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GCSE Purcell Music for a While
GCSE Purcell Music for a While
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A #revision quiz for Year 10 (Edexcel)
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1
Which of these instruments could make up a continuo?
trumpet
cello
harpsichord
bass viol
2
A passing note is a note that does not belong to the chord but is stepped through on the way
Yep, got it
Nope, again please
3
What is Mr Price's favourite flavour of milkshake?
strawberry
chocolate
vanilla
banana
4
Where do we most often hear perfect cadences in this piece?
Only at the end of the piece
At the end of the ground bass into its repetition
In the middle of the ground bass
5
What does syllabic mean?
Following natural speech rhythms
The rhythms are longer than natural speech
6
Who was Purcell's Music Teacher?
John Pryce
John Wind
John Dunne
John Blow
7
How many bars long is the ground bass?
3 bars
4 bars
1 bar
2 bars
8
The left hand of the harpsichord and the bass viol play...
the ground bass
the ground haddock
the ground cod
the ground salmon
9
How many times is the word 'drop' repeated in a row?
7
11
9
10
What opera was Purcell best known for composing?
The Master Singers of Nuremberg
The Barber of Seville
Dido and Aeneas
The Merry Widow
11
Henry Purcell was alive between when?
1655 - 1699
1627 - 1652
1640 - 1693
1659 - 1695
12
The play was called Oedipus Rex. What character sings 'Music for a While?'
Alecto
Aleppo
Alectus
Alectra
13
What is the texture of this piece?
Melody and accompaniment
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
Monophonic
14
What does she have for hair?
snakes
squirrels
slippery fish
snails
15
The soprano line and RH of the harpsichord part use lots of
staccato notes
ornaments
slurs
dynamics
16
The ground bass follows what sort of shape?
arpeggio
scalic
17
Music for a While was written for voice and....?
continuo
violin
flute
piano
18
'Music for a While' was written for what?
The wedding of the King George
An opera
Incidental music for a play
A funeral
19
What tempo would be appropriate for this piece?
allegro
moderato
largo
presto
20
Word painting is the technique of
using words to describe what is going on in the drama
writing music that reflects the literal meaning of the song
writing music that uses lots of words
21
What rhythmic value is it made up of?
quavers
minims
crotchets
semiquavers
22
What metre does this piece have?
Duple
Quadruple
Triple
23
No one knows how Purcell died. Which of these is a theory that has been suggested?
His wife murdered him after he performed a bad ground bass
He fell from the organ loft at Westminster Abbey
He drowned in the River Thames
He ate too much chocolate and died from poisoning
24
Where does it modulate to closely related keys?
The middle section
The end
25
What word do we use to describe much of the melody?
disjunct
conjunct
smooth
flat
26
A variety of rhythms are used. What rhythmic values are most prominent?
Crotchets and minims
Semiquavers and minims
Quavers and semiquavers
Crotchets and quavers
27
What key is the piece mainly in?
A major
A minor
28
Why does the ground bass sound incomplete?
It ends on a chord V
Purcell forgot to write a proper ending to it
It speeds up at the end
It ends on a chord I
29
What is a melisma?
Lots of words sung to lots of notes
Lots of sung notes applied to one word
30
How many times is the ground bass heard in the tonic key before it modulates?
5 and a half
3
2 and a half
4 and a half
31
The piece follows a .................... structure
sonata form
symphonic
ground bass
32
Alecto was one of the what in Greek mythology?
the Valkyries
the Furies
the Demons
the Angels
