Year 8 Music Term One

You will hear four chords. Pick the odd one out (it will be a minor chord)

• Chord 1

• Chord 2

• Chord 3

• Chord 4

Pick the last note played. The notes come from the pentatonic scale and will begin on do.

• do

• re

• mi

• so

You will hear 4 groups of notes. Each group will have three notes. Pick out the odd group (this group will be la-do-re).

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

La pentatonic scale, beginning on la, is also known as:

• do pentatonic

• minor pentatonic

• major pentatonic

In the chord 'Em', the m refers to:

• Major

• Minor

• microtonal

• mixolydian

In the image, you can see the position for A minor (Am). Select all the information we can see.

• All 6 strings need to be played

• Only 5 strings need to be played

• finger 1 (index finger) will go on the A string

• finger 1 will be in the first fret.

• 3 fingers are needed to play this chord

You will hear the chords G and D major. G will be the first chord. What is the last chord you hear:

• G major

• D major

• D minor

• G minor

Answer explanation

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If do = D, and I want to play the chord that is built on so, what chord would I play?

• A major

• F# major

• D major

• D minor

Answer explanation

do = D, re = E, mi = F#, so = A

Listen to the following progression on piano. The first three chords will be G major, D major, A major. Can you pick the last chord?

• A major

• D major

• G major

Three chords will be played on the guitar (E minor, D major, G major). You will not be told which is first. HOWEVER, you know:

E minor sounds minor

G major sounds major and uses all the strings

D major sounds major and uses the top 4 strings only.

What is the order of the chords:

• E minor - G major - D major

• E minor - D major - G major

• G major - D major - E minor

• D major - E minor - G major