Državna Matura Music study plan

Notate and identify all major and minor key signatures up to seven accidentals from memory, writing each one on a staff without reference material.

Build and sing ascending and descending all four triad qualities (major, minor, diminished, augmented) from any given root, then label them by quality on a worksheet.

Transcribe by ear eight short four-bar melodies in simple and compound meter, checking accuracy against a self-recorded model or provided audio.

Convert between treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs for the same pitch set, completing at least twenty conversion exercises.

Construct and resolve all four seventh-chord types (dominant, major, minor, half-diminished) in root position and identify them by ear in short progressions.

Analyze ten short chorale-style excerpts by Roman numeral, labeling cadences as authentic, plagal, half or deceptive.

Identify by ear the intervals from unison to octave in mixed ascending and descending order at 80% accuracy or better.

Notate rhythmic dictation of two-bar patterns containing syncopation, dotted values and triplets.

Identify the four standard voice types and common instrumental timbres (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard) by ear in orchestral excerpts.

Map the sections of a sonata-form movement by ear, marking exposition, development and recapitulation with timestamps on a blank timeline.

Detect texture by ear - monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic - in eight short listening extracts and justify each choice in one sentence.

Distinguish major from minor mode and identify modulations to the dominant or relative key in eight short passages.

Place the main stylistic markers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music on a timeline, naming at least two representative genres and two composers per era.

Describe the development of notation from neumes through mensural notation to the figured bass of the Baroque, listing three concrete changes.

Compare two Baroque genres - for example the fugue and the concerto grosso - by form, texture and typical performing forces.

Identify the main characteristics of the Classical style (sonata form, homophonic texture, balanced phrasing) and name three representative composers and works.

Trace the development of sonata form, theme and variations, minuet and trio, and rondo through the Classical and Romantic periods, naming a representative work for each.

Classify ten listed works by genre - symphony, string quartet, concerto, Lied, opera, symphonic poem - and justify each classification in one sentence.

Explain how Romantic harmony expanded beyond Classical practice, citing chromaticism, extended chords and remote modulations with two examples.

Compare a Classical symphony movement with a Romantic one on form, orchestration and expressive range.

Outline the main currents of twentieth-century music - impressionism, expressionism, neoclassicism, serialism, minimalism - with one defining technique and one composer each.

Describe the structural principles of at least three twentieth-century forms (for example twelve-tone works, aleatoric pieces, minimalist process pieces) and contrast them with Classical form.

Explain how rhythm, timbre and texture replaced traditional tonality as organizing forces in at least two works.

Identify representative works of Croatian and international contemporary composers active in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Name at least six Croatian composers from the Medieval to Romantic periods and state one contribution of each.

Describe the role of Glagolitic singing and folk-music traditions in Croatian musical identity with two concrete examples.

Place Croatian composers within the broader European movements they belonged to, matching each to a period and style.

List three contemporary Croatian composers or performers and one characteristic work or activity of each.

Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score each by domain.

Review every missed item, writing a corrected explanation for each and grouping errors by domain.

Re-drill the two weakest domains with focused flashcards and listening extracts until accuracy reaches 85%.

Recite from memory the key dates, composers and genres for each historical period in a five-minute spoken summary.