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WorksheetsMusic Genres IGCSE
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
An opera is a....
A dramatic or comedic performance entirely sung. An orchestra accompanies the singers.
A chamber music group consisting of only four people with string instruments: violin 1, violin 2, viola and cello
An extended musical composition for orchestra usually in four
movements (sections). Each movement sets a different mood
a play or film in which singing and dancing play an essential part.
A musical genre that includes singers and an orchestra but is based on a religious topic and does not use props is...
A concerto
A recitative
An oratorio
An opera
An orchestral work that is made up of four different sections is called a...
A concerto
Aria
Opera
Symphony
When a singer sings in the style of someone speaking, you are most likely listening to a...
Opera
Recitative
Concerto
Aria
A musical composition favorable in the 18th century where the singer is allowed to show off their virtuosic skills and is usually unaccompanied, is called a...
Aria
Concerto
Chorus
Recitative
An orchestral work that features a soloits and is usually in three movements is called a
String Quartet
Symphony
Concerto
Aria
A string quartet is made up from the following instruments...
Violin, Violla, Cello and Double Bass
Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello
Violin I, Violin II, Viola I and Viola II
Violin I, Violin II, Flute and Cello
A musical composition that is usually in 4/4 time, has marked rhythm and is played by a brass combination of instruments is called...
String Quartet
Waltz
Musical
March
A musical composition that is usually in tripple meter and has a characteristic "up-pah-pah" feel is called a...
Symphony
Concerto
Musical
Waltz
A musical form often used to create solo pieces but also used to formulate movements in larger orchestral works and has an ABA structure is known as a...
Minuet and Trio
Theme and Variation
Sonata
Rondo
Minuet a...
Popular Dance form from a french origin
The structure of the third movement of a larger orchestral work
A piece of music in tripple meter
A composition in rondo form
An orchestral work in three movements that features a soloist is known as a
Waltz
Sonata
Symphony
Concerto
AB form is known as..
Binary
Ternary
Sonata
Menuet
ABA is known as...
Binary
Ternary
Sonata
Rondo
Rondo Form has the structure of...
ABA
AB
ABACADA
AA1A2A3
The form of Theme and Variation is...
When a piece of music is composed in three sections, where the first and last sections are the same
When a piece of music is composed in two sections, each section different
When a piece of music has many sections but the A section keeps on returning in between new material introduced
When a piece of music is created with a main musical idea that gets revamped into new versions each time
Which one of these is not a compositional device?
Guitar
Sequence
Imitation
Pedal Bass
Which one of these is not a musical form
Concerto
Rondo
Sonata
Theme and Variations
A modern symphonic orchestra is made up of...
up to 30 players
up to 50 players
from 80-100
over 200
A Baroque Orchestra is usually made up of
80-100 players
around 50
up to 30
over 250
The main keyboard instrument of the Baroque Period was...
The Piano
the xylophone
the celesta
the harpsichord
