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KO: iGCSE CIE Set Work 2020: Rossini - William Tell Overture

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the opera is this?

a)

Dawn

b)

Storm

c)

Pastoral

d)

The galop

2.

Sotto voce

a)

Below the voice (quietly)

b)

Soft voice

c)

No voice

d)

Above the voice

3.

Rinforzando (rinforz.)

a)

Greater force

b)

Slow down

c)

Less force

d)

Speed up

4.

Smorzando (smorz.)

a)

Dying away

b)

Blend together

c)

Becoming brighter

d)

Slow down

5.

Tutta forza

a)

Full power

b)

Less power

c)

Gradually build power

d)

With all force

6.

Dolce

a)

Sweetly

b)

Death

c)

Softer

d)

Sleepily

7.

Modal shifts

a)

Move between major and minor scales

b)

Move between melodic shapes

c)

Adding chords

d)

Changing style of music

8.

Borrowed chords

a)

When composers share chords

b)

From parallel minor (diminished 7th)

c)

Using chords not your own

d)

Chords that borrow time

9.

Pedal notes

a)

Held or repeated note in the bass

b)

When you use the pedal on the piano

c)

When you use a pedal on an effect board

d)

Notes played by using the pedals on a harp

10.

Dominant pedal

a)

When you pedal on the dominant

b)

The most important pedal

c)

The pedal that is the loudest

d)

The third pedal on the piano

11.

Relative Major - From E minor

a)

G Major

b)

E Major

c)

C# Major

d)

C Major

12.

Parallel Tonic - From E minor

a)

E Major

b)

G Major

c)

C# Major

d)

C# Minor

13.

Relative minor - E Major

a)

C# Minor

b)

A Minor

c)

G Minor

d)

E Minor

14.

C#7

a)

C#-G#-B-E

b)

C#-G-B-E

c)

C#-G-B-E#

d)

C#-G#-B#-E#

15.

Suspension

a)

Single note of a chord held over another chord

b)

When you remove the third from a chord

c)

When you keep playing a chord

d)

When there is no chord

16.

A# diminished 7

a)

A#-C#-E-G

b)

A#-C-E-G

c)

A#-C#-E-G#

d)

A#-C#-E#-G#

17.

Cor Anglais (transpose)

a)

Perfect 5th lower than written

b)

Perfect 5th higher than written

c)

Perfect 4th lower than written

d)

Perfect 4th higher than written

18.

Clarinets in 'A' (transpose)

a)

Minor 3rd lower than written

b)

Minor 3rd higher than written

c)

Major 3rd lower than written

d)

Major third higher than written

19.

Horns in 'G' (transpose)

a)

Perfect 4th lower than written

b)

Perfect 4th higher than written

c)

Perfect 5th lower than written

d)

Perfect 5th higher than written

20.

Horns in 'E' (transpose)

a)

Minor 6th lower than written

b)

Minor 6th higher than written

c)

Major 6th lower than written

d)

Major 6th higher than written

21.

Trumpets in 'E' (transpose)

a)

Major 3rd higher than written

b)

Major 3rd lower than written

c)

Minor 3rds higher than written

d)

Minor 3rd lower than written

22.

Timpani tunning

a)

E and B

b)

E and G

c)

E and G#

d)

C# and G

23.

Ripieno

a)

Accompanying section

b)

Leading section

c)

Soloist

d)

Conductor

24.

Double stopping

a)

Playing two notes together on strings

b)

Stopping twice in a row

c)

Stopping at the end of a bar twice

d)

Stopping in imitation

25.

Trumpet development - valves

a)

Restricted mainly to tonic and dominant

b)

Fully developed

c)

Could only play in thirds

d)

Could not play chromatic notes