Year 10 Music Theory 1

What does the word 'dynamics' mean in music?

• The speed of the music

• The note range of the music

• The volume of the music

• The instruments playing the music

What does the term 'disjunct' mean?

• To play a piece of music far away from an audience

• The melody notes are moving close together

• The bass line is a lot lower than the rest of the piece

• The melody notes move far apart from each other

How many notes make a triad chord?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What does the term 'tempo' mean in music?

• The volume of the music

• The speed of the music

• The length of the music

• The rhythm of the music

What does the term 'structure' mean in music?

• The length of a piece of music

• The layout of a piece of music

• How high or low a piece of music is played

• The speed of the music

If a piece of music has 4 crochet beat per bar, what time signature should be visible at the start of the sheet music?

• 3/4

• 4/4

• 2/4

• 4/8

How would you describe the opening oboe part of 'Handbags and Gladrags'?

• Disjunct movement

• Chromatic movement

• Conjuct and disjunct movement

• Conjuct movement

What does the musical term 'drone' mean?

• An instrument

• A repeated sustained note

• A chord

• A melody in the bass

What does the musical term 'imitation' mean?

• A new melody

• A new musical idea

• An instrument copies another instrument

• A repeated pattern

What does the term 'ostinato' mean?

• A repeated pattern

• A sequence

• A key change

• A chord