GCSE Music General Knowledge Quiz - Super Large Version!

Question 1

What is the degree of the scale word for note V?

Accepted Answer

Dominant

Question 2

What tuning do the guitars use in Grace by Jeff Buckley?

Accepted Answer

Drop D

Question 3

Why is Chopin's Piano Prelude nicknamed 'Raindrop Prelude'?

Accepted Answer

Use of falling motifs (e.g. F - Db - Ab in the main tune)

Question 4

What is it called when music is passed down through word of mouth and without sheet music?

Accepted Answer

Oral Tradition

Question 5

Which of the set works uses an ostinato rhythm played on drums throughout?

Accepted Answer

Koko - Yiri

Question 6

Which of these describes small fragments of patterns which result in a melody?

Accepted Answer

Resultant Melody

Question 7

What section is heard here in Electric Counterpoint?

Accepted Answer

Section A

Question 8

Which of these chords are NOT used in all blues?

Accepted Answer

A, Em#9

Question 9

Which scale is the vocals in 'Skye Waulking Song' based on?

Accepted Answer

E Minor Pentatonic

Question 10

Which of these answers best describes the harmony in 'Rag Desh'?

Accepted Answer

Uses a drone and melody is improvised using a set scale.

Question 11

What is the tonic key for And The Glory of The Lord?

Accepted Answer

A Major

Question 12

What tempo is the alap section in Rag Desh?

Accepted Answer

There is no set tempo

Question 13

Which one of these words could be used to describe the tempo of a piece?

Accepted Answer

Rubato

Question 14

Is the lyric writing in the 'Skye Waulking Song' mainly Syllabic or Melismatic?

Accepted Answer

Syllabic

Question 15

Which of the following roman numerals combinations represents a Perfect cadence?

Accepted Answer

V - I

Question 16

What is the word used to describe where two styles of music are mixed together?

Accepted Answer

Fusion

Question 17

What key is the Second Subject in Mozart in during the RECAPITULATION?

Accepted Answer

G Minor

Question 18

What word is used to describe the tonality of Miles Davies: All Blues?

Accepted Answer

Modal

Question 19

How many notes does the key change by each time in the development of Mozart?(Em-Am-Dm-Gm-C-F)

Accepted Answer

Fourth

Question 20

What instrument plays the drone part in Rag Desh?

Accepted Answer

Tambura

Question 21

What is the difference between the alto and tenor sax solos in All Blues?

Accepted Answer

Tenor uses less vibrato

Question 22

Which of these is a rhythmic device?

Accepted Answer

Syncopation

Question 23

What instruments first play part of the first subject in the DEVELOPMENT of Mozart?

Accepted Answer

Violins 1 and 2

Question 24

In Something's Coming 'Could be' and 'Who Knows' don't use the same melody line, true or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What time signature is this piece in?

Accepted Answer

4/4

Question 26

What section of Grace - Jeff Buckley is being played here?

Accepted Answer

Chorus 1

Question 27

Which of these features is used in 'Yiki by Koko'?

Accepted Answer

Cross Rhythms

Question 28

Listen to this piece of music. What is the texture like?

Accepted Answer

Polyphonic

Question 29

What articulation is used in Chopin?

Accepted Answer

Legato

Question 30

Which set works use panning?

Accepted Answer

Why does my heart feel so bad?, Electric Counterpoint

Question 31

What is the groups of six pitches Schoenburg uses called?

Accepted Answer

Hexachord

GCSE Music General Knowledge Quiz - Super Large Version!

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GCSE Music General Knowledge Quiz - Super Large Version!

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