Music GCSE
Aural identification
What Aural identification means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Aural identification
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Deciding by ear whether notes sound together or one at a time, then whether the succession moves steadily in one direction.
Topics that use Aural identification
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Organisation of pitch (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- 12-bar blues
- Bass line
- Broken chord
- Chord sequences
- Conjunct
- Decoration versus structural change
- Disjunct
- Elaboration of existing melodic material
Using Aural identification in the exam
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