Score reading and notation
What Score reading and notation means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Key signatures must be written or identified correctly on both treble and bass staves, with accidentals placed in the standard order and octave.
Col legno requires striking the strings with the wood of the bow, creating a percussive, eerie sound.
Topics that use Score reading and notation
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antecedent phrase
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Balanced phrases
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
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