WorksheetsGCSE Music 'Describing Melody'
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
If a melody is said to be diatonic, which scale is it based on?
Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Major or Minor Scale
What is the definition of a leitmotif?
A musical idea that represents a character, theme or mood
A musical idea from the Baroque period
A musical cell which is manipulated and repeated frequently
Listen to the Piano, what type of melody is being played?
Minor Scale
Broken Chord / Arpeggio
Major Scale
The 12 tone scale is found in which period?
Baroque
Romantic
20th century
What new type of scale did impressionist composers such as Debussy use in their music in the early 20th-century?
Whole Tone
Major
Minor
What's the name of the 20th-century style of music that seeks to make maximum impact out of the smallest amount of musical material?
Impressionism
Serialism
Minimalism
What type of melody has a lot of leaps in it?
Chromatic
Disjunct
Diatonic
A melody that moves by step is called what?
Broken Chord
Disjunct
Conjunct
What is a madrigal?
A secular vocal piece for unaccompanied choir.
A gospel vocal piece with Piano accompaniment
Solo vocal piece
True or False?! An ornamental leaning note in which the ornament takes half the value of the note it proceeds is called a trill
False
True
