Music A-Level

Aural perception

What Aural perception means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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Identifying chords by listening for the chord quality and its bass note to determine the inversion.

AQA · Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Chords

Identifying standard, extended and secondary dominant seventh chords by ear in various inversions.

AQA · Musical language: Areas of study 2-7 - Chords and their associated chord symbols

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Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Chords (AQA A-Level)
Musical language: Areas of study 2-7 - Chords and their associated chord symbols (AQA A-Level)

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