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MAD-T-SHIRT Assessment

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Listen to the intro of the song "Clocks" and describe the melodic movement you hear.

a)

Disjunct

b)

Conjunct

c)

Scalic

d)

Triadic

2.

Listen to this extract from "Montagues and Capulets" and describe the melodic movement that you hear.

a)

Disjunct

b)

Conjunct

c)

Scalic

d)

Triadic

3.

Listen to this musical extract from "The House of the Rising Sun" and describe which melodic feature you can hear.

a)

Scalic

b)

Conjunct

c)

Arpeggiatic

d)

Modal

4.

Listen to the vocal in this extract. Which term best describes the use of lyrics?

a)

Melismatic

b)

Syllabic

c)

Major

d)

A Turn

5.

Which two of the following statements about the melody are correct?

a)

The music is conjunct at the beginning

b)

There are only falling sequences

c)

There are rising and falling sequences

d)

There are only rising sequences

e)

An ascending scale is heard towards the end

6.

Identify the two terms below that describe melodic features of the extract.

a)

Conjunct

b)

Portamento (sliding)

c)

Sequence

d)

Scales

e)

Disjunct

7.

Identify two melodic features of this extract.

a)

Trills

b)

Upper mordents

c)

Triadic

d)

Balanced phrases

e)

Chromatic notes

8.

Name two ornaments that are played by the saxophone in the extract.

a)

Trill

b)

Turn

c)

Upper mordent

d)

Appoggiatura

e)

Acciaccatura

9.

Identify two of the following terms or phrases that best describe the bass line.

a)

Mainly ascending

b)

Diatonic

c)

Chromatic

d)

Disjunct

e)

Repeating motif

10.

What term means to perform notes in a very short and detached manner?

a)

Legato

b)

Tenuto

c)

Staccato

d)

Accent

11.

What term means to perform notes in a very smooth and connected manner?

a)

Legato

b)

Tie

c)

Tenuto

d)

Accent

12.

How are the chords played in this movement from Simple Symphony?

a)

Staccato

b)

Finger-picking

c)

Strummed

d)

Stab

e)

Sustained

13.

How are the guitar chords articulated in Since You’ve Been Gone?

a)

Legato

b)

Staccato

c)

Arco

d)

Finger-picking

e)

Sustained

14.

How are the violins articulated in Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony?

a)

Arco

b)

Strummed

c)

Slurred

d)

Pizzicato

e)

Legato

15.

How is the flute articulated in Debussy's Syrinx?

a)

Arco

b)

Strummed

c)

Slurred

d)

Staccato

e)

Accents

16.

How are the chords articulated in this song from Hamilton?

a)

Stab chords

b)

Broken chords

c)

Sustained chords

d)

Legato

e)

Finger-picking

17.

How are the guitar chords articulated in Blackbird?

a)

Stab chords

b)

Strumming

c)

Finger-picking

d)

Sustained Chords

e)

Pizzicato

18.

Identify the following vocal technique.

a)

Falsetto

b)

Belting

c)

Portamento

d)

Scat

19.

Which type of voice is heard in the extract?

a)

Soprano

b)

Bass

c)

Tenor

20.

Which type of voice is heard in the extract?

a)

Soprano

b)

Alto

c)

Tenor

21.

What is meant by the following dynamic?

Sforzando (sfz)

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

strong

d)

with sudden emphasis

22.

What is meant by the following dynamics?

Decrescendo / Diminuendo (>)

(a)  

23.

What is meant by the following dynamic?

Crescendo (<)

(a)  

24.

Identify how dynamics are used in Mars, The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst.

Identify the dynamics at the end

a)

Diminuendo (>)

b)

Sforzando (sfz)

c)

Fortissimo (ff)

d)

Piano (p)

25.

Towards the end of the extract, the dynamic changes to...

(a)  

26.

Which two contrasting dynamics can be heard in this clip from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana?

a)

Crescendo and Decrescendo

b)

Piano and Pianissimo

c)

Largo and Presto

d)

Fortissimo and Pianissimo

27.

Choose the answer that best describes the dynamics in the image above.

a)

The piece is soft and makes a crescendo to loud.

b)

The piece is loud and does not change in volume.

c)

The piece is loud and makes a decrescendo to soft.

d)

The piece is fast and gradually becomes slow.

28.

What does the encircled part mean?

a)

That part of the piece will start loud, then gradually decrease in volume and become very soft.

b)

That part of the piece will start soft, then gradually increase in volume and become moderately loud.

c)

That part of the piece starts very soft and no change in dynamics happens.

d)

That part of the piece starts very loud and no change in dynamics happens.

