEEN PIECES OF MUSIC ? Means Meter Harmony Melody Form Style Composer Style Harmony Composer Means Meter Melody Form