Year 5 & 6 Music Detectives Quiz

What does 'piano' mean in music?

• Loud

• Fast

• Soft/quiet

• slow

Which tempo is fastest?

• Andante

• Presto

• Largo

• Slow

Which note lasts 1 beat

• Minim

• Quaver

• Crotchet

• Semi-breve

Which of these are quavers (not semi-quavers)?

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Choose all of the answers that are a type of musical structure.

• CBBC

• ABACADA

• ABA

• GBP

What is TIMBRE?

• How loud something is

• How high or low a note is

• How fast or slow the music is

• The sound quality of a specific instrument or sound

Which of these instruments has the highest pitch?

• Flute

• Cello

• Tuba

• Viola

What is a melody?

• A rhythm

• A tune made out of notes

• When you sing a note that sounds good with another note

• How fast you are going

The word that means layers of sound is:

(a)  

Which is an example of a thick texture?

• An orchestra with lots of different parts weaving around each other

• An opera singer singing on her own

• Two violins playing the same melody in unison

• A choir singing the same melody altogether.