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MUSIC GCSE THEORY
legato is the opposite of...
andante means..
MUSIC GCSE THEORY
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THEORY QUESTIONS RELATING TO EDEXCEL MUSIC GCSE
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andante means..
mellow man
at a walking pace
not too slow dude
very quickly
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legato is the opposite of...
arm-ato (he he he he he he....¿)
rallentando
staccato
crescendo
3
the pentatonic scale uses the following notes of a major scale
1,2.... button my shoe
1,2,3,5,6
1,2,4,5,6,
1,2,4,6,7
4
What sort of beats are they?
Minims
Quavers
Headphones
Crotchets
5
A diminished 5th is the same as....
A flattened 5th
Who?.????
A minor 3rd
An augmented 4th
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What do we mean when we say 'metre'?
The beat
The time signature
The rhythm
100 cms
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A disjunct melody....
Steps
Leaps
Dances
Jumps
8
a tri-tone covers how many tones?
3
4
1
2
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Chord V to chord I is called....
A perfect cadence
A superior cadence
An imperfect cadence
A plagal cadence
10
A D7 chord is made up of....
D, F#, A and C#
D,F#, A and C
D, F, A, and C
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How many beats in a bar of 3/4
4
6
2
3
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a 'Hemiola' is...
painful injury sustained when lifting something heavy
a melodic device
a rhythmic device
when 3 time feels like it is in 2 time
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a cross-rhythm is....
one rhythm out of time with another
a rhythm that has been stood up by its girlfriend
a rhythmic device
when the accents of a rhythm appear to be 'out of time'
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Which scale plays every note, icing in semi-tones?
arpeggio
Chromatic
Dorian
15
articulation means...
how much to separate the notes
how to sound the notes
how to play the notes
a type of lorry
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which of these are melodic devices?
Scalic melodic writing
Call and response
Perfect cadence
Hemiola
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A cadence is the movement of....
Troops
Notes
Chords
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the 3 kinds of minor scale are...
Melodic
Harmonic
Coal
Natural
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What is the relative minor of G major?
E minor
G minor
C minor
A minor
20
dynamics means...
loud or quiet
mood
volume
speed
21
what is polyphonic texture?
Parrots again....
2 or more melodies working together
A single melody
A melody and an accompaniment
22
minor scales...
have 3 different kinds you need to know
are under-age scales
sound 'sad'
23
The gap between a G and a D is...
Colonel sanders
Perfect fifth
Major third
major fifth
24
A dissonant chord sounds...
joyful
conventional
Unusual
Clashing
25
what is basso continuo?
A continuous baroque bass part
A deep base pizza
A rock and roll structure
A classical convention
26
'tempo' means...
expression
speed
articulation
rhythm
27
a major scale has...
a set pattern
a 'cheery' sound
8 notes
no sharps or flats
28
The circle of fifths is...
really rather bloody useful
vital for understanding the relationship between keys
a maths device
the key to understanding harmony and life
29
Your favourite teacher is...
Mr Rye
Mr Wilson
Mr Kettle
Mr Macdonald
30
the italian term for quick and lively is...
larghetto
cappucino
allegro
moderato
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the pattern for a major scale is...
root, tone, semi-tone, tone, tone tone, semi-tone
root root root - we love joe rooooooot....
root, tone, tone, semi-tone, tone, tone, tone, semi-tone
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a quaver is worth...
quarter of a minim
eighth of semi-breve
£2.78
half a crotchet
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When instruments share a melody at different times it can be called....
Contrapuntal
Confusing
Heterophonic
Polyphonic
34
a semi-breve is worth...
£3.50
8 quavers
4 crotchets
8 crotchets
35
A major triad is made up of....
1st,3rd and 5th notes of the major scale
The boss of a vicious Chinese gang
2 or more notes
Root, mediant and dominant
36
What is a polyrhythm?
A parrot drummer...
2 or more contrasting rhythms played at the same time...
a triplet
lots of similar rhythms played in unison
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a dot after a note makes it longer by...
half a beat
half the value of the note
half a sixpence
half an hour
38
Which key signature has 2 sharps?
D major
B minor
A major
C# minor
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Scalic melodies....
Move up and down the notes of a snakeskin
Move up and down the notes of a chord
Move up and down the notes of a scale
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What is the gap between two notes called?
An interval
a-nnoying
a chord
A break
