Areas for focus in the exam include:

Structure - How is it used in the song you are listening to. Find out more about structure.

You also have to answer questions about texture.

Towards the end of the exam you will need to answer some questions on note recognition. What are the notes in treble AND bass clef, and the different types of notes – crotchets, quavers, minims etc.  Check out this website and you’ll be an expert before you know it. Nice!

If you know your way around the musical concepts. You know: pitch, texture, dynamics and expressive techniques, duration, structure and… um… tone colour!

That’s it for now. Best of luck.