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Music Explorations Vocab!
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A #music #vocabulary Quiz to help us learn our words of the day!
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Define "beat"
The instrument sounds in the piece
The feeling of the song
The steady pulse that defines the tempo
The rhythm of the music
2
A common "medium" tempo marking is
Presto
Moderato
Largo
Mezzo
3
IF I'M YELLING, MY DYNAMIC LEVEL IS PROBABLY
mp
ff
pp
mf
4
Define tempo.
The speed of the beat in music (Beats Per Minute)
The symbol that tells you how many beats are in a measure
The time or length of a song
The volume of the music (how loud or soft it is)
5
What is the instrumentation of this piece?
Violin, claps, vocals
Vocals, drums, strings
Piano, guitar, drums, bass
Vocals (a'cappella, with body percussion)
6
This song is in a _____ key
Major
Diminished
Minor
Augmented
7
MIDI means:
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Musical Instruments Dynamically Improvise
Major Instrumentation Dissonance Instruments
Minor Accompaniment Phrase Score
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A karaoke track includes _____ but no _____
beat; rhythm
melody; harmony
accompaniment; melody
melody; accompaniment
9
A phrase is like a...
Lyric in a song that gets stuck in your head
Musical sentence (with or without lyrics)
Motto
Bunch of words that go together
10
________ is the language with which we write music
Notation
Composition
Instrumentation
Score
11
MIDI can be used in what computer program, for example?
Google Slides
Google Docs
GarageBand
Microsoft Word
12
If a song has a verse and refrain but no bridge, it's probably in this form:
Ternary
Binary
Pop Song
Rondo
13
When you are looking at music that is composed, you see it written in a _____
Score
Genre
Improvisation
Notation
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What is the main difference between the "beat" and the "rhythm" of a piece of music?
Rhythm does not change, beat can
Beat doesn't change (unless tempo changes) rhythm can change
I like turtles
There is no difference
15
In a time signature, the top number tells you how many beats are in the measure and the bottom
tells you how to count off
tells you how fast or slow to go
tells you what kind of note gets the beat
I like turtles
16
In Rondo form, which section keeps "coming back around"?
D
B
A
C
17
"This song feels/sounds hopeful" describes the _______ of the piece.
Tempo
Mood
Beat
Rhythm
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This piece of music has a lot of _____ sounds
Instrument
Consonant
Dissonant
Turtle
