Year 10 Listening

What terms are suitable for describing texture?

• piano, forte, crescendo

• Monophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic

• Allegro, moderato, accelerando

• Flute, violin and double bass

What style of music typically uses this instrument?

• Irish Folk

• Canadian Blue Grass

• Mozart's music

• Jazz

What musical element do dynamics refer to?

• How fast the music is?

• How loud / quiet the music is?

• How busy the orchestra are?

• What techniques the instruments use?

What is the tonic key of Grieg's 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'?

• B major

• B minor

• B flat major

• B flat minor

What are two good words for articulation?

• dotted rhythms

• syncopation

• staccato and legato

• major or minor

What string technique is used in the opening of Grieg's setwork?

• Arco

• tremolo

• double stopping

• pizzicato

Sometimes the solo voices sound like they are inventing music on the spot. What best describes this?

• Solo passage

• Improvisatory

• Inventions

Sometimes the solo voices have a slide. What Italian word describes this?

• Crescendo

• Diminuendo

• Allegro

• Glissando

What happens to the tempo in this work?

• Accelerando

• constant Allegro

• constant Adagio

• Rallentando

In the closing section of 'In the Hall of the Mountain King', what percussion instrument has an exciting roll?

• Timpani

• Cymbals

• Snare drum

• Bass Drum