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MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert Andrew Purcell

MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert By Andrew Purcell

MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert by Andrew Purcell

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Under pressure? Don't sweat it! This LESS STRESS MORE SUCCESS title has been designed to help you get the best results you can in your exam. You get your full course condensed into one book and organised specifically to make the job of revision easier for you. It's a no-brainer really - go for it

MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert Summary

MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert by Andrew Purcell

* Written by an experienced teacher and examiner of Leaving Certificate Music for students preparing for this exam * Useful tips for the practical exam: performance, aural test and sight reading * Notes for the question on Irish Traditional Music * Explains all the essential music characteristics, with notes on melody writing and harmony composition * Revises the set works (both Group A for examinations in 2005-07 and Group B for examinations in 2008-10) * Glossary of musical terms is included * Practical exam guidelines, with past written papers and marking schemes (Higher Level)

About Andrew Purcell

Andrew Purcell teaches Music at Lucan Community College, Dublin.

Table of Contents

1. How the Exam is Marked
Core Practical
Listening Paper I
Composition Paper II
Elective: Practical, Listening or Composition
2. Practice and Performance Tips
Record Yourself
Try to Understand the Music
Write Things Down
Create Your own Style by Interpretation
Look at Practising as Problem Solving
3. The Music Practical Exam
Performance Requirements
Aural Tests
Sightreading
4. Irish Traditional Music
Question 5, Paper I
History of Irish Traditional Music
Characteristics of Irish Traditional Music (Past and Present)
Traditional Terminology
Characteristics of Sean Nos Singing
The English Language Song Tradition
Regional Styles
Fusion
Instruments in Irish Traditional Music
Irish Traditional Dances
The Irish Harp
5. Understanding Musical Characteristics
Some Common Questions
Exam Technique
Historical Periods
Style/Genre
Dynamics
Articulation
Tempo
Texture
Cadences
Intervals
Consonance and Dissonance
Rhythm
Time Signatures
Key Signature
6. Melody
Melody Writing
Modulation
Marking Scheme
7. Harmony
Major and Minor Chords
Augmented and Diminished Chords
Harmonic Textures
Harmonic Analysis
Accompaniment
Basic Triads in a Major Key
A Hierarchy of Chords
Naming Harmonic Relationships
Modulation
Triads in Root Position
Treble Clef and Bass Clef
Harmony in the Exam
Typical Marking Scheme
8. Set Works
Score Reading
Set Works: Group A
J. S. Bach: 'Jesu, der du meine Seele'
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Queen: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Gerald Barry: Piano Quartet No. 1
Set Works: Group B
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K488
Hector Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Raymond Deane: Seachanges (with Danse Macabre)
Glossary of Musical Terms
Exam Papers

Additional information

GOR001749569
9780717141524
0717141527
MUSIC Revision for Leaving Cert by Andrew Purcell
Andrew Purcell
Less Stress More Success
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Gill
20070115
169
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