GCSE Music - OCR

What is the definition of Diegetic film music?

• Music which does not have a source on screen, it has been added in later.

• An effect whereby the sound produced by an amplifier or an amplified musical instrument is made to reverberate slightly.

• Music played by radio or a band on screen which is heard by the characters as well as the audience.

• A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.

When the music mirrors the precise movement on screen, it is known as..?

• A-tonal music

• Mickey Mousing

• An Ostinato

• A Leit-Motif

A Leitmotif is a recurring musical idea which is associated with...?

• Object, character or place

• Meaning, time or memory

• Year, day or month

• Pitch, tempo or structure

Identify the famous film music composer

• Richard Wagner

• Oasis

• John Williams

• Carl Stalling

What is a Pop Ballad?

• A slow song where the lyrics tell a story with a sense of emotion

• An upbeat piece of music

• A solo

• A heavy rock song

Which is more likely to have sung an 80's pop ballad?

• Madonna

• Elton John

• Britany Spears

• Ed Sheeran

What is a 'fill'?

• Adding a sense of space to a sound

• A piece of Dance music

• A solo song

• A more complex part of a drum rhythm which fills in around the beat

What is a Glissando?

• Playing all the strings on a guitar at once to play a chord

• Lots of different pitched notes sung to one single syllable

• A slide or Glide between two different pitched notes

• Each syllable is sung to one individual pitched note

What does double stopping on a string instrument mean?

• A Pulse

• Playing two strings next to each other, one after the other, repetitively

• Having two rests next to each other

• Playing two notes together on seperate strings at the same time

What is Rubato?

• The performer changing the tempo expressively during a piece

• A high male singing voice`

• Nonsense syllables in a Rock and Roll song

• Playing the Blues scale on a Tuba