SACE Music Studies Stage 2 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the SACE Music Studies Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Rhythm, melody and time-signature recognition: hearing the beat groupingAural · Aural perception and dictation

   Recognition

2. Rhythmic dictation: ties, dotted rhythms, semiquavers and tripletsAural · Aural perception and dictation

   Rhythmic dictation

3. Chord quality by ear and broken-chord naming and notationAural · Aural perception and dictation

   Chords by ear

4. Scales and modes by ear: adding accidentals to major, minor and modal scalesAural · Aural perception and dictation

   Scales by ear

5. Melodic dictation, error detection and fragment matchingAural · Aural perception and dictation

   Melodic dictation

6. Identifying chord progressions under a melody (Roman numerals or chord symbols)Aural · Aural perception and dictation

   Progressions by ear

7. Rhythm grouping, beaming and re-barring in simple, compound and irregular metersTheory · Musical elements, notation and the formula sheet

   Rhythm grouping

8. Intervals, key signatures, scales and modes on the formula sheetTheory · Musical elements, notation and the formula sheet

   Pitch foundations

9. Triads, sevenths, inversions, extensions and altered chords: spelling and namingTheory · Musical elements, notation and the formula sheet

   Chords

10. Clefs, transposing instruments, concert pitch and scale-degree namesTheory · Musical elements, notation and the formula sheet

    Clefs and transposition

11. Harmony in a score: chords, cadences, keys, modulation and secondary dominantsAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Harmony in the score

12. Compositional devices and melodic development: sequence, imitation, inversion, augmentationAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Compositional devices

13. Texture, timbre, instrumental techniques, articulation and expression markingsAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Texture, timbre, expression

14. Form and structure, including theme and variations and arrangements of known melodiesAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Form

15. Aural-only analysis of an unfamiliar piece: meter, roles, texture, tonality and styleAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Aural-only analysis

16. Comparative analysis tables: describing and comparing two works or a theme and variationsAnalysis · Score reading and analysis of unfamiliar works

    Comparative analysis

17. Completing an eight-bar melody: motif development, implied harmony and cadenceCreative · Manipulating elements: melody writing, arranging and harmonisation

    Melody writing

18. Composing three parts beneath a melody: voicing, voice-leading, extensions and non-chord notesCreative · Manipulating elements: melody writing, arranging and harmonisation

    Three-part arranging

19. Option A four-part vocal harmony: cadences, six-four progressions and the dominant 7thCreative · Manipulating elements: melody writing, arranging and harmonisation

    Option A

20. Option B jazz-related harmony: piano voicing, secondary dominants, extensions and alterationsCreative · Manipulating elements: melody writing, arranging and harmonisation

    Option B