GCSE Music Quiz

Question 1

Conjunct definition:

Accepted Answer

Notes which are next to eachother in a scale

Question 2

Diatonic means that a piece is

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Uses major or minor tonality

Question 3

What's another word for call and response?

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Antiphonal

Question 4

Perfect Cadence

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Chord V- Chord I

Question 5

Imperfect Cadence

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Chord I to Chord V

Question 6

The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale popular in Folk and Jazz music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Acciaccatura, Appogiatura, Turns, Mordents and Trills are all

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ORNAMENTS

Question 8

What word would you use to describe a repeating pattern in a piece of Pop music?

Accepted Answer

Riff

Question 9

What word would you use to describe a repeating pattern in a piece of Classical music?

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Ostinato

Question 10

This is a whole tone scale starting on C: C D E F# G# A#

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Conjunct vs disjunct, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

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Conjuct- notes next to eachother Disjunct- skip a note

Question 12

Plagal Cadence

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Chord IV to Chord I

Question 13

TIMBRE is

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TImbre identifies that each instrument has a unique sound and texture.

Question 14

Monophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic (2 answers)

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A single voice, voices in unison, multiple overlapping voices

Question 15

Sonata Form has 3 sections:

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Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Question 16

What word would you use to describe a song which starts in a minor key and ends on a major chord?

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Tierce de Picardie

Question 17

The Whole Tone scale has 2 semitones in it.

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False

Question 18

A sequence is a repeating melodic pattern which moves up or down in step.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Choose the Romantic composer

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Chopin

Question 20

Ritornello Form (ABACA) was the Baroque name for a musical form which is now known as...

Accepted Answer

Rondo Form

Question 21

Which is Ternary Form?

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ABA

Question 22

Choose the Modern composer

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Stravinsky

Question 23

Which is Binary Form?

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AB

Question 24

A concerto typically has 3 movements whereas a Symphony has 4 movements

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True

Question 25

Key signatures define the....of a piece of music

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Harmony and Tonality

Question 26

Choose the BAROQUE composer

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Bach

Question 27

Choose the Classical composer

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Mozart

Question 28

A Concerto is different from a Symphony because

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The Concerto features a soloist, the symphony features the entire orchestra

Question 29

Another way of describing a key change

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The piece of music MODULATES

Question 30

Which instrument family can play pizzicato, Arco, con sordini, double-stopping?

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Strings

Question 31

Polyrhythm is

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Lots of different overlapping rhythms

Question 32

Which is Rondo Form?

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ABACA

Question 33

Major/Minor/Modal are all words for describing

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TONALITY

Question 34

Sonata Form has 3 parts; Exposition, Development and Recapitulation

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True

GCSE Music Quiz

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GCSE Music Quiz

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