Transcription, interval and chord recognition, and describing an excerpt accurately by ear.
These are the statements the Music 2 syllabus makes about Aural Skills. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Identifying intervals, chords, rhythms and progressions by ear, and transcribing what is heard.
Notating a melody from hearing it, including rhythm and pitch under tonal context.
Identifying chord quality and progression by ear, and the cadence that closes a phrase.
Notating rhythm from hearing it, including syncopation and irregular groupings.
Describing instrumentation, texture and balance accurately from a recording.
Comparing a performance with a score, and naming the discrepancy precisely.
HSC Music 2 - Written Paper Shape is 60 marks in 120 minutes. Questions on Aural Skills are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Music 2 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Aural Skills opens the Music 2 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Music 2 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.