Edexcel GCSE Music - Purcell - Lesson 2 and 3

In what year was the piece composed?

• 1592
• 1692
• 1792
• 1892

In what musical period was the piece composed?

• Baroque
• Classical
• Romantic
• 20th century

What type of voice was singing in the recording we heard?

• soprano
• alto
• tenor
• bass

How many bars long is the ground bass?

• half a bar
• one bar
• three bars
• four bars

Which describes the rhythm of the ground bass?

• dotted
• crotchets and quavers
• crotchets and semiquavers
• continuous quavers

In which bar do we hear a repeat of the A section (bar 4)?

• bar 10
• bar 23
• bar 29
• bar 35

What musical form does the piece use?

• binary
• ternary
• sonata
• rondo

Which of the following describes the metre?

• duple
• triple
• quadruple
• quintuple

What ornaments are used in the harpsichord RH in bar 11?

• trills
• appoggiaturas
• grace notes
• mordents

Which best describes the texture used generally in the piece?

• melody and accompaniment
• ternary
• monophonic
• conjunct