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SECTION 2: LISTENING AND APPRAISING (cont’d)

CONTENT

1 – 5. Listening and Appraising (See Appendix I)

(a) Definition of critical terms:

(i) Listening;

(ii) Appraising;

(iii) Musical perception; and,

(iv) Genres and styles.

(b) Musical Elements:

(i) Rhythm:

 definition;

 duration: length of sound;

 metre: metric patterns and rhythmic features in simple and
compound time signatures; and,

 accents.

(ii) Melody:

 definition;

 notation: system of writing music including symbols; and,

 pitch: highness/lowness of musical sound.

(iii) Harmony:

 definition;

 types of harmony; and,

 texture: thinness and thickness of musical sound.

(iv) Expression:

 definition;

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