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Score Reading

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the score from "Chronicles of Narnia: The lion the witch and the wardrobe". Based on the opening 4 bars, what instrument family/s do you think contributes most to an atmosphere of magic and fantasy?

a)

Strings and Percussion

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

2.

What type of score is this?

a)

Non-Transposed (at concert pitch)

b)

Transposed

c)

No key signature (atonal)

3.

What 'concert pitch' instruments can you look at to find the key on a score? (multiple correct answers)

a)

Trumpet

b)

Clarinet

c)

Flute

d)

Violin

4.

How would you describe the two violin parts in relation to DURATION?

a)

bright, metallic in the upper register

b)

light and playful

c)

rapid, subdivided rhythms

d)

minor

5.

Name the articulation used in the violin parts

(a)  

6.

Describe the rhythmic concept being used in the bass clarinet, bassoon and horn parts (two words).

(a)  

7.

Based on all the indicators from the score, what atmosphere is being created? *Tip: look at the tempo marking, instrumentation, dynamics, rhythms

a)

pleasant

b)

uplifting and happy

c)

heavy and foreboding

d)

frantic

8.

What type of score is this?

a)

Transposed

b)

Non-Transposed

9.

What key is this piece in? *Hint: It's a minor key. Make sure you look at a concert pitch instrument to find the key.

(a)  

10.

What musical concept starting with "O" is being used in the mallet percussion 1 part?

(a)  

11.

What rhythmic device is being used in the trumpet part?

(a)  

12.

Describe the melodic contour of the trumpet part?

a)

angular

b)

undulating

c)

scalic

d)

static

13.

Describe the texture of this excerpt

a)

thin

b)

sparse

c)

dense

d)

loud

14.

What is the key signature? (It's a minor key)

(a)