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Galliard by Anonymous a renaissance dance.

Pavane by Anonymous a renaissance dance.

Below that we’ll delve into what you should listen for in order to tell them apart. I’ve listed the title, composer, and genre information for both pieces. Both are examples of anonymously composed Renaissance dance music and so only the title will change. There are only two pieces you could be listening to. Remember, the question that should always be in your mind during a listening exam is “what am I hearing?” I Hear Instruments Only-No Singing That said, those two strictly instrumental works will stand out so much that they are probably a good place to start. Because of that, we don’t have the benefit of grouping our pieces by whether they are instrumental or vocal-all but two of them involve singing.

In the Medieval and Renaissance periods, however, there just wasn’t much instrumental music that was written down. For example, later in the semester when we study the Classical period, if you hear someone singing you know the piece cannot be a symphony or string quartet. In most of the periods of history there is a clear dividing line that will enable you to eliminate around half of the genres you’ve listened to: vocal vs. If you can recognize them, that will often make identification of the specific title and composer much easier. Every genre has certain general characteristics. Often it’s best to learn how to identify the genre first.

You will need to study the characteristics of each piece that will enable you to recognize that piece when you hear them. This document is designed to help you train your ear to listen for some of those telltale characteristics. This of course assumes that you have done your homework and know what to be listening for. To do this you should be constantly asking yourself the question: what am I hearing? Can you discern the texture, the instrumentation, the tempo, the form, and the melodic style? Often there will be one single characteristic that will give away the genre, or at least enable you to eliminate all but a couple of possibilities. You need to dig down into the music with your ears and hear what is going on in the music. To succeed on listening exams you need to do more than just listen to the overall sound of a piece.