stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Year 8 Music History Revision Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Year 8 Music History Revision
Year 8 Music History Revision
60 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
91 plays
Exam revision for Year 8 Music
Flashcards
60 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
60
Answers
1
Leger Lines are used for...
For extra special notes
For notes that are too high or too low to be written on the stave
For notes that are too high for the stave
For notes that are too low on the stave
2
What were the dates of the Classical Era?
1750 - 1825
1675 - 1750
1900 - 2024
1825 - 1900
3
The order of Tones (T) & Semitones (S) in a Major Scale
TTSTTTS
TTSTTST
SSSTTTS
TTTSTTTS
4
Technical virtuosity was a feature of the Romantic Era
False
True
5
1950s Rock & Roll sounded
Frenzied and raucous
Highly syncopated
Non threatening
Psychedelic
6
The other name for the Treble Clef
That squiggly one
"I can't draw it, it's too hard"
The G Clef
The F Clef
7
Nationalism in the Romantic Era was...
Shouting 'Fights to Win' in the Girton school song
Mandatory Military Service
Singing your National Anthem before every assembly
A reaction against German influences by composers from other countries
8
What were the dates of the Baroque era?
1550 - 1675
1900 - 2000
1675 - 1750
1825 - 1900
9
The most powerful promotional tool for musicians in the 1980s was...
Spotify
The radio
Live performances
MTV (Music Television)
10
Bob Dylan was well known for playing this style of Music
1960s Teen Pop
Folk Rock
Punk
Heavy Metal
11
Who was a Baroque composer?
Mozart
Wagner
Bach
Mahler
12
A style of music from the 1990s that grew outwards from the American city of Seattle
Britpop
Trap
Techno
Grunge
13
The other name for 4/4
Compound quintuple
Simple Quadruple
Simple Duple
Simple Triple
14
Who was a Romantic composer?
Bach
Mozart
Wagner
Haydn
15
This instrument family was the most dominant in the Baroque era
Woodwind
Percussion
Strings
Saxophone
16
The following instrument family became popular in the Classical Era
Strings
Brass
Peruvian Honkpipes
Woodwind
17
To create a Major Chord you use the 1st, 3rd and 6th notes of the Major Scale
False
True
18
The bottom number in a time signature tells you...
How many beats to count in
How many beats per bar
How fast the song goes
The value of each beat
19
Architecture in the Baroque era was...
Elaborate & ornate
Featured escher staircases
Simple
Lots of pink featured
20
Absolute Music is....
Instrumental music that tells a story
Instrumental Music without a prescribe narrative
21
Forte means
Soft
Very Soft
Loud
Moderately Loud
22
A concerto is...
A piece of music written for a Soloist and an Orchestra
Background music for a Tik Tok
Music that's played at a Concert
Music for a Jazz Band
23
Romantic composers formed close relationships with...
Soccer stars
Writers & Painters
YouTube Streamers
Movie directors
24
Trends in music often reflect trends in other artforms
False
True
25
Wagner's Ring Cycle featured...
A length of 16 hours
A narrative based on mythological stories
Four separate Operas
Incredibly influential and ground breaking Orchestral & Vocal writing
26
Architecture in the Classical Era favoured Proportion, Symmetry and Balance
True
False
27
The distance between the notes C & G is a...
Perfect 5th
Major 2nd
Major 7th
Major 3rd
28
John Adams wrote a piece of music called 'A Short Ride in a Fast....'
Machine
Forklift
Dodgem Car
Go Kart
29
The Key of D Major has how many sharps?
2
0
5
3
30
Two Semibreves plus a Minim equals how many beats?
6
10
7
11
31
Mozart was working on this piece of music when he died
An absolute bop
A concerto for Cheese Drums & Orchestra
His 73rd Symphony
A Requiem
32
What are the dates of the Romantic era?
1675 - 1750
1900 - 2024
1750 - 1825
1825 - 1900
33
Tchaikovsky was from which era?
Classical
Baroque
Romantic
20th Century
34
The word Symphony means...
A song about nature
Sympathising with someone
Sounding Together
Music for synthesizers
35
This instrument became popular in the Classical Era
Double Bass
Cheese Drums
Violin
Piano
36
Mozart lived to be 103
False
True
37
Program Music...
Can be found on Netflix
Is Vocal Music, but without lyrics
Is Instrumental Music about nothing in particular
Is Instrumental Music that tells a story
38
What became a huge problem for the Music Industry from the late 1990s into the 2000s?
Tape trading
Music Piracy on the Internet
Autotune
39
A dot after a note makes it...
Longer by twice the original value of the note
Doubles the value
Longer, by half of the original value of the note
Twice as fast
40
Quavers are twice as fast as Crotchets, Semiquavers are twice as fast as Minims
True
False
41
Terraced dynamics were a feature of what era?
Romantic
20th Century
Classical
Baroque
42
Which two instruments became popular in the 1980s?
Hammond Organ & Woodblocks
Electric Bass & Congas
MIDI Guitar & Cheese Drums
Synthesizers & Drum Machines
43
Romantic composers desired...
Formal structure
Greater freedom of form and design in their music
44
Which very famous musical artist starred in 31 films?
William Shatner
Humphrey B. Bear
Elvis Presley
Ryan Gosling
45
A slur is a curved line connecting two or more notes of different pitches
False
True
46
Bob Dylan's most powerful weapon was his...
Go Go Dancers
Lyrics
Guitar playing
Backing Band
47
The mnemonic to help you remember the Lines on the Treble Clef
Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit
Every Average Dude Grows Big Ears
Great Big Dogs From Africa
Good Birds Don't Fly Away
48
An accidental is a....
A sharp
Sign put in front of a note to change the pitch
A natural
A flat
49
A three note chord is called a...
Dyad
Monad
Triage
Triad
50
The mnemonic to help you remember the spaces on the Treble Clef
ACED
Easter Bunny Gets Drunk After Easter
All Cows Eat Grass
FACE
51
The note that is a tone about C is...
D
E
C#
Db
52
What events saved Australian Rock Music in the 1990s?
Music festivals such as the Big Day Out
Half time entertainment at the AFL & NRL Grand Finals
Battle of the Bands at the Eaglehawk Town Hall
The Melbourne Grand Prix
53
This Instrument Family was utilized much more in the Romantic Era
Percussion
Woodwind
Brass
Banjos
54
Catherine de' Medici was responsible for popularising...
The side saddle
Ice Cream
Fashion
The Violin
55
Name the composer who spanned the Classical & Romantic Eras?
Bach
Stravinsky
Beethoven
Mozart
56
Pianissimo means...
Moderately soft
Very soft
Very loud
Loud
57
Vivaldi was from which era?
Romantic
Baroque
Renaissance
Classical
58
The Beatles were one of the first...
Rap artists
Country crossover artists
Progressive Rock Bands
Manufactured artists
59
The other name for the Bass Clef is the F Clef
False
True
60
One reason the Piano became more popular than the Harpsichord
Billy Joel made it popular with his song 'Piano Man'
It was heaps bigger and so, way cooler man
You could plug it into a PA system and amplify it
It was able to reproduce dynamics
