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Year 8 Term 3 Revision

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the most accurate name for the scale shown?

a)

a Pentatonic Scale

b)

a Major Scale

c)

C = do Scale

d)

an Extended Pentatonic Scale

e)

C = do Pentatonic Scale

2.

What form is this song in?

a)

ABA (Ternary Form)

b)

ABBA (Ternary Form)

c)

ABBA (Binary Form)

d)

ABB (Binary Form)

e)

ABBA (Turnary Form)

3.

What is wrong with the following scale, where D = do?

a)

'mi' is not correct in this scale

b)

the scale does not start and end on D

c)

It is actually a D = la scale

d)

An accidental is needed on one of the notes

e)

It would be correct if it was in the treble clef

4.

How many half steps are there in a major 3rd?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

5.

so, to do is a ........ (what interval?)

a)

Perfect 4th

b)

Perfect 5th

c)

Major 4th

d)

Perfect 8ve

e)

Major 5th

6.

The following notes have been labelled with solfa + their interval, given that C = do. Which one is incorrect?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

The excerpt of music shown is from a song that you know. What is the title of the song?

a)

Hey Ho!

b)

Debka Hora (La la la Song)

c)

Gut Sabat Euch

d)

Misty River Shore

e)

Shanghai Chicken

8.

What is the most accurate description of an Anacrusis?

a)

When there is only 1 note in the bar at the start of a song and the rest is in the last bar

b)

A bar that doesn't add up to the write number of beats for the time signature

c)

One or more notes heard at the start of a song, before the first complete bar

d)

The notes heard in the first bar

9.

The following rhythmic pattern is from the B section of a song you know well. What is the title of the song?

a)

Hush a Bye

b)

'Lil Liza Jane

c)

I've Been to Harlem

d)

Birch Tree

10.

Name the scale that this melody is based on?

a)

F# = mi

b)

B = la

c)

D = do

d)

D = la

e)

B = do

11.

Which well know song begins with an anacrusis?

a)

Gut Sabat Euch

b)

'Lil Liza Jane

c)

Button You Must Wander

d)

A Ram Sam Sam

e)

Shanghai Chicken

12.

The following scale has been written by a Year 8 student who clearly hasn't read the question properly. Mark their work!

a)

The have written the scale in crotchets instead of minims

b)

They have labelled the solfa incorrectly

c)

They haven't ascended and then descended

d)

They have written it in the wrong clef

e)

The pitches aren't correct for A = la

13.

The following rhythm is called.....

a)

ti tam

b)

tim ka

c)

ka tim

d)

tam ti

e)

ti kam

14.

The following melody needs bar lines added so that it starts with a crotchet anacrusis and is 4 bars in total.

What will the time signature be?

a)

Simple Duple

b)

Simple Triple

c)

Common Time

d)

Simple Quadruple

e)

Cut Common Time

15.
What does "mezzo" mean?
a)
Medium, Half
b)
Very, Most
c)
Loud, Strong
d)
Soft, Quiet
16.
What does the suffix "-issimo" mean?
a)
Little
b)
Sudden
c)
Moderate
d)
Very
17.
Which is the best example of a "crescendo?"
a)
A flute plays softly followed by a sudden loud note from the orchestra.
b)
A slow piece of music gradually gets faster and faster.
c)
Strings start a passage of music at mezzo-piano and grow to forte over the course of eight beats. 
18.

When speaking about the speed of a piece of music, we are referring to the.......

a)

beat

b)

tempo

c)

rhythm

d)

meter

19.

Accelerando means....

a)

to gradually get slower

b)

to gradually get faster

c)

to put your foot down and accelerate

d)

to get faster immediately

20.

If you saw the following marking on a score, describe how you would play or sing it?

a)

you would play the crotchet as if it were semiquavers

b)

you would quiver or tremble

c)

you would rapidly alternate between two notes (eg. E and F)

d)

you would trill it with you tongue

21.

Which tempo indicates the fastest speed out of the options?

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Adagio

d)

Allegretto

e)

Largo

22.

Which term does NOT belong in the group?

a)

Largo

b)

Lento

c)

Adagio

d)

Presto

23.

Common time can be described as........

a)

Simple Duple Time

b)

Simple Triple Time

c)

Simple Quadruple Time

d)

Simply Common Time

24.

A too can also be called......

a)

a crotchet

b)

a minum

c)

a minim

d)

a crochet

e)

a quarter note

25.

Within an extended do pentatonic scale, the following major 2nds can be found

a)

r - m / l - d' / s - l / d - r

b)

m - r / l - s / s, - l, / d - m

c)

m - r / l, - s, / s - m / d - r

d)

r - m / l - s / s, - l, / d - r

e)

r - d / l, - s, / s - m / d - r