GCSE Music 'Describing Melody'

If a melody is said to be diatonic, which scale is it based on?

• Mode

• Whole Tone Scale

• Major or Minor Scale

What is the definition of a leitmotif?

• A musical idea that represents a character, theme or mood

• A musical idea from the Baroque period

• A musical cell which is manipulated and repeated frequently

Listen to the Piano, what type of melody is being played?

• Minor Scale

• Broken Chord / Arpeggio

• Major Scale

The 12 tone scale is found in which period?

• Baroque

• Romantic

• 20th century

What new type of scale did impressionist composers such as Debussy use in their music in the early 20th-century?

• Whole Tone

• Major

• Minor

What's the name of the 20th-century style of music that seeks to make maximum impact out of the smallest amount of musical material?

• Impressionism

• Serialism

• Minimalism

What type of melody has a lot of leaps in it?

• Chromatic

• Disjunct

• Diatonic

A melody that moves by step is called what?

• Broken Chord

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

What is a madrigal?

• A secular vocal piece for unaccompanied choir.

• A gospel vocal piece with Piano accompaniment

• Solo vocal piece

True or False?! An ornamental leaning note in which the ornament takes half the value of the note it proceeds is called a trill

• False

• True