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Edquas Music AoS1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a sequence?

a)

A short repeating pattern

b)

A long repeated pattern

c)

A repeated phrase played at a different pitch

d)

A repeated rhythm, repeated faster or slower

2.

A melody that has 5 notes is

a)

homophonic

b)

a major scale

c)

pentatonic

d)

diatonic

3.

A small melodic idea is called a

a)

tune

b)

motif

c)

song

d)

ostinato

4.

How do you describe a melody that moves in steps?

a)

Conjunct

b)

Disjunct

c)

Angular

d)

Flowing

5.

What does articulation mean?

a)

when a melody is played

b)

how a melody is played

c)

why a melody is played

d)

what melody is played

6.

How would you describe a melody that moves in leaps?

a)

Leapy

b)

Conjunct

c)

Jumpy

d)

Disjunct

7.

If a melody starts low and then goes high you say it has an

a)

Ascending shape

b)

Arch shape

c)

Descending shape

d)

Wavey shape

8.

Conjunct melodies normally sound

a)

horrible

b)

wavey

c)

smooth

d)

bouncy

9.

'Staccato' articulation means

a)

heavy

b)

detached

c)

smooth

d)

light

10.

If a melody sounds decorated, you say it has

a)

large notes

b)

glissandos

c)

sparkly stuff on it

d)

ornaments

11.

If a melody uses very low notes and very high notes, you say it has a

a)

large scale

b)

big octave use

c)

wide range

d)

big note value

12.

What does glissando mean?

a)

To slide

b)

To stop

c)

To pause

d)

To play

13.

What does melismatic mean?

a)

One note per syllable

b)

Two notes per syllable

c)

no notes per syllable

d)

Multiple notes per syllable

14.

'Legato' articulation means

a)

detached

b)

scalic

c)

smooth

d)

optional

15.

What key signature is this?

a)

G major

b)

C major

c)

F major

d)

Bb major

16.

What key signature is this?

a)

G major

b)

F# major

c)

E major

d)

D major

17.

What is the name of this key signature?

a)

Bb Major

b)

C major

c)

F major

d)

E major

18.

What is the fifth note in the c major scale?

a)

E

b)

F#

c)

G#

d)

G

19.

What is the third note in the D major scale?

a)

E

b)

G

c)

F

d)

F#

20.

What is an arpeggio?

a)

A broken chord

b)

A block chord

c)

A type of broken chord played 1, 5, 3, 5( Low, high, mid, high)

d)

An inversion

21.

What is an alberti bass?

a)

A broken chord

b)

A block chord

c)

A type of broken chord played 1, 5, 3, 5 (low, high,mid, high)

d)

An inversion

22.

What does the word imitation mean?

a)

Repeat the melody at a different pitch

b)

Repeat the melody on a different instrument

c)

Repeat the melody again

d)

Ostinato

23.

How many instrument is a duet?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

How many instrument is a quintet?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

25.

An interval is

a)

a pause

b)

a chord

c)

a break

d)

the distance between two notes

26.

The classical era was between

a)

1500-1650

b)

1600-1750

c)

1750-1820

d)

1820-1900

27.

Ternary form is also known as

a)

AB

b)

ABA

c)

ABAC

d)

strophic

28.

Rondo form is also known as

a)

AB

b)

ABA

c)

ABAC

d)

strophic

29.

Polyphonic texture means

a)

multiple melodies played at the same time

b)

chords and melody played at the same time

c)

just a single line melody

d)

many rhythms played at the same time

30.

Tonality means

a)

how the music is played

b)

how loud or soft the music is

c)

how fast or slow the music is

d)

whether the piece is major or minor