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GCSE Music (EdExcel) Bumper Quiz
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1
Which section does not include the tabla?
Jhor
Jhalla
Gat
Alap
2
How many movements are in a standard symphony?
4
2
5
3
3
Which of the following instruments are NOT percussive?
Cymbals
Pakawaj
Bansuri
Tabla
4
Which instrument does NOT feature in the Mozart?
Flute
Trumpet
Trombone
Timpani
5
How many different melodic motifs are there in the Handel?
3
5
4
2
6
How would you describe the vocal parts in Yiri?
Syllabic
Call & Response
Melismatic
Question & Answer
7
What is an ostinato?
Held note
Repeating pattern
A canon
A riff
8
What rhythmic device is NOT used in 'Something's Coming'?
Push Rhythms
Syncopation
Hemiola
Triplets
9
What interval is a tritone?
Augmented 4th
Minor 7th
Diminished 5th
Perfect 5th
10
Other than the pedal on a piano, what is the other meaning of the term?
A low note
A held note
A repeated note
A high note
11
Which of the following instrument have frets?
Esraj
Sarangi
Sitar
Sarod
12
From what, apart from composing, is Jeff Buckley most remembered?
Dance music
Guitar playing
Drumming
Synth playing
13
What musical term best describes the tonality of Peripetie?
Ambiguous
Major
Atonal
Minor
14
In the Reich, the live guitar plays...
The bass line
A resultant melody
An ostinato
A canon
15
From what album does 'Why does my heart feel so bad' come?
Why does my heart feel so bad
Club Dance 90
Moby
Play
16
What is a tihai?
An instrument
A scalic flourish
A pitch bend
A pattern repeated three times
17
What is the correct name for the right-hand pedal on a piano?
Loud
Una corda
Sustain
Sostenuto
18
What is a gat?
A rhythmic cycle
The first beat
Fixed composition
A wind instrument
19
How does the Mixolydian Mode on G differ from a scale of G major?
Lowered 7th
Raised 7th
Lowered 6th
Raised 6th
20
Give an enharmonic equivalent to a D-flat.
B sharp
C-sharp
C double sharp
B double-sharp
21
How do African musicians learn their pieces?
Word of mouth
Through oral tradition
They are improvised
From a score
22
What is the lower instrument of the brass family?
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Cornet
23
What is it called when a man adopts an unnaturally high singing style?
Falsetto
Stretto
Head Voice
Belting
24
Name an instrument that usually uses the alto C clef.
Cello
Viola
Double Bass
Violin
25
When was 'All Blues' recorded?
1959
1949
1969
1979
26
What is 'Drop D' tuning?
Bass guitar retuned in D major
Synthesizer transposed into D
Highest string of the guitar tuned to D
Lowest string of the guitar tuned to D
27
How is music technology used in the Reich?
Overdubbing
EQ
Panning
Distortion
28
What does chromatic mean?
Uses notes from the key only
Not clashing
Clashing
Uses notes outside the key
29
How does the last verse of 'Grace' compare to the others?
Slower
Longer
Shorter
Identical
30
How many main beats are there in 12/8 time?
12
3
4
8
31
What playing technique does Schoenberg NOT use in Peripetie?
Arco
Pizz
Flutter tonguing
Tremolo
32
How do we refer to the texture created when one instrument plays a decorated version of another
Monophony
Heterophony
Polyphony
Homophony
33
What term best describes the texture of the Reich?
Monophonic
Homophonic
Contrapuntal
Heterophonic
34
Clarinets in B-flat sound...
a tone higher than written
a semitone higher than written
a tone lower than written
a semitone lower than written
35
Who co-wrote 'Grace' with Jeff Buckley?
Gary Lucas
George Lucas
Gary Barlow
Lucas Pringle
36
What are vocables?
Melisma
Nonsense syllables
Syllables
Wordless singing
37
What is the form of the Chopin set work?
Ternary
Sonata
Rondo
Binary
38
In the Reich, guitars 1-4 play a...
Round
Pedal
Canon
Ostinato
39
On which Shakespeare play is West Side Story based?
Macbeth
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Romeo & Juliet
Henry V
40
What is a tremolo
A grace note
Vibrato
A rapidly repeating note
A held note
41
What is a riff?
The main melody
A bass line
A repeating pattern
A jazz ostinato
42
For whom did Reich write 'Electric Counterpoint'?
Pat Butcher
Pat Griffiths
Pat Metheny
Postman Pat
43
What are ghost notes?
