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GCSE Music Quick lesson starter quiz
GCSE Music Quick lesson starter quiz
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A quiz to help learn some of the essential vocab needed for GCSE Music
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What is the definition of a concerto grosso?
A piece for more than one soloist and orchestra
An orchestra with a harpsichord
A really long concerto
The group of soloists in a concerto in the Baroque era
2
What does the term overdubbing mean?
To record two instruments simultaneously
To record a part over an existing recording
Going too far with a Dubstep composition
To record multiple parts at the same time
3
What name describes the technique of plucking a string rather than bowing it?
Arco
Con Sordino
Pizzicato
Col Legno
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What is a ground bass?
A melodic bass line played by the Electric Bass
A continuous bass line played by cello and harpsichord
A bass line that follows the chords
A constantly repeating bass line
5
Is this time signature Compound or Simple?
Simple
Compound
6
Find the relative minor scale
A Minor
F Minor
E Minor
G Minor
7
What is a cadence?
A type of modulation
The middle section of a piece
The chords that end a musical phrase
A note that doesn't belong to a chord
8
What was Mrs Metcalf's most common lunch dish in Autumn Term
Salad
Moussaka
Dolmades
Salmon fillet
9
Name the cadence!
Imperfect
Perfect
Tierce de picardie
Plagal
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What is a samba?
A dance style from Argentina
A dance style from Spain
A dance style from Brazil
A dance style from Cuba
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What is the term for the bass part of a concerto grosso?
Walking Bass
Ground Bass
Canon
Basso Continuo
12
Which dates below match the Baroque era?
1750-1820
1820-1910
1450-1600
1600-1750
13
What are the 3 sections of a sonata form piece called?
Beginning, Middle, End
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Exposition, Development, Rendevous
Exposed, Middle, Recap
14
Name the cadence
Perfect
Imperfect
Plagal
Interrupted
15
Name this interval.
M8
P8
A8
m8
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What is a Ripieno?
The Soloists
The Orchestra
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Name the interval
P5
m5
d5
M4
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What does conjunct mean?
A melody that moves in leaps, not steps
The simultaneous sounding of two or more notes
A melody that moves in steps, not leaps.
Some sort of eye disease
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What is a pedal note?
A note played on the piano with the pedal held down
Switching between two notes very quickly
A held or repeated note
A constant held note
20
Name this interval:
7th
5th
6th
3rd
21
What is quartal harmony?
It is the harmony that has 4 notes.
Ornament that consists added note in a melody.
It is the chords that decorates the melody.
It is the chords that was built on superimposed fourths.
22
What does the term Tierce di Picardi mean?
It means when you play it loud
A major chord at the end of a minor piece of music
It's a series of fast notes in a scale
You play quietly
23
Name this interval.
A3
d4
m3
M3
24
What football team does Mrs Streeks support
Fulham
Charlton
Arsenal
Tottenham
25
find the Relative Minor Scale
D Minor
Eb Minor
F# Minor
G# Minor
26
What is dissonance?
A Norweigan Electro-Trance Band
The lowest part of musical texture
A clashing note within a chord
Wordplay within a song
27
What is a tremolo in the Beethoven Sonata?
A pattern of broken octave quavers
A bassline with lots of sharps and flats
A type of bass guitar
a type of fish
28
What is modulation?
Changing clothes
Changing instruments
Changing key
Changing shape
29
Which of these is NOT a string technique?
Flutter Tounging
Con Sordino
Pizzicato
Arco
30
What is an arpeggio?
a technical exercise on the piano
the notes of a chord played in succession
A type of monkey
the notes of a chord played together
31
Select a characteristic of Baroque music.
only major key signatures
Counterpoint
Key signatures
No or few dynamics
32
Ritornello means...
Go back to the start
Gradually slow down
Continuous bass
Little return - recurring theme
33
What is Fusion?
A sacred piece of music from the Baroque era
Making music out of controlled explosions
The mixing of two or more musical styles
A work for soloist and orchestra in 3 movements
34
What guitar techniques are used?
Hocketing, Palm muting, slides, vibrato, pull-off, bend
Flanger, EQ, Reverb, Multitracking, Panning
Playing with a sixpence
Hockey-playing, Palm trees, Slides, vibrations, bentness
35
What is word painting?
Where the word is shouted
The name of Banksy's latest exhibition
When a composer illustrates a word with matching music
When there are lots of notes for one syllable
36
What is a melisma?
When a syllable is sung to only one note
Sliding between two notes
The silence between words
When a syllable is sung to more than one note
37
What does the tempo marking Grave mean?
Slow
Deathly/Extremely Slow
Moderate
Zombie Walking Pace
38
What is a gigue
A type of waltz
A fast Baroque dance, usually in 6/8
A fusion of African and American styles
A piece in 4/4 for ceremonial use
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What is Tessitura?
A group of pieces in dance styles
The most widely used part of an instrument's range within a piece
The highest notes of the vocal range
The tuning pegs on a violin
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A characteristic of Baroque music
plain
simplistic
slow
ornamented
