Unit quiz: Reading the page and holding time with other musicians: charts, lead sheets, count-ins and recoveries

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Question 1

A chart shows G in the first bar of a section and G/B in the final bar of the same section. A player stops the rehearsal to ask what key the piece has modulated to and reaches for a new chord shape. Using the four-component reading of a chord symbol, what is the accurate response?No modulation has happened: G/B keeps the G triad and moves only the bass note to B, so the harmony is unchanged and the third component of the change is simply the bassThe slash introduces a different chord built on B, so the section has moved to a new tonic and a new shape and key centre are required

Question 2

A lead sheet consists of an eight-bar section labelled A with a repeat sign, followed by a four-bar tag. The tempo is 120 beats per minute, so one 4/4 bar lasts 2.0 s. How long does a performance of the written form last, and what misunderstanding produces a wrong answer here?Sixteen bars performed, which at 2.0 s per bar is 32.0 s, because a repeated section counts once towards the total form lengthTwenty bars performed, which at 2.0 s per bar is 40.0 s; the wrong answer comes from reading the repeat as applying only to the notated melody rather than to the whole page

Question 3

A trio agrees on 104 beats per minute and counts in eight clicks because the tune begins with a two-note pickup. Computed from that tempo, how long does the count-in last and where does the first pickup note fall relative to the first downbeat?Eight clicks take 4.615 s, and the first pickup note falls 0.288 s before the downbeatEight clicks take 4.615 s, and the first pickup note falls 0.577 s before the downbeat because a pickup occupies one full beat

Question 4

Two players rehearse the same four-bar vamp. Both strum short chords on beats one, two, three and four of every bar, and the group sounds loud and unsteady even though each player is accurate alone. Using the ensemble-timing evidence in this level, which change addresses the problem most directly?Ask each player to practise the vamp alone with a metronome at the agreed tempo until their individual accuracy improves, then repeat the rehearsalDivide the rhythmic slots so the attacks interleave, for example a backbeat part on beats 2 and 4 and an offbeat part on the half-beats, and confirm each player can hear the other

Question 5

A learner works on a difficult two-bar figure at a fixed tempo, makes twelve complete runs and records three of them as containing errors. The written rule for the session was nine correct runs out of ten before raising the tempo. What is the correct reading of the record, and what should happen next?The correct rate is 75 per cent, which is below the 90 per cent threshold, so the learner should stay at the same tempo or drop a rung and reduce the error rate before climbingTwelve runs is more than the ten required, so the block is complete and the learner should raise the tempo to make progress

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