1. KS3 End of Year Exams
Music Revision

2. End of Year Exam
This will take place in a computer room, with an audio track. You will answer the questions online in Socrative. Some of the questions require you to listen to extracts on the CD.
The best way to prepare for this exam is to revise the topics on the following slides, which have been covered through the year, and to listen to lots of different styles of music and ask yourself lots of questions. For example:
What is the tempo? What are the dynamics? Who is performing? How many different parts are there? How fast is it? What pitch is the melody? These are just examples – listen and pick out anything in the music that is interesting.

3. Elements Of Music Melody - tune Rhythm – note pattern/beats
Texture – the layers
Dynamics - volumes
Tempo – speed of music
Harmony – chords, extra notes underpinning the melody
Timbre – the quality of sounds an instrument makes
Structure – the order of the sections, how the piece is built
Duration – how long the notes are, how many beats
Pitch – how high or low the notes are

4. Rhythm Values Quaver – ½ beat Crotchet – 1 beat Minim – 2 beats
Semi quaver – ¼ beat each
Semi breve – 4 beats
Dotted notes – are worth half as much again.
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5. Practice clapping these rhythms
You will need to pick out a rhythm from a selection by ear.
Remember your “words”: Coffee/pizza Tea/ chips Cream

6. Notes You will need to remember how to work out where the notes are.
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7. Year 8: Clapping Rhythms (see slide 3)
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You will need to identify what rhythm is being played from a selection. Practice clapping these rhythms.

8. Year 8: Spot the Note Pattern
You will hear an extract of music, and will need to choose which one it is from a selection
Practice using Baa Baa Black Sheep. Notice whether the ‘dots’ go up or down.

9. Dynamics Fortissimo – very loud Forte – loud Mezzo Forte – medium loud
Mezzo piano – medium soft
Piano – soft
Pianissimo – very soft
Crescendo – gradually get louder
Diminuendo – gradually get softer

10. Tempo Allegro - quick Andante – walking pace Presto – very fast
Largo – very slow
Accelerando – gradually get faster
Rallentando - gradually get slower

11. Electric/Acoustic, Major, Minor
You will need to be able to recognise acoustic and electric instruments.
You will need to be able to recognise:
Major – happy – chords
Minor – sad – chords
Discords – note clusters

12. Instruments and Families
Brass – trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba
Woodwind – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
String – violin, viola, cello, double bass
Percussion – snare drum, xylophone, tambourine, timpani, cymbals etc. (Tap or shake).
You will also need to recognise the styles of music being played.