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WorksheetsGCSE Music revision - keywords
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which tempo marking means fast?
Andante
Allegro
Adagio
Accelerando
What term describes two or more conflicting rhythms playing against each other?
cross rhythms
polyphonic
ostinato
augmentation
What rhythmic device means an off beat rhythm?
(a)
Which rhythmic device means a repeated rhythm?
syncopation
ostinato
riff
hemiola
What is the likely answer for name the harmonic device?
(a)
What type of cadence moves from Chord V - I?
Imperfect
Interrupted
Plagal
Perfect
What type of cadence moves from Chord V - VI?
Imperfect
Interrupted
Plagal
Perfect
What is the texture for when there is a melody with chords in the accompaniment?
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Accompaniment
Melody and accompaniment
What is the texture when all parts play or sing the same notes/melody at the same time?
(a)
What is the texture when all parts play or sing the same notes/melody an 8th apart?
(a)
What is the texture for a single melody or solo with no accompaniment?
polyphonic
melody and accompaniment
monophonic
homophonic
What term is used to direct musicians to use a mute?
con sordino
arco
pizzicato
tremolando
What string technique means two notes at once?
con sordino
double stopping
tremolando
arco
What word is used to describe an ensemble where all families of instruments are used?
(a)
Which of the following voices is the highest female voice?
Alto
Bass
Soprano
tenor
Which of the following voices is the highest male voice?
Alto
Bass
Soprano
tenor
Which dynamic means to gradually get louder?
crescendo
rallantando
diminuendo
sforzando
Which keyboard instrument is often used in the Baroque period?
organ
harpsichord
piano
keyboard
Which keyboard instrument is often used in a Romantic Requiem?
organ
harpsichord
piano
keyboard
If you modulate from C major to g Major, what key have you modulated to?
Tonic
Subdominant
Dominant
Relative major
