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End of Year Music Quiz
End of Year Music Quiz
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Which clef does the viola use?
Alto
High
Bass
Treble
2
Which of these instruments is not in the string family?
Viola
Violin
Harp
Bassoon
3
Which of these composer's is not from the 20th Century?
Handel
Stravinsky
Glass
Debussy
4
What does poly mean? (Polyrhythm/Polyphonic)
Many
None
1
2
5
What is a symphony?
A piece of music for the piano
A piece of music for full orchestra
An Indian instrument
A piece of music for a solo violin
6
What is the world music focus for next year?
African
Arabic
Indian
Latin American
7
Where is Gamelan music from?
Japan
Indonesia
Africa
China
8
Where in the world is the Sitar from?
Japan
India
China
Indonesia
9
What is the name of a high female singer?
Bass
Tenor
Soprano
Alto
10
What is the name of the fourth degree of the scale?
Subdominant
Dominant
Tonic
Supertonic
11
How much of the IGCSE mark is coursework worth?
30%
15%
60%
100%
12
Which of these is a baroque composer?
Brahms
Stravinsky
Chopin
Bach
13
Which language are most musical directions written in?
Chinese
Italian
Czech
Russian
14
What do you call a form which could also be described as ABA?
Binary
Theme and Variation
Ternary
Rondo
15
Which of these is an Arabic instrument?
Shakuhachi
Bansuri
Ud
Cello
16
What does ascending mean?
Stopping
Going up
Staying the same
Going down
17
What is an ostinato?
A scale from eastern Japan
A type of woodwind instrument
A long note
A repeated pattern
18
What do we call a texture with only one melody line?
Heterophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
19
How would you describe the sound of an imperfect cadence?
Unfinished
Bright and happy
Unexpected
Finished
20
What does pizzicato mean?
To play the strings
To cut the strings
To hit the strings
To pluck the strings
21
Which of these is not a feature of Baroque music?
Sequence
The Harpsichord
The Piano
Imitation
22
What does Largo mean?
Fast
Calm
Happy
Slow
23
What does forte mean?
Soft
Loud
Fast
Slow
24
We use the word perfect when we are describing what?
Scales
Chords
Our school
Intervals and Cadences
25
What does the word interval mean?
A type of instrument
The distance between two notes
A scale
Two chords played one after the other
26
At IGCSE, intervals of a fourth, fifth or octave are always....
Minor
Perfect
Major
Different
27
Which of these is a classical composer?
Mozart
Bartok
Vivaldi
Bach
28
What is the name for a long held note?
Drone
Sequence
Imitation
Ostinato
29
How many instruments are there in a string quartet?
8
4
1
3
30
How is A minor related to C major?
It is the baby brother
It is the relative minor
It is the dominant
It is the subdominant
31
Where in the world is the Sho from?
Indonesia
Japan
France
Zhuhai
32
What is a waltz?
A dance in 3/4 time
A type of texture
A word for slow
An instrument from China
33
How many notes are in a pentatonic scale?
7
4
8
5
34
What does Allegro mean?
Quick
Slow
Quiet
Moderately
35
What is the term used to describe when one instrument copies another?
Imitation
Drone
Sequence
Ostinato
36
From what period is Alberti Bass from?
Classical
Romantic
Baroque
20th Century
37
What is tempo?
How loud or soft music is
How fast or slow music is
How long the piece is
How you play the music
38
Which of these is a romantic composer?
Haydn
Bach
Michael Jackson
Brahms
39
What is a theme and variation?
When there is a melody and accompaniment
When one idea is repeated, but each time it is changed.
When there are lots of new ideas
A type of instrument from western europe
40
What is the name of the first degree of the scale?
Tonic
Dominant
Mediant
Supertonic
41
What does the word ensemble mean?
A group of musicians
A type of scale used in the baroque period
A solo instrument
A piece of music written for piano
42
What is an Aria?
A male voice
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
A piece for full orchestra
A sung solo
43
What notes are removed from a major scale to make a pentatonic scale?
The first and third note.
The second and fifth note.
The tonic and dominant note.
The fourth and seventh notes.
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What is the name of the fifth degree of the scale?
Supertonic
Dominant
Mediant
Tonic
