1. P ERCEPTION AND A NALYSIS : B UILDING L ISTENING S KILLS

2. A GOOD STARTING POINT …

3. S OME TOOLS … ME HA ME FO STY CO

4. MEANS: H OW IS THIS MUSIC BEING PRODUCED ? Instruments ? Voices? Group?Solo? Written? Aural?

5. METER: I S THERE ANY DIVISION OR ORGANIZATION OF PULSE WITHIN THIS PIECE ? Organized? Unorganized? Duple? Triple? Compound? Alternating? Multi metered?

6. HARMONY: C AN YOU IDENTIFY HARMONIC ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS PIECE OF MUSIC ? Tonal? Atonal? Cadences? Polytonal? Bitonal? Homophonic? Polyphonic?

7. MELODY: C AN YOU DESCRIBE ANY MELODIC PATTERNS IN THIS PIECE ? Motives? Phrases? Themes? Symmetrical? Asymmetrical? Polyphonic? Transcription?

8. FORM: C AN YOU IDENTIFY ANY TYPE OF FORM OR STRUCTURE IN THIS PIECE ? Sections? Through composed? Chorus – Verse? Chant – Response?

9. STYLE: CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY CHARACTERISTIC STYLE IN THE PIECE ? Western art? Time span? Part of world?

10. COMPOSER: C OULD YOU GUESS THE COMPOSER ? Characteristics of time period? Characteristics of part of world?

11. S OME TOOLS … Means Meter Harmony Melody Form Style Composer

12. C AN YOU IDENTIFY MUSICAL LINKS BETWEEN PIECES OF MUSIC ? Means Meter Harmony Melody Form Style Composer Style Harmony Composer Means Meter Melody Form