Notes that are barely played
Grace notes
Notes played flat
Notes played up an octave
44
Give an example of one of the synthesised timbres in 'Why does my heart feel so bad'?
Strings
Vocals
Trumpet
Piano
45
Yiri is in the equivalent of which major key?
G-flat
G
D
D-flat
46
What two keys are used in 'Something's Coming'?
D
E
C
F
47
What is a breakdown?
Beats 2 and 4
Beats 1 and 3
A one-bar silence
A drum solo
48
On what musical element does rubato have an effect?
Melody
Tempo
Harmony
Dynamics
49
When was Mozart born?
1656
1856
1756
1556
50
What term is used to describe a piece with no chromatic notes?
Diatonic
Dissonant
Consonant
Homophonic
51
What is the meaning of a small 8 below the treble clef?
Sounds an octave higher than written
Sounds an octave lower than written
Uses a scale of 8 notes
Played by eight players
52
Mozart develops which subject in the development section?
Transition
First
Third
Second
53
What is a backbeat?
A one bar silence
A drum solo
Beats 2 and 4
Beats 1 and 3
54
What is the main difference between a second subject in the recapitulation vs the exposition
Rhythm
Key
Pitch
Dynamic
55
What name can be given to a silence in all parts?
Gentle pause
Great Pause
General Pause
Gap Please
56
What is a cluster chord?
All instruments play a chord
A chord made up of more than three notes
A dissonant group of notes
A group of adjacent pitches
57
What words could be applied to the vocal melody in the Skye Waulking Song?
Pentatonic
High range
Low range
Hexatonic
58
What type of cadence ends the Handel chorus?
Plagal
Interrupted
Imperfect
Perfect
59
Name three instruments that might play from a basso continuo part
Organ
Cello
Harpsichord
Violin
60
What is a Hauptstimme?
Very fast
Countermelody
Main theme
Tone-colour-melody
61
What is a sample?
Another word for melody
A test recording
A sound or clip borrowed from another song
A loop
62
What does sostenuto mean?
Gently
Detached
Sustained
Loudly
63
How many times does the 12-bar chorus appear in 'All Blues'?
22
20
16
18
64
When was 'Why does my heart feel so bad' released?
1982
1999
1974
1990
65
What is the form of the Mozart set work?
Rondo
Ternary
Sonata Form
Binary
66
Mozart: In what key is the second subject of the Exposition?
g minor
f# minor
Bb major
Eb major
67
What is a tan?
A pitch bend
A pattern repeated three times
An instrument
A scalic flourish
68
What is meant by 'bridge' in a pop song?
Instrumental interlude
A second chorus
A key change
Vocal join between verses
69
Which of the following is NOT a traditional folk instrument?
Wulitzer Piano
Fiddle
Bouzouki
Uillean Pipes
70
Which texture does Handel NOT use in 'And the glory of the Lord'?
Homophonic
Contrapuntal
Heterophonic
Monophonic
71
Which instrument creates cross rhythms in the introduction to the Skye Waulking Song?
Hi-hat
Fiddle
Snare
Bass drum
72
Which of the following instruments is most similar to a sitar?
Pakawaj
Sarod
Sarangi
Esraj
73
What is an anacrusis?
A type of texture
A type of musical form
A melody that starts before the beginning of a bar
A girl's name
74
What ensemble accompanies 'Something's Coming?
Theatre Band
Jazz Band
String quartet
Symphony orchestra
75
What is the texture of 'Something's Coming'?
Homophonic
Monophonic
Heterophonic
Polyphonic
76
What type of trumpet mute did Miles Davis prefer?
Wah-wah
Bucket
Harmon
Herman
77
What is the correct name for an ensemble of six musicians?
Hexatonic
Heptet
Hexachord
Sextet
78
What word best describes the tonality at the beginning of 'Grace'?
Major
Atonal
Ambiguous
Minor
79
What is the meaning of 'swung quavers'
Second quaver of each pair is shortened
First quaver of each pair is shortened
First quaver of each pair is lengthend
Second quaver of each pair is lengthend
80
What is a breakbeat
Beats 2 and 4
Beats 1 and 3
A one bar silence
A drum solo
81
Which of the following chord sequence is used in 'Why does my heart feel so bad'?
Am Em G D
Am C Em D
C G Em Am
Em G C D
82
What word best describes the texture of the Chopin?
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Homophonic
83
What do jazz musicians mean by 'the changes'?
Chord sequence
Key changes
Changes between solo instruments
The riff
84
What is a meend?
A pattern repeated three times
Pitch bend
A string instrument
A scalic flourish
