Exam questions from past papers
From which section of the work is the excerpt taken?
Which theme is it?
Which instruments (or section) play it?
Which following rhythmic figure is heard?
Describe the music played by woodwind and brass aginst this rhythmic figure?
The tonality of the excerpt is?
Romeo and Juliet is an example of Programme music. Discuss,
Insert 4 missing melody notes from the theme.
Describe 2 features of the accompaniment heard from bar 1-11
Describe 1 feature of the music from bar 12 to the end of the excerpt?
Identify 1 other place in the overture where this theme is heard?
Describe 1 way it differs from how it is heard here?
Describe the counter melody from bar 1-8?
Identify 2 changes in the music from bar 9?
Describe two differences between this playing of the theme and the first time it is heard in the Overture.
Name the percussion instrument in bars 1–10.
Describe one rhythmic feature of the percussion in bars 1–10.
Describe one change in the instrumentation from bar 10.
Describe the music which immediately follows this excerpt in the work.
A canon is heard towards the end of the excerpt. Identify TWO instruments which play in canon.
Which of the following is played by the violins during the canon? broken chords semiquaver scale passages syncopated rhythms
The style of this work is Romantic. Identify and describe two features of this style which are present in this overture.
Name and explain an instrumental technique heard in the accompaniment at the beginning of the excerpt?
Describe the instrumentation in the excerpt?
Briefly describe how Tchaikovsky contrasts the Love theme with the strife theme.
Which theme is it?
Which instruments (or section) play it?
Which following rhythmic figure is heard?
Describe the music played by woodwind and brass aginst this rhythmic figure?
The tonality of the excerpt is?
Romeo and Juliet is an example of Programme music. Discuss,
Insert 4 missing melody notes from the theme.
Describe 2 features of the accompaniment heard from bar 1-11
Describe 1 feature of the music from bar 12 to the end of the excerpt?
Identify 1 other place in the overture where this theme is heard?
Describe 1 way it differs from how it is heard here?
Describe the counter melody from bar 1-8?
Identify 2 changes in the music from bar 9?
Describe two differences between this playing of the theme and the first time it is heard in the Overture.
Name the percussion instrument in bars 1–10.
Describe one rhythmic feature of the percussion in bars 1–10.
Describe one change in the instrumentation from bar 10.
Describe the music which immediately follows this excerpt in the work.
A canon is heard towards the end of the excerpt. Identify TWO instruments which play in canon.
Which of the following is played by the violins during the canon? broken chords semiquaver scale passages syncopated rhythms
The style of this work is Romantic. Identify and describe two features of this style which are present in this overture.
Name and explain an instrumental technique heard in the accompaniment at the beginning of the excerpt?
Describe the instrumentation in the excerpt?
Briefly describe how Tchaikovsky contrasts the Love theme with the strife theme.