Class Listening sheet

I first put this page on the web in 2000 following a literacy day at school. What you see below is still the original draft form. If any teachers would like to pilot it and let me have their feedback I should be grateful.
I have used the sheet myself a couple of times and found it heavy going, as did the pupils. It would be fine for a bright GCSE class perhaps.
You can download a Lotus WordPro file by Right-clicking here or a Word.doc by clicking here. When the table below is printed from the Web it is unlikely to fit 2 A4 sheets snugly! Feel free to adapt the sheet.

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NAME _______________________________ Class _______________ Date ___________

Listening to Music

You may write comments in all the boxes, but start with
those elements which you think help the music make its impact.

Aspect to describe	Suggested Words
Pitch - How high or low the sounds are.	jump, step, octave, treble, bass, deep, high, low, range.
	jump, step, octave, treble, bass, deep, high, low, range.
Duration - How long sounds are held. The mixture of different note values to make a rhythm.	even, uneven, long, short, pulse, beats, jumpy, pause, rhythm.

Tempo or Pace - The speed of the music.	very, slow, fast, quick, sluggish, moderate, speeds up, slows down, rallentando, accelerando

Timbre - The tone quality or instruments used in the music.	bright, dull, brilliant, hollow, string, wood, metal, reed, contrast, teams, foreground, background.
[You may need to use Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass / Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Cor Anglais, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone / Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Cornet, Euphonium / Timpani, Cymbal(s), Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Triangle, Castanets.]
Dynamics - Volume	very, extremely, loud, soft, quiet, gets softer, gets louder, crescendo, diminuendo.

Texture - How much is going on at once	tune, melody, accompaniment, backing, broken, chord(s), parts, stands, ideas, arpeggios, independent, ostinato, imitation (=copying), round, drone, descant.

Silence - Rests	beats, bars, complete, long, short.
	beats, bars, complete, long, short.
Structure - The plan of the music	introduction, repeat, phrase, return, variation, contrast, section, verse, chorus, binary, ABA, rondo, coda.

What happens in the music?	The order of events.
	The order of events.
Mood - Does the music convey an atmosphere or tell a story?	calm, busy, eerie, gentle, violent, stormy, threatening, peaceful, romantic, sentimental, ghostly, heavenly, turbulent, playful, serious.

I heard or noticed...	Mention anything you have not said anywhere else.
	Mention anything you have not said anywhere else.
Time or place	Where is the music from or when was it written? What about style? Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Pop, Jazz. What part of the world is it from? What is it for?