GCSE Music. Core Content. The Revision Guide

This Revision Guide covers all the music theory students need to know for GCSE Music (it's also suitable for graded Music Theory exams). It contains clear, concise notes on everything from chords to compositions, with revision summary questions to test knowledge in each section.

CONTENIDO:

- Section 1: The Basics
The Basics

- Section 2: Reading & Writing Music
Clefs
Sharps, Flats & Naturals
Time Signatures
Counting the Beat
Note & Rest Symbols
Dots, Ties & Triplets
Tempo & Mood
Dynamics & Articulation
More Instructions
Ornaments
Revision Summary

- Section 3: Keys & Scales
Major Reales
Minor Reales
The Circle of Fifths
Modes & Other Types of Scales
Intervals
Revision Summary

- Section 4: Chords
Chords - The Basics
Triads
Fiffing Chords fo a Melody
Inversions
Different Ways of Playing Chords
Using Decoration to Vary the Harmony
Phrases and Cadences
Cadences
Modulation
Texture
Revision Summary

- Section 5: Structure
How Music's Organised
Binary, Ternary & Rondo Form
Variations
Basic Strucfures for Songs
Sonata Form
Sonatas, Symphonies & Concertos
Opera & Oratorio
Smaller Vocal Pieces
Revision Summary

- Section 6: Composing
Coming Up with a Composition
Ways fo Vary a Composition
Revision Summary

- Section 7: Instruments
Brass Instruments
Woodwind
Orchestral Strings
Guitars
Keyboard Instruments
Percussion
The Voice
Wind, Brass and Jazz Bands
Chamber Music
The Orchestra
Music Technology
Revision Summary

- Section 8: Glossary & Index
Glossary & Index