29.

Which Italian term best describes the tempo of this extract?

a)

Largo

b)

Adagio

c)

Moderato

d)

Allegro

30.

What is the approximate BPM of this extract?

a)

120-130 BPM

b)

40-50 BPM

c)

70-80 BPM

d)

100-110 BPM

31.

Which Italian term best describes the tempo of this extract?

a)

Andante

b)

Presto

c)

Largo

d)

Lento

32.

Which Italian term best describes the tempo of this extract?

a)

Largo

b)

Allegro

c)

Moderato

d)

Prestissimo

33.

Which Italian term best describes the tempo of this extract?

a)

Prestissimo

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Largo

34.

Which Italian term best describes the tempo?

a)

Grave

b)

Adagio

c)

Presto

d)

Vivace

35.

Select the correct time signature.

a)

54\frac{5}{4}

b)

68\frac{6}{8}

c)

98\frac{9}{8}

36.

How has the composer used metre to capture the spirit of a march in this extract?

(a)  

37.

What musical technique can you hear?

a)

Call and response

b)

Verse and chorus

c)

Blues scale

d)

Swing rhythm

38.

Listen to this excerpt by the composer Mozart. What is the definition of theme and variations? (You don't need to listen to the entire piece before you answer.)

a)

It is where you hear a melody and then a series of variations based on it.

b)

It is one section that repeats with the same melody but different words.

c)

It is a piece of music with three sections.

d)

It is a piece of music with two sections.

39.

What is the form or structure of this piece of music?

a)

Binary form.

b)

Ternary form.

c)

Rondo form.

d)

Strophic form.

40.

What is the form or structure of this piece of music?

a)

Binary form.

b)

Ternary form.

c)

Sonata form.

d)

Rondo form.

41.

Which form is shown here?

a)

Ternary

b)

Binary

c)

Rondo

42.

Which of the following apply to this extract? (Select 2)

a)

Tonality is in a minor key

b)

Tonality is in a major key

c)

There are elements of chromaticism

d)

The extract is mainly dissonant

e)

The extract is atonal

43.

How does tonality help you identify this as an example of jazz? (Select 3 answers)

a)

Blue notes

b)

Major key

c)

Chromaticism

d)

Mild dissonance

e)

Atonal

44.

This extract is taken from a piece called "Mongrel Airs". Which three aspects of tonality reflect the title?

Mongrel = a dog of no type or breed

a)

not settled into major or minor

b)

in a major key

c)

in a minor key

d)

dissonant

e)

made up of different types of tonality

45.

This extract is taken from a soundtrack depicting imaginary fantasy worlds. Which aspects of tonality apply? (Select 3 answers)

a)

changing between major and minor

b)

in a major key

c)

in a minor key

d)

use of dissonance suggesting something unfamiliar

e)

unsettled without a clear sense of key

46.

Which of the following best describes the tonality of this extract?

a)

major

b)

modal

c)

dissonant

d)

atonal

47.

Listen to this musical example. How many different chords are used?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

48.

Listen to this musical example. Which of the following best describes the four-chord repeating pattern?

a)

All Major

b)

Major and Minor

c)

All Minor

d)

Diminished and Minor

49.

Listen to this musical example. Which of the following chords is used in the rising chromatic line in the intro?

a)

Major

b)

Diminished 7th

c)

Minor

d)

Dominant 7th

50.

Listen to this musical example. Which of the following cadences is used repeatedly in the extract?

a)

Perfect

b)

Imperfect

c)

Plagal

d)

Interrupted

51.

Listen to this musical example and name the three cadences in this extract. The first is at 0'12, the second is at 0'20, and the last one is at 0'28.

a)

Plagal, perfect, plagal

b)

Imperfect, Plagal, Perfect

c)

Perfect, imperfect, perfect

d)

Perfect, perfect, perfect

52.

Listen to this musical extract. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the keys in this extract?

(You are comparing the opening key to the key at 0'28.)

a)

Major modulating to relative minor.

b)

Minor modulating to relative major.

53.

Listen to this musical example. Which of the following best describes the modulation at 0'05?

a)

Relative minor

b)

Tonic minor

c)

Relative major

54.

Listen to this musical example. Which of the following best describes the modulation at 0'18?

a)

Relative minor

b)

Tonic minor

c)

Relative major

55.

Listen to this musical example and identify the harmonic device used in this extract.

a)

Pedal

b)

Drone

c)

Ground Bass

56.

Listen to this musical example and identify the harmonic device used in this extract.

a)

Pedal

b)

Drone

c)

Ground Bass

57.

