AQA A-level Music: 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' Daft Punk

Extracts of a pre-existing song are used in 'HBFS'. What is this called?

• Looping

• Mixing

• Sampling

True or false: 'HBFS' has a conventional verse-chorus structure.

• True

• False

The introduction of 'HBFS' is based on which chord?

• E minor

• B minor

• F# minor

• G minor

How would you describe the drum beat in 'HBFS'?

• Bo Diddley beat

• Shuffle beat

• Backbeat

• Four-on-the-floor

Which of the following is true of the melody line?

• It has a very wide range (over 2 octaves)

• It has a narrow range (a fifth)

• It has an average range (just over an octave)

How many bars long is the main idea that gets repeated and developed throughout the song?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 12

Which of the following genres are Daft Punk most associated with?

• Funk

• House

• Garage

'HBFS' includes many extended chords. The first chord heard in the main pattern is...

• G#m7

• B7

• F#m9

• Dsus4

An F#sus4 chord is used at the end of the main chord progression. Which 3 notes make up F#sus4?

• F# B C#

• F# A C#

• F# G C#

How would you describe the vocal line in the later sections of the song?

• Instrumental sounding, clipped with greater rhythmic variety

• Higher pitched, scalic in semiquavers

• Triadic, generally lower pitched over a pedal