General Appraisal Revision

“The best way to take care of the future, is to take care of the present.” Thich Nhat Hanh.

Wiggle your toes. Sit up straight. Breathe. Smile. Practice this while revising and in your exam.

Practice, practice, practice..

10 min activities

A) Whats the tempo?

i) Listen to a metronome while saying the tempo terminology out loud (try to name a random BPM then check to see if you got it right).

ii) Play a piece of music from your genre list and tap the pulse. Guess the tempo, then check with the metronome.

metronome link here

Allegro/Vivace 120-176 bpm

Allegretto 112-120 bpm

Moderato/Andante 92-120 bpm

Adagio (slow) /Lento 45-76 bpm

Andante (walking pace)

Accelerando (getting faster)

Ritardando/Rallentando = getting slower

Rubato = the temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening, usually without altering the overall pace.

Pause

B) Prepared extracts; listen and follow on your annotated score. Cover annotations, and to work out or remember what they say.

C) Interactive listening practice activities here

D) Instruments of the orchestra. Listen and recognise their sounds using this bank or spending time to notice the instruments playing in this playlist.

15-20 minute activities

A) Key Terms: Elements-matching-starterDownload
 
B) Terminology check: write terms down on one sheet of paper, write the terms with definitions on another sheet. Check your memory on the term sheet. gcsemusicvocabularylistDownload
 
C) Set works: Write down the key vocabulary for set works in the relevant sections of your revision mats (see below) set-works-mad-tshirt-key-wordsDownload
Revision mat aos-1-devicesDownload
Revision mat aos-1-musical-form-and-structureDownload
Revision mat aos-1-the-development-of-music-revision-matDownload
Revision mat aos2-jazz-and-blues-revision-matDownload
Revision mat aos3-musical-devices-and-technqiues-used-in-film-music-revision-matDownload
Revision mat aos4-musical-features-of-rock-and-pop-music-revision-matDownload
Revision mat aos4-rock-and-pop-revision-matDownload
 

D) Practice questions and activities.

  • Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik activities here
  • Use your revision book to practice doing relevant activities and exam style questions. Use your revision book information to find and check your answers.

E) Practice quiz created by the board, try it, check the answers – make a note of areas to revise , revise and try it again here