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OCR GCSE Music Pop Ballads
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Test your knowledge of pop ballads for GCSE Music
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1
Which word best describes the tempo of a pop ballad?
Slow
Moderate
Fast
2
Which of these instruments is most associated with the pop ballad?
Piano
Acoustic guitar
Electric guitar
Saxophone
3
What generally happens to the texture of a pop ballad as it progresses?
It gets less dense/instruments are gradually removed
It gets denser/busier/more layers of instruments are added
It alternates between more and fewer layers of instruments
4
Which of these features can you hear at the start of '2 Become 1' by the Spice Girls?
Backbeat
Synthesised strings
Piano
Cymbal sound just before the entrance of the voice
5
Name the rhythmic effect used by Celine Dion in 'My Heart will Go On'
Swing
Rubato
Accelerando
Rallentando
6
Name the electronic effect applied to Art Garfunkel's voice in 'Bridge over Troubled Water'
Delay
Reverb
Distortion
7
Describe the instrumentation at the beginning of 'Back for Good' by Take That
Acoustic guitar and synthesised strings
Electric guitar and mellotron
Electric guitar and synthesised strings
Acoustic guitar and mellotron
8
Name the instrument accompanying Bette Midler at the start of 'Wind beneath my Wings'
Electric guitar
Grand piano
Electric piano
Acoustic guitar
9
Name the vocal technique in 'Your Song' which is particularly associated with the pop ballad
Yodelling
Melisma
Vibrato
Syllabic
10
Which word best describes the lyrics of a typical pop ballad?
Political
Anti-establishment
Sentimental
Uplifting