Listening evidence
What Listening evidence means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Listening evidence
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Audible support for a feature choice, for example a sustained bass line under a melody or a sudden change from loud to soft.
Checking that the chosen convention can actually be heard or identified in the extract.
Topics that use Listening evidence
- Component 3: Appraising - Knowledge and understanding (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Baroque period characteristics
- Musical elements vocabulary
- Overall form and named structures
- Period recognition
- Precise versus vague language
- Relating structure to audible features
- Repetition, contrast and variation
- Section boundaries and cadences
Using Listening evidence in the exam
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