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Second Year Summer '20

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Hornpipe is in 6/8 time

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Sean nos singing means

a)

New Style Singing

b)

Old Style Singing

c)

Normal Singing

d)

None of the above

3.

The end of Irish tunes usually include

a)

Wide leaps

b)

A variety of different chords

c)

A repeated last note

4.

Irish music began with

a)

The oral tradition

b)

The written tradition

5.

Which of the following is not an Irish instrument

a)

Banjo

b)

Tin Whistle

c)

Wooden Flute

d)

Bodhran

6.

The reel is in

a)

4/4 time

b)

6/8 time

c)

9/8 time

d)

3/4 time

7.

This rhythm is a

a)

Slip Jig

b)

Jig

c)

Horn pipe

d)

Reel

8.

This is a typical bar of rhythm for

a)

Reel

b)

Jig

c)

Hornpipe

d)

Slip jig

9.

Chose an instrument commonly used in Irish Music

a)

Double Bass

b)

Saxophone

c)

Tin Whistle

d)

Tuba

10.

The harper and composer Turlough

a)

Maloney

b)

O Carolan

c)

de Burca

d)

de Gascoine

11.

What instrument did Turlough O' Carolan learn when he was very young?

a)

The guitar

b)

The harp

c)

The drums

d)

The piano

12.

Seán Ó Riada won an award for composing the music for which film?

a)

Mise Éire

b)

Mise Sasana

c)

Mise An Spáinn

d)

Mise An Fhrainc

13.

What family does the flute belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

String

d)

Woodwind

14.

The clarinet and saxophone use a piece of bamboo to create their sound. What is this called?

a)

Reed

b)

Embouchure

c)

Mouthpiece

d)

Valves

15.

What is the lowest pitched brass instrument in the orchestra?

a)

Trumpet

b)

French Horn

c)

English Horn

d)

Tuba

16.

What is the lowest pitched string instrument?

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Double Bass

d)

Piano

17.

What family does the saxophone belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

18.

How does the trombone change pitch?

a)

Valves

b)

A Slide

c)

A bow

d)

A pick

19.

Most brass instruments change notes by pushing what?

a)

A slide

b)

Valves

c)

Strings

d)

Keys

20.

Who controls the orchestra?

a)

Conductor

b)

Driver

c)

Violin player

d)

There is no one.

21.

Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?

a)

Piccolo

b)

Clarinet

c)

Tuba

d)

Bassoon

22.

How do brass instruments make their sound?

a)

Double reed

b)

Buzzing into a mouthpiece

c)

Using a bow

d)

Using a pick

23.
a)

Clarinet

b)

Bassoon

c)

Cello

d)

Triangle

24.

Oboe

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.
a)

Bassoon

b)

French Horn

c)

Timpanu

d)

Trombone

26.
a)

French Horn

b)

Glockenspiel

c)

Double Bass

d)

Bassoon

27.
a)

Violin

b)

Double Bass

c)

French Horn

d)

Tuba

28.

Glockenspiel

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

What is pitch?

a)

A throw

b)

Highness or lowness of sound

c)

Loudness or softness of sound

d)

A series of musical notes

30.

What is the musical alphabet?

a)

ABCDEFGHIJ

b)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

c)

ABCDEFG

d)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

31.

Name the pitch.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

32.

Name the pitch.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

33.

Name the pitch.

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

34.

Name the pitch.

a)

F

b)

A

c)

C

d)

E

35.

Name the pitch.

a)

F

b)

A

c)

C

d)

E

36.

Name the pitch.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

37.

Name the pitch

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

38.

Adding an accompaniment to a melody has the effect of adding another layer to enrich the ____________ of the music.

a)

Volume

b)

Texture

c)

Speed

d)

Pitch

39.

In the ___________________ there are many melodic voices that are independent or imitative.

a)

Monophonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Polyphonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

40.

_______________ is written for only one voice or part.

a)

Polyphonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Monophonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

41.

In a _____________________________ there is one melody, and all the voices and accompaniments move rhythmically together (all the voices has the same rhythm).

a)

Polyphonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Monophonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

42.

Choose the correct texture: Gregorian Chant.

a)

Homophonic texture

b)

Monophonic texture

c)

Polyphonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

43.

What is a solo?

a)

Everyone playing together.

b)

One person playing on their own.

c)

Two people playing together.

d)

A type of instrument.

44.

What is the name for a repeated pattern?

a)

A solo.

b)

An ostinato.

c)

Call and response.

d)

Introduction.

45.

Call and response is....

a)

Everyone playing together.

b)

When one person plays the everyone else answers.

c)

A solo.

d)

How we have to start a piece of music.

46.

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Staff

d)

Ledger Lines

47.

Who writes music?

a)

Composer

b)

Director

c)

Writer

d)

Conductor

48.

Who is the head of orchestra?

a)

Composer

b)

Singer

c)

Player

d)

Conductor

49.

What is the tonality for the following excerpt?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Atonal

50.

What is the tonality for the following excerpt?

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Atonal

51.

A symbol or word used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.

a)

Accelerando

b)

Ritardando

c)

Energico

d)

Rallentando

52.

A direction to play lively and fast

a)

Cadenza

b)

Allegro

c)

Adagio

d)

Lento

53.

The structure of a piece of music

a)

Organization

b)

Form

c)

Figure

d)

Construction

54.

The distance in pitch between two notes

a)

Step

b)

Diatonic

c)

Interval

d)

Harmony

55.

A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.

a)

Measure

b)

Phrase

c)

Recitative

d)

Refrain

56.

Short detached notes, as opposed to legato

a)

Pointed

b)

Timbre

c)

Staccato

d)

Marcato

57.

An "off the beat" accent

a)

Marcato

b)

Syncopation

c)

Texture

d)

Rhythm

58.

What is the name of the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us what kind of note is worth one beat, and how many beats are in a measure?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Key Signature

c)

Rhythm

d)

Pitch

59.

What does the top number of a time signature tell us?

a)

How many beats are in the song

b)

What type of note gets the beats

c)

How many beats are in a measure

d)

How loud the song is

60.

What does the bottom number of a time signature tell us?

a)

How many beats in a song

b)

What type of note gets the beat

c)

How many beats in a measure

d)

How loud the song is