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S3 Music exam revision
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1
What is the interval between these two notes?
Octave
Seventh
Sixth
Fifth
2
Listen to this excerpt. What type of Scottish dance can you hear?
Reel
Jig
Waltz
Strathspey
3
What jazz style can you hear playing?
Swing
Improvisation
Scat singing
Ragtime
4
What instrument in Scottish music has a keyboard?
Clarsach
Bodhran
Accordion
Pibroch
5
What does
accelerando
mean?
To get faster
To get slower
To get louder
To get quieter
6
What does this picture mean?
Grace note
Anacrusis
Acciaccatura
Appoggiatura
7
What term means
unaccompanied singing
?
A capela
A cappela
Acapela
A cappella
8
The word that means a change of key is...
modular
modulation
moderation
modernation
9
What is the correct definition of
reggae
?
Strong accents on the 1st and 3rd beats of the bar
Music that is played by steel pans
Strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar
Strong accent on the 1st beat of the bar
10
What is the solo instrument playing in this extract?
Piccolo
Clarinet
Oboe
Bassoon
11
What word describes a rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note followed by a chord off the beat?
Pedal
Ragtime
Vamp
Walking bass
12
What does the Italian term
Andante
mean?
Fast and lively
Slow
Loud
At a walking pace
13
What does this sign mean?
Moderately quiet
More loud
Moderately loud
More quiet
14
In the key of C, what are the notes of the blues scale?
C Eb F G Bb C
C Eb F Gb G B C
C E F Gb G Bb C
C Eb F Gb G Bb C
15
What is a sequence?
A rhythmic phrase that is repeated
A rhythmic phrase that is repeated higher or lower
A melodic phrase that is repeated at the same pitch
A melodic phrase that is repeated at a higher or lower level
16
Which dance is fast and in compound time?
Strathspey
Jig
Waltz
Reel
17
How many beats does this note get?
3
4
1
2
18
Complete this sentence. Celtic rock is...
a mixture of folk and jazz music
a mixture of rock and jazz music
a mixture of folk and rock music
a mixture of folk and pop music
19
What term instructs you to give and take rhythmically?
Accelerando
Rubato
Fortissimo
Rallentando
20
What is a clarsach?
Part of the bagpipes
Small harp
Small drum
Violin
21
What does this sign mean?
Lower the note by a semitone
Raise the note by a semitone
Raise the note by a tone
Hash tag
22
What is the correct description of a
scotch snap
?
semibreve - dotted quaver
dotted quaver - semiquaver
semiquaver - dotted quaver
dotted quaver - semibreve
23
Listen to this excerpt. What is the style of music?
Mouth music
Scots ballad
Gaelic Psalm
Bothy ballad
24
What is the correct version of the 12 bar blues chord sequence?
I I I I, V V I I, VI V I I
I I I I, IV IV I I, V IV I I
I I I I, V V I I , V IV I I
I I I I, IV IV I I, IV V I I
25
What music grew from jazz, blues, gospel and country?
Rock and Roll
Rock
Jazz Funk
Pop
26
What is the name of this note?
Crotchet
Minim
Semibreve
Quaver
27
What is this instrument?
Trumpet
Trombone
Saxophone
Tuba
28
What does this sign mean?
Shorten note (staccato)
Raise the note by a semitone
Play note quieter than others
Play note louder than others
29
What word is used to describe the technique of using a bow on a stringed instrument?
Double stopping
Con sordino
Pizzicato
Arco
30
What is the term for
'with a mute'
?
Con sardino
Con muto
Con sordino
Con moto
31
What is a
drone
within Music?
One note or notes held on or repeated in the melody
One note or notes held on or repeated in the bass
The section of the bagpipes attached to the mouthpiece
The low-pitched pipes of a bagpipe
32
What is the correct definition of
ragtime
?
Music made up on the spot
Syncopated melody against a steady vamp accompaniment
Syncopated melody against a walking bass accompaniment
Syncopated melody
33
Identify the chords in this chord progression. You have 60 seconds to answer.
C, G, Am, F
C, G, A, F
C, B, C, C
C, G, C, Am
34
What word describes the notes which appear before the first strong beat of a musical phrase?
Anacrusis
Andante
Antiphonal
Answer
35
What is the Italian term for
playing smoothly
.
Staccato
Leggiero
Adagio
Legato
36
What word describes an electronic effect used to colour the sound of an electric guitar?
Amplification
Reverb
Distortion
Echo
37
Which voice is the
lowest
male voice?
Alto
Soprano
Tenor
Bass
38
What does this sign mean?
Loud
Quiet
Very quiet
Very loud
39
What can music in compound time be divisible by?
2
6
4
3
40
What structure is made up of verse, chorus, verse, chorus?
Strophic
Ternary
Binary
Canon
41
Select the odd one out.
Distortion
Con sordino
Glissando
Flutter tonguing
42
What is a
pibroch
?
Scottish drum
Solo fiddle
Solo bagpipe with percussion accompaniment
Solo bagpipe
43
What is another term for
arpeggio
?
Fast and lively
Broken chord
Slow
Accented note
44
Which part of a song is a contrasting section?
Verse
Middle eight
Chorus
Strophic
45
What style of music is a folk song from north-east Scotland sung by a man?
Bothy ballad
Air
Scots ballad
Gaelic Psalm
