This resource aligns with Lesson 13 and Listening Worksheet 3 from Speaking Music: Musicianship & Aural Training Level Two 3rd Edition (SPKM2).
The following videos are to be used as AUDIO ONLY.
Play the beginning of Symphony No. 4, Movement IV.
– Describe the tempo of the beginning of this movement.
– What Italian word could be used to describe this tempo?
(LQ.12 pg. 138 of SPKM2)
The fourth movement of this symphony is titled “Thunderstorm”. Listen again to this excerpt.
What do you hear that suggests a storm approaching, and which instruments create these effects?
(LQ.12 pg. 138 of SPKM2)
Listen to an excerpt from the end of this movement.
– Which musical features suggest that the storm is abating?
(LQ.13 pg. 138 of SPKM2)