WorksheetsMusic For A While WHS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the main texture?
a)
Polyphonic
b)
Monophonic
c)
Melody-dominated homophony
d)
Polyrhythmic
2.
What key does the piece start out in?
a)
C Major
b)
A Minor
c)
A Major
d)
D Minor
3.
What is the genre of the piece of music?
a)
Romantic
b)
Renaissance
c)
Baroque
d)
Medieval
4.
It was written to accompany which play?
a)
Of Mice & Men
b)
Oedipus
c)
Richard III
d)
Aphrodite
5.
What is the voice that sings the main theme?
a)
Alto
b)
Tenor
c)
Soprano
d)
Mezzo Soprano
6.
What is the time signature of the piece?
a)
2/4
b)
4/4
c)
3/4
d)
12/8
7.
What year was the piece written in?
a)
1692
b)
1642
c)
1792
d)
1892
8.
The tempo is not marked, however, it is most likely to be:
a)
Largo
b)
Presto
c)
Adagio
d)
Allegro
9.
'Drop' 'Drop' in the lyrics is an example of
a)
Melismatic word setting
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Dissonance
d)
Onomatopoeia and Word Painting
10.
What instruments has this song been scored for?
a)
Voice, harpsichord and bass viol
b)
Voice, piano and guitar
c)
Voice, piano, harpsichord and bass
d)
bass, guitar and voice
11.
What are ornaments?
a)
Musical flourishes that decorate or 'ornament' that line
b)
Repeated notes
c)
Ostinatos
12.
There is extensive use of ornaments in which of these?
a)
The soprano line and the left hand of the harpsichord
b)
The soprano line
c)
The soprano line and the right hand of the harpsichord
d)
The soprano line and the harpsichord
13.
What word describes the texture between the vocal part and the accompaniment where the singer sings 'wondering'?
a)
heterophonic
b)
homophonic
c)
imitation
d)
unison
14.
The ground bass in the song is how many bars long?
a)
4 bars
b)
6 bars
c)
2 bars
d)
3 bars
15.
The ground bass is presented entirely in:
a)
crotchets
b)
quavers
c)
semi-quavers
d)
dotted quavers
16.
The vocal line is mainly:
a)
Spoken
b)
Slurred
c)
Melismatic
d)
Syllabic
17.
There are many examples of word painting in this aria. Word painting is:
a)
When the singer imitates an instrument
b)
the technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song
c)
When the singer speaks the words in the music
18.
Which of these is not an ornament?
a)
Trill
b)
Turn
c)
Mordent
d)
Forte
19.
What does arpeggiated mean?
a)
Playing chords on different instruments
b)
Playing a spread chord, from bottom to top
c)
Playing a series of chords
d)
Playing chords, all three notes at the same time.
20.
What is a ground bass?
a)
A repeating pattern of bass notes
b)
A bass line which changes frequently
c)
A repeating melodic line
d)
A bass line which repeats but stops and starts
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