Variety of Note Lengths Hemiola Voices & Instruments
Dotted rhythms Techniques
sul ponticello Recurring patterns Scotch Snap/Lombardic Rhythm FORCES sul tasto sur la touche RHYTHM & METRE Syncopation Triplets Tessitura Time signature e.g. low sounds for dark effect Is there a metre? Changes in metre Dynamics Simple/Compound Different subjects & keys Duple/Triple/Quadruple/Quintuple Diatonic/Chromatic Tonal or Atonal? Primary/Secondary Triad Inverted 7ths/dissonances Non functional? Functional? Augmented/Diminished Triad Root Position Added notes TONALITY Modal Unrelated HARMONY Functional 9ths/11ths/13ths Key / Key Signature? chords Cadences Tierce de Picardie AS No. of parts Monophonic Ostinato Circle of 5ths Suspension Apoggiatura MUSIC Homophonic LISTENING Riff Octaves Tonic or Dominant Pedal False Relation MAT TEXTURE Pedal Point Broken up by rests? Polyphonic Antiphony Free Imitative Major or Minor Diatonic or Chromatic Melodies Heterophonic Contrapuntal Fugal swapping Canonic Range of part Modal or Atonal Verse & Refrain parts Tripartite MELODY Phrase structure Periodic/Irregular Twelve Bar Blues Binary Ternary Fugue Sonata Repetition Sequence Stylistic Strophic STRUCTURE Sonata Rondo Monotone Characteristics? Rounded Binary Disjunct Rondo Variations Conjunct Motives Through-composed Stepwise Popular (32 bar) song Ritornello Ground Bass