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Key vocabulary for students studying GCSE music
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What is tonality?
The key
The timbre
The different instruments
The overall sound
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What is the name for a short repeated pattern of notes?
Melody or Tune
Riff or Ostinato
Accompaniment
Chorus
3
How many instruments are playing in a trio?
everyone
3
1
2
4
On a stringed instrument, what is the technique of plucking the strings?
pizzicato
double stopping
con sordino
arco
5
Describe the structure of a rondo
AB or AABB
A and B variations
ABACADAEA
ABA
6
What does it mean if a piece of music is virtuosic?
slow(er)
difficult
happy
fast
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What is rubato?
playing two independent rhythms at the same time
playing triplets against duplets
creating the effect of another metre
free time
8
What term is used to describe sudden dynamic changes in a piece of music?
Forte
Terraced dynamics
Diminution
Crescendo
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How would you describe contrapuntal music?
It has lots of accents
It makes you feel different ways
It has two separate tunes playing at the same time.
It has lots of dynamics
10
What is texture?
Melodies in music
Layers in music
Harmonies in music
Volumes in music
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What is timbre or sonority in music?
The dynamics
Percussion instruments
The sounds made by instruments
The different instruments
12
What is the dynamic marker for "quiet"?
violin
piano
quiet
sshh
13
What is a coda?
solo performance, no orchestr
Solo performance, with an orchestra accompaniment
A soloist ending a concerto
The orchestra playing together to finish a concerto
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Describe the texture of homophonic music
Melody and chords moving at different times
One melody, no harmony
More than one melody/chord playing at the same time
Melody and chords moving at the same time
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What is a hemiola?
creating the effect of another metre
playing two independent rhythms at the same time
free time
playing triplets against duplets
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Describe the texture of polyphonic music
Melody and chords moving at different times
More than one melody/chord playing at the same time
One melody, no harmony
Melody and chords moving at the same time
17
What are dynamics?
The speed of music
The sound of music
The pitch of music
The volume of music
18
What does mean when a melody is described as conjunct?
one note to a syllable
lots of notes to a syllable
moving in leaps
moving in steps
19
Describe the texture of music consisting of melody and accompaniment
Melody and chords moving at different times
Melody and chords moving at the same time
One melody, no harmony
More than one melody/chord playing at the same time
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What does strophic mean?
New melody for each verse
Loud and quiet in places
Same melody for each verse
Progresses in steps
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What is the term used to describe playing with a mute?
double stopping
pizzicato
con sordino
arco
22
What is the name of this ornament?
inverted turn
lower mordent or inverted mordent
turn
mordent or upper mordent
23
What is the name of this ornament?
turn
lower mordent or inverted mordent
mordent or upper mordent
inverted turn
24
What does diminution mean?
Playing notes at half the length
Playing notes half as often
Playing notes at double the length
Paying notes twice as loud
25
What does SAT mean?
Soprano, Soprano, Alto
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Soprano, Alto, Tenor
Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass
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What is the musical term for "getting quieter"?
Diminution
Crescendo
Piano
Diminuendo
27
What does SATB mean?
Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Soprano, Soprano, Alto
Soprano, Alto, Tenor
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What is a cross-rhythm?
creating the effect of another metre
playing two independent rhythms at the same time
free time
playing on the off beats
29
On a stringed instrument, what is the technique of playing more than one note at once?
double stopping
pizzicato
arco
con sordino
30
What is syncopation?
Offbeat rhythms
Funky
Dotted rhythms
Long and short note values
31
Where would you find a cadence in a piece of music?
At the end of a line or at the close
After a break in the music
When the soloist plays a solo
At the beginning
32
How many instruments are playing in a duet?
3
everyone
1
2
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Which of the following best describes ternary form?
AB or AABB
A and B with variations
ABA
ABACADAEA
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What does tutti mean?
Everyone
Nobody
All instruments
Everyone together
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What is the dynamic marker for "loud"?
Forte
Cello
LOUD
Piano
36
How many instruments are playing in a quartet?
2
everyone
3
4
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What does through-composed mean?
Loud and quiet in places
Progresses in steps
Same melody for each verse
New melody for each verse
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What does mean when a melody is described as disjunct?
moving in leaps
moving in steps
one note to a syllable
lots of notes to a syllable
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What is it called if you replay your melodic pattern starting on a completely different note?
Augmentation
Diminution
Sequence
Transposition
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What is the name of this ornament?
appoggiatura
acciaccatura
trill
augmentation
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What is the name of this ornament?
mordent or upper mordent
turn
inverted turn
lower mordent or inverted mordent
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What is the name of this decoration?
acciaccatura
appoggiatura
augmentation
trill
43
In what type of composition does a soloist plays with an orchestra?
An oratorio
An aria
A concerto
A symphony
44
What is binary form?
ABA
ABACADA
A and B with variations
AB or AABB
45
What is the name of this ornament?
lower mordent or inverted mordent
inverted turn
mordent or upper mordent
turn
46
In Baroque music, what do we call a composition where the bass has a repeated melodic pattern?
Figured bass
Walking bass
Ground bass
Basso continuo
47
Which term means all treble voices?
Soprano, Soprano, Alto
Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass
Soprano, Alto, Tenor
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
48
What is a cadenza?
An ending to a concerto
The orchestra playing together
Solo performance, with an orchestra accompaniment
solo performance, no orchestra
49
What is the term used to describe the speed of a piece of music?
Forte
Dynamics
Metre
Tempo
50
What does augmentation mean?
Playing notes at double the length
Playing notes at half the length
Playing accented noted
Playing notes an octave higher
51
How many instruments are playing in a solo piece?
1
3
2
everyone
52
Which term means all male voices?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Soprano, Alto, Tenor
Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass
Soprano, Soprano, Alto
53
What does the harmonic device drone consist of?
1 note
Primary triads
Arpeggios
2 notes
54
What word best describes how a piece of music is organised?
Structure or Form
Texture
Dynamics
Timbre or Sonority
55
Describe the texture of monophonic music
More than one melody/chord playing at the same time
One melody, no harmony
Melody and chords moving at different times
Melody and chords moving at the same time
56
What does the harmonic device pedal consist of?
1 note
Arpeggios
2 notes
Primary triads
57
What is the meaning of the term "rit" or "ritenuto"?
happy
fast
slow(er)
difficult
58
What is the term for when a melodic phrase is repeated either higher or lower?
Transposition
Imitation
Sequence
Dimunition
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What does melismatic mean?
lots of notes to a syllable
moving in leaps
one note to a syllable
moving in steps
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On a stringed instrument, what is the technique of playing with a bow?
con sordino
pizzicato
arco
double stopping
