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Theme and Variations

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tempo

a)

The speed or rate of music

b)

How loud the music is

c)

How quiet the music is

d)

The notation of music

2.

Pitch

a)

The speed of the music

b)

How happy or sad the music sounds

c)

Hi high or low the music is

d)

The music is gradually becoming quieter

3.

Texture

a)

How high or low the music sounds

b)

How loud or quiet the music is

c)

The music is becoming dissonant (creepy)

d)

How thick or thin the music is

4.

Theme

a)

The secondary melody heard after the 1st

b)

The main original melody

c)

The way a piece of music is written

d)

The harmony part of a piece of music

5.

Sequence

a)

When a small idea is repeated and changed

b)

When a large idea is repeated and changed

c)

The name of a section of music

d)

The beginning of a piece of music

6.

Dynamics

a)

How long or short the notes are

b)

How high or low the notes are

c)

How loud or quiet the music is

d)

How thick or thin the music is

7.

Variation

a)

music the same throughout

b)

music based on the original theme but with a slight difference

c)

music with lots of notes in it

d)

music with only a few notes in it

8.

Ostinato

a)

When a melody/bass line only plays once throughout the piece

b)

When music is only written in the treble clef

c)

When music is only written in the bass clef

d)

When a melody/bass line keeps repeating

9.

Round

a)

Music played at different pitches

b)

The same piece of music/song beginning at different stages

c)

Different pieces of music/songs playing together at different stages

d)

Music played/sang in unison

10.

Canon

a)

The same as a round

b)

Music played at different speeds

c)

A melody repeated in a different key signature

d)

Music played loudly immediately followed by quietly

11.

Drone (musical)

a)

Lots of notes played quickly in the right hand melody

b)

One note played continuously

c)

Lots of notes playing quickly in the left hand melody

d)

Left hand and right hand melody played together in unison