Year 9 Music Revision

Do these characteristics belong to the Rock and Roll style?

Groups:

(a) YES

,

(b) NO

• uses only major chords

• often sad songs

• shuffle drum beat

• 4/4 time signature

• slow relaxing tempo

• walking bassline

• uses the violin often

• soft dynamics

• lots of minor chords

• uses 12 bar blues chord progression

The two main types of drumbeats that belong to the Rock and Roll genre are straight and...

A scale is...

• a sequence of notes arranged in alphabetical order of pitch

• three or more notes played together at the same time

• a type of melody that has large leaps in pitch

A chord is...

• a sequence of notes arranged in alphabetical order of pitch

• three or more notes played together at the same time

• a type of melody that has large leaps in pitch

The 12-bar-blues is a chord progression with how many bars in it?

• 10

• 4

• 8

• 12

Match these.

• Subdominant

• I

• Submediant

• V

• Tonic

• IV

• Dominant

• vi

Which of these is a MINOR chord?

• Tonic

• Subdominant

• Dominant

• Submediant

Which of these is a MINOR chord?

• I

• IV

• V

• vi

A capital letter in roman numerals (eg. I IV V) usually means a...

• Major chord

• Minor chord

If my key is C, what are these chords...

• Am

• vi

• C

• IV

• G

• V

• F

• I