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