AQA A-level Music: 'Supermassive Black Hole' Muse

How many bars long is the introduction?

• 4

• 8

• 16

The introduction mainly consists of a tonic pedal on the note...

• A

• D

• G

• E

Which of the following vocal techniques is used frequently by Matt Bellamy in 'Supermassive Black Hole'?

• Vibrato

• Falsetto

• Melisma

At the end of each 8 bar section in the introduction, the guitar plays a decorative fill starting on which note?

• Bb (flattened 5th)

• Ab (flattened 4th)

• E (tonic)

• B (dominant)

How would you describe the bass line in the chorus of 'Supermassive Black Hole'?

• Mainly scalic

• Mainly chromatic

• Mainly triadic

Power chords are used throughout 'Supermassive Black Hole'. Power chords consists of the...

• 1st and 3rd

• 1st and 6th

• 1st and 5th

• 1st and 7th

In which section is there an electric guitar solo?

• Bridge

• Verse

• Chorus

• Outro

The guitar solo repeatedly plays the 4th and flattened 5th of the scale in semiquavers. The 4th and flattened 5th are the notes...

• E and G

• A and B

• E and C

• A and Bb

Which of the following effects is used extensively in 'Supermassive Black Hole'?

• Echo

• Distortion

• Palm muting

• Harmonics

'Supermassive Black Hole' is in the key of...

• E major

• G major

• E minor

• G minor