Aural

A. Sing lowest part along

B. Identify cadence --> I. Perfect (Va or V7a - Ia)

II. Plagal (IVa - Ia)
III. Imperfect (? - Va) (incomplete feeling)
IV. Interrupted (Va or V7a - via) (i.e. major to minor or minor to
major)

I. Identify 3 chords

Major: I, ii, IV, V, vi

Inversion: Ia, Ib, Ic, iia, iib, IVa, Va, Vb, Vc, V7, via

Minor: i, ii, iv, V, VI

Inversion: ia, ib, ic, iia, iib, IV99a, Va, Vb, Vc, V7, VIa

Listen to the bass!!!

I. Major Key
bass = .....
1) d --> Ia
2) r --> iia, Vc
3) m --> Ib
4) f --> iib, IVa
5) s --> Ic, Va, V7a
6) la --> via
7) ti --> Vb

II. Minor key

1) la --> ia
2) ti --> iia, Vc
3) d --> ib
4) r --> iib, iva
5) m --> ic, Va, V7a
6) f --> VIa
7) se --> Vb
C) Modulation

Major key: Dominant (higher), subdominant (lower)

relative minor (minor)
last note d Chord quality Last chord bass note

Yes Major Subdominant (f) Yes, Major

No Minor Dominant (s) No, major

relative minor (l) Yes, minor

Minor: Dominant (higher), subdominant (lower)

relative major, dominant (major)
* Dominant can be major or minor

last note f Chord quality

Yes Major Subdominant (r) Yes, minor

No Minor Dominant (minor) (m) No, minor

Dominant (major) (m) no, major

relative major (f) no, major

D) Characteristic features

1. Identify the texture

a) Homophonic (melody with accompany)

Classical, Romantic or 20th century (Occasionally Baroque)

b) Polyphonic (voices come in at different time)

Mostly Baroque --> fugue --> imitative texture, staccato articulation
2. Tonality
Major or minor? or any modulation in between?

3. Structure of the music

How many sections? Any repeated section?

4. Melody:
Range (wide / narrow), melodic direction, ornamentation

5. Harmony:
Major, minor, modal and dissonance

6. Tempo:
Fast, moderato or slow

7. Meter:
Triple - compound time
Duple - simple time

8. Character and mood:

Happy, sad, waltz, dance, peaceful

9. Special features: pedal, expressiveness, rhythm, jazz, sonority, articulation, imitation,

mysterious, block chord

10. Composer :
Baroque (Bach), Classical (Mozart)
Romantic (Brahms, Mendelssohn), 20th century (Bartok)