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Looking at some of the common terms used to discuss PITCH in music
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Which of the following is a common chord pattern
bacon & eggs chord progression
waffle chord progression
custard chord progression
ice cream chord progression
2
What does a scale do?
descends
protects fish
ascends
moves by step
3
Conjunct means
melody maily moves in steps
melody maily moves in jumps
4
Which of the following can't be repeated in an ostinato?
rhythm
notes
they all can
chords
5
A motif in music is
a few notes strung together
a part of a melody that is repeated
a musical sentence
a sentence of the lyrics
6
What is another name for canon?
fugue
square
round
gun
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What are the 3 primary (most used) chords
1, 4, 5
1, 2, 3
1, 5, 6
1, 5, 8
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'Range' refers to the lowest to highest notes played in a particular part
False
True
9
Which of these are a cadence
imperfect
perfect
plagal
interrupted
10
Modulation means to change to another key
True
False
11
What style of music did rock come from?
rap
jazz
classical
country
12
A phrase in music is
a few notes strung together
a musical sentence
a sentence of the lyrics
a part of a melody that is repeated
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Major means sad
False
True
14
What is a 'cadenza'?
a folding door
a type of music
a fancy ending
ornamentation
15
Bagpipes and Didgeridoo's can play drones
False
True
16
Disjunct means
melody maily moves in steps
melody maily moves in jumps
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What is a 'trill'
something you make up as you play
a melodic figure that rises and falls around a main note
something that birds do
rapid alternation between 2 neighbouring notes
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What is a 'turn'
something that birds do
rapid alternation between 2 neighbouring notes
something you make up as you play
a melodic figure that rises and falls around a main note
19
Consonant in music means
scary sounding
silence
clash sounding
nice sounding
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What is 'improvisation'
when you make it up as you play
something that birds do
rapid alternation between 2 neighbouring notes
a melodic figure that rises and falls around a main note
21
The basic definition of PITCH is
high or low
loud or soft
instruments
long or short
22
A cadence is the last 2 chords at the end of a phrase
True
False
23
An Arpeggio is a broken chord
False
True
24
What is a 'drone' in music?
a long continuous sound to maintain the tonal centre
played by the bagpipes
something that flies and takes pictures
the teacher being boring
25
What does a 'chromatic' scale have in it
black notes only
white notes only
all the black & white notes
5 notes
26
Dissonant in music means
nice sounding
clash sounding
scary sounding
silence
27
Which of the following words relate to 'register'?
wide
long
bass
treble
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A chord is
a group of notes played together
a segment of a circle
C, F & G
CEG
29
What does 'contour' refer to
the hills and valleys of the melody
the shape of the melody
the lines of the melody
phrases
30
Ornamentation is the fancy bits in a melody
False
True
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How many notes in a 'pentatonic' scale?
5
7
8
12
