New Edexcel GCSE Music Revision Quiz

Question 1

What are the two names of the witches singing in 'defying gravity'

Accepted Answer

Elphaba + Glinda

Question 2

What type of harmony is used at the opening of your Star Wars set work

Accepted Answer

Quartal Harmony

Question 3

How many Brandenburg Concerti are there?

Accepted Answer

Six

Question 4

What is an extended chord?

Accepted Answer

A triad with at least one added note, not just the seventh

Question 5

Which guitar effect produces a swooshing sound

Accepted Answer

Flanger

Question 6

Name the instrument below NOT found in the Basso Continuo

Accepted Answer

Viola

Question 7

What is the time signature of Killer Queen

Accepted Answer

Compound

Question 8

What period did J.S. Bach write in?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 9

What is stretto?

Accepted Answer

Where entries of the fugue subject overlap

Question 10

Which of these is not part of Sonata form?

Accepted Answer

Middle Entries

Question 11

Which of these are features of a Fanfare?

Accepted Answer

Arpeggios, Short, Loud

Question 12

What articulation Is used in the opening of Defying Gravity?

Accepted Answer

Marcato

Question 13

What is Stretto

Accepted Answer

The overlapping of entries in a fugue

Question 14

Which of the following is not a guitar technique used in Killer Queen?

Accepted Answer

Harmonics

Question 15

Is Defying Gravity...

Accepted Answer

Syllabic

Question 16

What is melismatic text setting?

Accepted Answer

Text set with many notes to each syllable.

Question 17

What is affogato

Accepted Answer

An Italian dessert with coffee and gelato

Question 18

Which of the following structures is used in your Brandenburg Set work?

Accepted Answer

Ternary Form

Question 19

Describe the texture of the opening bars of Brandenburg 5, 3rd movement (your set work)

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 20

What is not a feature of Killer Queen?

Accepted Answer

Counterpoint

Question 21

Which subject in your Beethoven Set work features a "Rocket" motif?

Accepted Answer

First

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a common feature of the classical period?

Accepted Answer

Complex Counterpoint

Question 23

What is a middle eight?

Accepted Answer

Connects two sections of a pop song. Not always 8 bars long.

Question 24

What is a leitmotif?

Accepted Answer

A recurring musical idea associated with a theme/character.

Question 25

Does a Music for a while have...

Accepted Answer

Ground Bass

Question 26

What is the tutti group in a Concerto Grosso called?

Accepted Answer

Ripieno

Question 27

What is the main texture of Defying Gravity?

Accepted Answer

Homophonic

Question 28

Why is the key for E flat major unusual for a rock song?

Accepted Answer

There are less open strings to play on guitar in that key

Question 29

What are Terraced Dynamics?

Accepted Answer

Dynamics created by more/less parts playing

Question 30

What is a Dominant Preparation?

Accepted Answer

A passage focused on Chord V to prepare the return of I.

Question 31

Which of the following is not a feature of the Beethoven that makes it "Pathetique"

Accepted Answer

Major Chords

Question 32

What is the Subject of a Fugue?

Accepted Answer

The short main theme

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a section ONLY found in a Sonata Form composition?

Accepted Answer

Coda

Question 34

What is the tempo marking for the first section of the Pathetique Sonata

Accepted Answer

Grave

Question 35

Which period did Purcell write in?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 36

Beethoven's Pathetique first movement does not pass through...

Accepted Answer

G sharp minor

Question 37

Which key does the Bach Brandenburg move to in the middle section?

Accepted Answer

The Relative Minor B Minor

Question 38

What is the minimum number of soloists that can play in a Concerto Grosso

Accepted Answer

Two

Question 39

What is Strozapreti

Accepted Answer

A type of pasta

Question 40

Which of these is not a feature of the modern piano?

Accepted Answer

Hammers covered in leather

Question 41

What is the Solo Group in a Concerto Grosso Called?

Accepted Answer

Concertino

Question 42

What family of instruments dominates the opening of your Star Wars set work?

Accepted Answer

Brass

Question 43

Which word is set onomatopoeically in Music for a While

Accepted Answer

Drop

Question 44

What is a murky bass?

Accepted Answer

Fast octave repetitions in the Bass

Question 45

Which texture is a single line with no harmony?

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 46

What is a Da Capo Aria

Accepted Answer

An Aria in ABA form

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Complex chromatic harmony

Question 48

How many finger clicks are in the start of 'Killer Queen'

Accepted Answer

6

Question 49

What is a Tierce de Picardy?

Accepted Answer

A major chord at the end of a minor piece.

Question 50

Which instrument does not feature on Killer Queen

Accepted Answer

Synthesizer

Question 51

Which popular song features in Defying Gravity

Accepted Answer

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Question 52

Which genre of Rock is Killer Queen from?

Accepted Answer

Glam

Question 53

Which subject in your Beethoven set work is more Lyrical?

Accepted Answer

Second

Question 54

Who is Alecto?

Accepted Answer

One of the furies

Question 55

What is a Cadential 6/4

Accepted Answer

A second inversion chord used before Chord V at a cadence.

Question 56

Which Baroque dance features in your Brandenburg set work?

Accepted Answer

Gigue

Question 57

Which recording technique is used extensively in Killer Queen?

Accepted Answer

Multi-tracking

Question 58

The first section in a fugue is called the...

Accepted Answer

Exposition

Question 59

What structure is used in Brandenburg 5

Accepted Answer

Ternary & Fugue

Question 60

Which of the following is NOT a harmonic feature of Defying Gravity

Accepted Answer

Pentatonic Chords

New Edexcel GCSE Music Revision Quiz

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New Edexcel GCSE Music Revision Quiz

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