CARA'S TIPSJAMB · WAEC · NECO
Music: every topic
15 lessons, each taught from the very basics with worked examples and practice questions.
1. Exam format; staff, clefs, ledger lines, scores, notes, rests, dots, ties, keyboard and accidentals
Staff, clefs & notation · JAMB, WAEC, NECO2. Simple and compound time, grouping, barring, anacrusis, syncopation, triplets, African rhythm
Time & rhythm · JAMB, WAEC, NECO3. Degrees, major and minor scales, key signatures, circle of fifths, chromatic, pentatonic and modes
Scales & keys · JAMB, WAEC, NECO4. Quality, number, inversion, compound intervals, consonance and enharmonic intervals
Intervals · JAMB, WAEC, NECO5. Primary and secondary triads, qualities, inversions, figures, dominant seventh, chord symbols
Triads & chords · JAMB, WAEC, NECO6. Cadences, SATB part-writing, six-four chords, non-harmonic notes, modulation
Cadences & four-part harmony · JAMB, WAEC, NECO7. Phrases, answering, setting words, modulating melodies, two-part counterpoint
Melody writing & counterpoint · JAMB, WAEC, NECO8. Staff and solfa, transposition, transposing instruments, Italian terms, signs and ornaments
Transcription, transposition, terms & ornaments · JAMB, WAEC, NECO9. Binary, ternary, rondo, variations, sonata form, suite, overture, vocal forms, African forms, set-work method
Form & analysis · JAMB, WAEC, NECO10. Orchestra families, transposing instruments, ensembles, keyboards, voice types, guitar, music technology
Instruments, voices & technology · JAMB, WAEC, NECO11. Chant, polyphony, Renaissance masters, opera, oratorio, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel
Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO12. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Romantic piano and opera, Impressionism and 20th-century styles
Classical, Romantic & 20th-century music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO13. Roles, characteristics, scales, rhythm, folksongs, instruments, festivals and traditional musicians
African traditional music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO14. Nigerian art composers, highlife, juju, fuji, Afrobeat, blues, jazz, soul, reggae, nationalism
Nigerian art & popular music; Black music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO15. Paper 3A: dictation, melody, two-part writing, chords, cadences, modulations, themes
Aural tests & exam technique · JAMB, WAEC, NECO
Staff, clefs & notation · JAMB, WAEC, NECO2. Simple and compound time, grouping, barring, anacrusis, syncopation, triplets, African rhythm
Time & rhythm · JAMB, WAEC, NECO3. Degrees, major and minor scales, key signatures, circle of fifths, chromatic, pentatonic and modes
Scales & keys · JAMB, WAEC, NECO4. Quality, number, inversion, compound intervals, consonance and enharmonic intervals
Intervals · JAMB, WAEC, NECO5. Primary and secondary triads, qualities, inversions, figures, dominant seventh, chord symbols
Triads & chords · JAMB, WAEC, NECO6. Cadences, SATB part-writing, six-four chords, non-harmonic notes, modulation
Cadences & four-part harmony · JAMB, WAEC, NECO7. Phrases, answering, setting words, modulating melodies, two-part counterpoint
Melody writing & counterpoint · JAMB, WAEC, NECO8. Staff and solfa, transposition, transposing instruments, Italian terms, signs and ornaments
Transcription, transposition, terms & ornaments · JAMB, WAEC, NECO9. Binary, ternary, rondo, variations, sonata form, suite, overture, vocal forms, African forms, set-work method
Form & analysis · JAMB, WAEC, NECO10. Orchestra families, transposing instruments, ensembles, keyboards, voice types, guitar, music technology
Instruments, voices & technology · JAMB, WAEC, NECO11. Chant, polyphony, Renaissance masters, opera, oratorio, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel
Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO12. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Romantic piano and opera, Impressionism and 20th-century styles
Classical, Romantic & 20th-century music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO13. Roles, characteristics, scales, rhythm, folksongs, instruments, festivals and traditional musicians
African traditional music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO14. Nigerian art composers, highlife, juju, fuji, Afrobeat, blues, jazz, soul, reggae, nationalism
Nigerian art & popular music; Black music · JAMB, WAEC, NECO15. Paper 3A: dictation, melody, two-part writing, chords, cadences, modulations, themes
Aural tests & exam technique · JAMB, WAEC, NECO
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The Cara's Tips app teaches every topic from the very basics, with quick checks, worked examples and exam practice. It works offline.
Open the free appDownload for Android