WorksheetsWider Listening - Star Wars
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
In 'Duel of the Fates' John Williams uses an idea that can be linked to the 'Imperial March' used in the original trilogy. What is this idea?
Same chord progression
Same melody
Same rhythm
Same choir
What musical (compositional) device does John Williams employ to accompany the main theme in 'Duel of the Fates' and give the piece movement?
Ostinato
Trills
Chromaticism
Brass instruments
How does John Williams create an unsettling melodic idea in 'Duel of the Fates'?
By displacing one of the notes down a major 7th
By using more complex harmony
By adding more instruments
By making the dynamic contrast more complex
How could the choral texture be described in the introduction of 'Duel of the Fates'?
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Hetrophonic
The narrator suggests that John Williams used 'Hocketing' in 'Duel of the Fates'. What was his definition of this term?
A melody passed between different instruments
A rhythmic change
Sudden tempo changes
a melody belonging to a character
What interval did John Williams use for the start of Princess Leia's theme from the Original Trilogy?
Rising Major 6th
Rising Major 5th
Falling minor 3rd
Octave
What does the word 'Octatonic' mean?
8 note scale
Octave transposition
Doubled parts
Brass instruments use mutes
