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What is the time signature?

State what it is and what that time signature means. E.g. 4/4—4 crotchet beats per bar OR 6/8—6 quaver beats per bar

Is it isometric or multimetric?

Isometric—stays the same time signature throughout

Multimetric—changes time signature

Describe the tempo using the correct Italian term.

From slowest to fastest—Grave, Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro, Vivace, Presto, Prestissimo

What instrument/s keep the beat?

Listen for the beat, tap it on your hand so as not to confuse anyone else and listen for what instrument is actually playing on the beat. It is usually the drums, percussion instruments, percussion instruments OR the bass instrument

What instrument/s keep the beat?

Listen for the beat, tap it on your hand so as not to confuse anyone else and listen for what instrument is actually playing on the beat. It is USUALLY the drums, percussion instruments OR the bass instrument

Are the notes mainly long or short?

Short notes are quick and wither on the beat OR performs several notes between beats. Long notes are sustained over more than one beat

Do the length of notes change between each section? If so how?

If there are short notes in the beginning and longer notes in the end—state that

Are there any rhythmic ostinatos and if so what instrument performs it?

This is usually the drum or percussion instruments—listen for the repeating musical patterns, they may even change between sections!

Is there any use of syncopation?

Syncopation is an emphasis on the weaker beats—in 4/4 that is beats 2 and 4 OR an emphasis between beats (think Black Betty and the cymbals)