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WorksheetsGCSE music vocabulary revision
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What does A cappella mean
In unison
unaccompanied singing
with accompaniment
In chords
What is an acciaccatura?
A scalic passage
A sustained note
An ornamental 'crushed note'
An acompaniment
What is Aeolian mode?
All white notes A-A
All white notes B-B
All white notes C-C
All white notes D-D
What does Alla Breve mean?
4/4 time
3/4 time
12/8 time
2/2
What type of voice is an alto?
high female
low female
high male
low male
What is an anacrusis?
A small repeated pattern
A melody in A minor
An 'up beat'
Italian term for 'slow'
What is an antiphonal exchange?
Texture where two groups perform alternatively
A musical note worth 8 beats
A large ensemble
A small group of recorders
What is an appoggiatura?
A decorated bass line
A small group of guitars
A dissonant ornament meaning 'to lean'
A song for solo voice
What is an Aria?
A small flute
A religious piece
A song for solo voice and accompaniment
An ornament meaning 'crushed note'
What is an arpeggio?
Notes of chord played one at a time
Baroque piano
A instrument operated by bellows
An up beat
What does augmented mean?
To make something smaller
To make something larger
To make something dissonant
To make something consonant
What is a back beat?
Pop term meaning 'on the beat'
Small drum kit
Playing drums on your back
Pop term meaning 'off the beat'
What are backing vocals?
Vocals in the back of the throat
Vocals that accompany the lead vocals
Vocals for the end of a piece
Vocals to begin the piece
What is a ballad?
A French dance style
An up-beat song about love
A slow romantic song
A piece of music to dance to
When was the Baroque era?
1750 - 1800
1400 - 1900
1600 - 1750
1800 - present day
What type of voice is a bass?
High female voice
Low female voice
High male voice
Low male voice
What is basso continuo?
A continuous bass line
A bass part for all
A Baroque bass part by one or more bass instruments
A decorated bass line
What is a bass viol?
Old type of cello
Old type of bass guitar
Old type of violin
Amplified bass
What is a bell chord?
Chords made from bells
A chord where the notes are played upwards on a guitar
A chord where the notes are left to ring
A chord where the notes are played downwards on a guitar
What is a 'bend'?
A note which has a change in pitch as it sounds
A note which goes around a corner
A chord that has four notes
A chord that is played backwards
What does the term 'bitonal' mean?
Music that has no key
Music that has two keys simultaneously
Music that has more than two keys
Music that is of the key
What is a bodhran?
A small hand held shaker
A large triangle
An Irish lute
An Irish double headed drum
What is a Bossa nova?
A song on the keyboard
A love dance
A syncopated dance style
A jazzy interlude
What is a bouzouki?
A Greek lute
An African whistle
An Irish pipe
A old fashioned organ
What is a break?
A break in the music
A part for break dancers to dance to
A small section for drums only
An instrumental solo (usually improvised)
What is a break beat?
A beat that stops
A section in a dance track just for drums
A short bridging section
A drum accompaniment
What is a break down?
Section of music where the vocals enter
Section of dance music where all sounds drop out
A broken chord passage
A monophonic texture
What are broken octaves?
Notes played in octaves
All octaves taken out
Rapidly alternating notes and octave apart
Rapidly alternating notes
What does legato mean?
loudly
softly
smoothly
detached
What does crescendo mean?
Gradually getting faster
Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting slower
Gradually getting quieter
What does the word tonic mean?
first note of the scale
fifth note of the scale
fourth note of the scale
last note of the scale
What does staccato mean?
smoothly
upwards
downwards
detached
What does the word 'pizzicato' mean?
backwards
slower
forwards
plucked
What does the word dominant mean?
1st degree of the scale
5th degree of the scale
strong degree of the scale
same note in the scale
What does diminuendo mean?
Gradually slowing down
Gradually speeding up
Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting quieter
What does arco. mean?
smooth
rough
bowed
plucked
What does Adagio mean?
Slow
really slow
moderate
walking pace
What does moderato mean?
walking pace
moderate pace
fast pace
stopped
What does the abbreviation rit. mean?
Fading away
Getting louder
Slowing down
Speeding up
How many notes has a pentatonic scale?
1
3
4
5
What does Andante mean?
walking pace
moderate pace
fast pace
slow pace
What is an ostinato?
A small scale
A repeated pattern
A drum solo
A long sustained note