Listen to this musical example and identify whether the pedal is a tonic or dominant pedal.

a)

Tonic pedal

b)

Dominant pedal

58.

Listen to this musical example (Pachelbel's Canon) that has eight chords that repeat. Most of these chords are major, but two are minor. Listen carefully and identify which two chords are the minor ones.

a)

Chords 1 & 2

b)

Chords 3 & 4

c)

Chords 5 & 6

d)

Chords 7 & 8

e)

Chords 4 & 6

59.

Listen to these two musical examples. Both examples share two musical features. Can you identify them?

a)

Minor key

b)

Major key

c)

A key change

d)

Very dissonant

e)

Drone

60.

Identify the term that best describes the harmony in the extract.

a)

Chromatic

b)

Pentatonic

c)

Diatonic

d)

Non Functional

61.

Name the instrumental technique heard on the piano at the end of the intro.

a)

Pizzicato

b)

Muted

c)

Glissando

d)

Tremolo

62.

Which of the following playing techniques can be heard in the lead guitar part?

a)

hammer on/pull off

b)

palm mute

c)

vibrato

d)

string bend

63.

Which of the following playing techniques can be heard in this extract?

a)

glissando

b)

double stopping

c)

tremolo

d)

rim shot

64.

Listen to this musical extract and identify the instrument that is playing.

a)

Trumpet

b)

French Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Tuba

65.

Listen to this musical extract and identify the instrument that is playing.

a)

Saxophone

b)

Clarinet

c)

Bassoon

d)

Oboe

66.

Listen to the melody of this musical example and identify which rhythmic device you hear.

a)

Dotted

b)

Swung

c)

Triplets

d)

Syncopation

67.

Identify the rhythmic device heard in this extract.

a)

Dotted

b)

Swung

c)

Syncopation

68.

Identify which two of the following rhythmic devices are heard in this extract.

a)

Anacrusis

b)

Augmentation

c)

Cross rhythm

d)

Hemiola

e)

Triplets

69.

Identify the rhythmic device played by the guitar in this extract.

a)

Lombardic

b)

Syncopation

c)

Triplet

70.

Listen to the clip and select the matching rhythm

a)
b)
c)
d)
71.

Which era is this piece of music from?

a)

Classical

b)

Romantic

c)

Baroque

72.

Which two statements are true about the following extract?

a)

Syncopated

b)

Ostinato

c)

Cross rhythms

d)

Triplets

e)

Augmentation

73.

The bass line at the beginning is based on a repeated rhythmic pattern. Select which one below.

a)
b)
c)
d)
74.

Name the type of rhythmic notes on the fourth beat of the first bar.

a)

quavers

b)

crotchets

c)

minims

d)

triplets

75.

Identify the texture.

a)

monophonic

b)

polyphonic

c)

antiphonal

d)

homophonic

76.

Identify the texture.

a)

unison

b)

canon

c)

call and response

d)

octaves

77.

Which of the following apply to the extract? Select 2 options.

a)

monophonic / unison / octaves

b)

call and response / question and answer / antiphonal

c)

melody and accompaniment / chordal / homophonic

d)

polyphonic / contrapuntal

78.

Select which of the following three textures apply.

a)

melody and accompaniment

b)

polyphonic

c)

monophonic

d)

homophonic

e)

call and response

79.

What is the texture of this music?

a)

Monophonic

b)

Octaves

c)

Homophonic

d)

Polyphonic

e)

Heterophonic

80.

What is the texture of this music?

a)

Monophonic

b)

Octaves

c)

Homophonic

d)

Polyphonic

e)

Heterophonic

81.

What is the texture of this music?

a)

Monophonic

b)

Octaves

c)

Homophonic

d)

Polyphonic

e)

Heterophonic

82.

Which of the following best describes the texture of the first four notes of the extract?

a)

fugal

b)

call and response

c)

solo

d)

octaves

83.

Name the texture (no clues)

(a)  

84.

Name the texture

(a)  

85.

Which two of the following statements are true?

a)

This extract features an electronic drum kit.

b)

Synth strings play during the verse only.

c)

The tempo of this piece is andante.

d)

This extract features a riff played on the bass guitar.

e)

The voice heard in this extract is a baritone.

86.

Describe the texture of the following extract.

4 lines
87.

Identify a rhythmic device in the melody

(a)  

88.

Which rhythm best represents the bassline throughout the chorus, i.e. “I believe in a thing called love”?

a)
b)
c)
89.

Put the following chords into the correct order as heard in the extract.

D, D, Em, Em, Em, A, A, Bm

The first one is Em.

(a)  

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