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Music concepts

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which concept instructs the string player to play with the bow

a)

Pizzicato

b)

Arco

c)

Flutter tongue

d)

Con Sordino

2.

What does the term Con Sordino tell the performer to do?

a)

Play two strings together

b)

Play two notes at the same time

c)

Play with a mute

d)

Play with the bow

3.

An Alberti Bass line...

a)

Sounds like broken chords

b)

Is a Classical composition technique

c)

Can be mainly heard on piano

d)

Is played by a double bass

4.

Which concept describes a bass line which repeats many times, while the upper parts play different melodies?

a)

Walking Bass

b)

Alberti Bass

c)

Ground Bass

d)

Double Bass

5.
Fast and Slow describe
a)
Pitch
b)
Dynamics
c)
Rhythm
d)
Tone Colour
6.

A musical term meaning ‘to get louder’

a)

Forte

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Crescendo

d)

Piano

7.

The combination of musical sounds played at the same time.

a)

Crescendo

b)

Flat

c)

Harmony

d)

Rhythm

8.

Structure refers to ...

a)

layers of sound

b)

sections of a piece of music

c)

sections of an instrument

d)

highness and lowness of sound

9.

Forte means...

a)

Forceful

b)

Soft

c)

Fancy

d)

Loud

10.

Legato means...

a)

Use the bow

b)

Short and detached

c)

Loudly

d)

Smooth and connected

11.

Layers of sound in a piece of music are which concept?

a)

Onions

b)

Texture

c)

Structure

d)

Pitch

12.

ABA represents:

a)

An ascending and descending melody

b)

Binary form

c)

Ternary form

d)

The remaining members of ABBA