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A #music quiz based on #AQA #GCSE #vocab.
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1
A term to describe getting faster.
Crescendo
Diminuendo
Accelerando
Ritardando
2
An extra melody, usually higher in pitch, is called what? (think Christmas carols!)
Descant
Echo
Unison
3
'Modulation' is a term to describe what
Texture change
Tempo change
Key change
Instrument change
4
The abbreviation 'ff' stands for which term?
Forte Forte
Fortissississimo
Fortissimo
Forte
5
Using parts of another song, or a recorded sound is called what?
Copy
Sample
Cover
6
Name this instrument family
Brass
Percussion
Woodwind
String
7
A musical term for sliding up or down.
Gliss
Scoop
Slide
8
The term for an echo effect in popular music
Roll
Rubato
Reverb
9
What do you call choral music which is unaccompanied?
Solo
Polyphonic
A capella
10
A repeated bass line is called a what?
Riff
Hook
Ostinato
11
What is the musical term for quiet?
Pianissimo
Forte
Piano
Fortissimo
12
How high or low a note is
Pitch
Dynamics
Tempo
Timbre
13
Does this symbol show getting louder or quieter?
Quieter
Louder
14
What is the name given to these groups of lines in music?
Staff
Stave
15
A term for getting slower
Accelerando
Ritardando
Crescendo
Diminuendo
16
What is this symbol?
Alto Clef
Treble clef
Bass Clef
Tenor Clef
17
What is the term given for many voices/instruments playing different rhythms?
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Homophonic
18
Plucking instead of bowing a string instrument is called what?
Picking
Pick
Pizzicato
Pizz
19
2 or more notes played together is called a what?
Roll
Chord
Fill
Riff
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How fast or how slow the music is
Tempo
Dynamics
Duration
Texture
