The document provides guidance on describing programme music through discussing how music can illustrate stories, dramas, or moods using elements like rhythm, melody, texture, instrumentation, and dynamics. It asks the reader to listen to a track from Romeo and Juliet and describe in 1-2 paragraphs how the music expresses the conflict or love in the story by referring to relevant musical elements. For homework, the reader is asked to write a paragraph analyzing how the extract illustrates Romeo and Juliet's love.