7Di – Listen and notice musical details

Answer two questions on any of the following:

● Texture (one or two or more parts, chordal, thick/sparse,

melody with accompaniment, alberti bass, unison etc)

● Structure (how many sections, any repeated phrases, ABA,

introduction, regular four bar phrases, balanced,

contrasting middle sections, decorated etc)
● Dynamics (forte, crescendo, diminuendo, piano etc)
● Articulation (Staccato, legato, mixture, one hand doing

staccato etc)
● Tempo (moderate, lively, stately, slow, ritenuto,

accelerando, stayed same, rubato etc)

● Tonality (major/minor, chromatic, dissonant/clashing, jazz

chords etc)
● Musical Character
○ – WHAT character (e.g. elegant, calm, thoughtful, lilting,

dramatic, angry, major/minor,  cheeky, lyrical etc)

○ and HOW (e.g. use of fanfare, major/minor, clear

articulation, melodic ornamentation, energetic rhythms,

uses low register, rich harmonies, long singing phrases,
heavy chords etc)