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Year: 2006

Concept(s): Texture, Duration, Contrast

Topic / genre: 19th Century

Composer / artist: Lalo , Edouard

Excerpt title: Norwegian Rhapsody

Excerpt length: 0:53

Question:

02. Describe how the composer creates VARIETY through the use of TEXTURE and DURATION.

Question 2

Criteria	Marks
Demonstrates focused listening with well-supported observations, including detailed descriptions of musical events, in a suitably structured response. Answer may contain some inaccurate observations Describes in detail ways in which texture and duration are used to create variety in the excerpt, and uses appropriate examples to support response	7-8
Demonstrates careful listening and musical awareness, although descriptions of musical events may contain some inaccurate observations Describes ways in which texture and duration are used to create variety in the excerpt and gives appropriate examples	5-6
Demonstrates some musical awareness, but often makes generalisations without providing supporting examples Describes ways in which texture is used to create variety in the excerpt and gives appropriate examples, with little on duration Describes ways in which duration is used to create variety in the excerpt and gives appropriate examples, with little on texture Describes some ways in which texture and duration are used in the excerpt	3-4
Demonstrates limited musical awareness of texture and duration to create variety Describes limited ways which texture is used Describes limited ways in which duration is used	1-2

In better responses, candidates:

discussed precisely how the composer had achieved variety through the textural changes, and recognised the polyphonic layers in the soft section and the monophonic texture in the loud section
identified and discussed the changes of texture on the last two crotchets of the phrase
used terminology correctly with reference to the structure of events in the piece
wrote well structured responses with complex descriptions of both texture and duration
notated one or several rhythms correctly
discussed variety with reference to the music
presented logical, clear and sophisticated answers
used diagrams, including labels, and rhythmic notation successfully.

In weaker responses, candidates:

demonstrated lack of clear understanding about the concepts in the question
confused duration with dynamics
introduced irrelevant unsupported information eg tone colour descriptions without any reference to the question
incorrectly labelled the loud sections ‘thick’ and the soft sections ‘thin’
did not differentiate between longer note values and a slowing of tempo, and between tension and texture
narrated stories and presented lists of events using inaccurate terminology
incorrectly identified a change of metre
wrote about one, not both, concepts
made no reference to variety.

2006 Q2 - HSC Music 1 aural exam revision