Congratulations to our AmusTCL diploma music theory students who excelled in the difficult top-level music theory exam.
Here are some examiner comments explaining their marking criteria.
- Bach’s Chorale: Lutheran Chorale The working needs to show some awareness of the chorale idiom, and successful chordal progressions. We have to avooid part-writing errors, consecutive 5ths and octaves. Avoid frequent wide spacing between the 4 parts writing. Observe the modulations and melodic decorations, including passing notes and suspensions.
- Orchestration: We need to display a good sense of orchestral style according to composers and its musical period. Accurate interpretations of the short score, particularly the melodic assignments to trumpets and horns, are essential for good judgment. Finally, we need to add all the performance directions too.
- Early Romantic Pianoforte: The working must sufficiently assured good sense of piano texture and chromatic harmony, accompanied by well balanced chords and good judged harmonies that smoothen the flow of the underlying left hand’s accompaniment. The conclusion needs a skillful blend of texture and idiomatic writing, resolving effectively on the final tonic.
- Popular Song: We need to realize all the chord symbals accurately and observe style and idea that matches idiomatic characteristic of that musical period. The song’s ending must harmonically suit two-handed piano playing, maintaining its stylistic integrity with well-spaced chords and rhythmic accompaniment.
- Set work: Our students have chosen Beethoven’s Piano trio Op.97 and achieved a good response with detailed analysis concerning the tonality, with the help of teacher jenny’s detailed analysis study notes, all chords are correctly answered.
Our students received praise for their fluent composition techniques, consistent stylistic awareness, and strong communication skills.
Starting in 2025, we’re offering self-study materials for Bach’s Partita No. 6; contact Jenny at +65 98256286 via WhatsApp to purchase at SGD$130 for the full analysis of Bach’s Partita No.6.
This Bach’s Partita analysis uses the most suitable version from several books, aligning with the AmusTCL music theory exam. We have also received many feedback regarding our analysis work for Beethoven’s Piano trio in previous syllabus 2023-2024, this time round we have decided to make some improvements according to our students’ requests, we offer the model answer in Bach’s partita analysis more exam smart, offering answers in point form according to the exam format, we have done the bar by bar, phrase by phrase analysis, identifying sequences, imitations, melodic decorations, modulations for changes of keys and all harmonic progressions stated in detail. Students can use this information to study and answer questions with greater confidence and detail. Clear markings in the score indicate the main themes, subjects, motifs, counter-subjects, sequences, and imitations. The markings and notes are synchronized, which aids student comprehension of the analysis. Each movement’s special characteristics and features are described and commented on in the detailed analysis. We look forward to hearing from you.
