Year 8 end of year Music test

What is the beat in music?

• The pattern of durations

• A steady pulse

• how loud the music is

• how long the music is

how long is a semibreve?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

how long is a crotchet?

(a)  

What is rhythm?

• The pattern of durations

• A steady pulse

• how loud the music is

• how long the music is

What is the name of this note value?

• semibreve

• minim

• crotchet

• quaver

• semiquaver

Draw a quaver (2 marks)

What effect does placing a dot after a note have?

• you play it shorter

• The dot takes half the value of the note and adds it on

• It tells you to play smoothly

True or False?

Triplets mean that you play 3 notes in the time of two

• True

• False

Match the rhythms (3 marks)

Groups:

(a) triplets

,

(b) syncopation

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(c) dotted

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What are dynamics?

• loud or quiet

• slow or fast

• high or low

• major or minor