SSA Year 8 Music

Question 1

Which of the following are woodwind instruments from the renaissance period?

Accepted Answer

Shawn, Recorder

Question 2

Which instrument plays the rhythm part in Indian music?

Accepted Answer

Tabla

Question 3

In Indian music, which instrument plays the drone?

Accepted Answer

Tambura

Question 4

What is the note name of this note?

Accepted Answer

E flat

Question 5

Which word is used to describe melodies or chords that are played off the beat?

Accepted Answer

Syncopation

Question 6

What is a pavan?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance dance in 3 time

Question 7

What is the name of the period between the years 1400 - 1600?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 8

What is the name given to the two numbers at the beginning of a piece of music?

Accepted Answer

Time signature

Question 9

How many notes in the pentatonic scale?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 10

What is a chord?

Accepted Answer

Two or more notes played at once

Question 11

What is the structure for a binary form composition?

Accepted Answer

AB

Question 12

In Indian music, which instrument plays the melody?

Accepted Answer

Sitar

Question 13

The melody in Indian music is based on what?

Accepted Answer

A raga

Question 14

What does the word renaissance mean?

Accepted Answer

Re-birth

Question 15

What is the Italian term for a repeated pattern?

Accepted Answer

Ostinato

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