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Year 7 Quiz of the Year

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

In order to create an arrangement of someone else's music, what do you need to make sure you do?

a)

Ask a licensing committee's permission

b)

Nothing - it becomes your work once you make changes to it

c)

Get the original composer's permission

d)

Make sure the arrangement is still recognisable as the original song.

2.

What are arrangements of popular songs commonly called?

a)

Pop arrangements

b)

Reworks

c)

Remixes

d)

Cover versions

3.

What is the pattern that you can use to work out a simple triad chord on the keyboard?

a)

Skip one, play one, skip one, play one, skip one.

b)

Play one, skip one, play one, skip one, play one.

c)

Play one, skip two, play one

d)

Play two, skip one, play two.

4.

Chords I, IV and V have a special status because using just these 3 major chords, you can accompany any simple melody. What is the name of these 3 chords.

a)

Primary triads

b)

Foremost triads

c)

VIP triads

d)

Secondary triads

5.

What pneumonic can be used to remember the names of the Elements of Music

a)

OLDTSHIRT

b)

BADTSHIRT

c)

NEWTSHIRT

d)

MADTSHIRT

6.

Melodies can be broken down into shorter "sentences". What is the name of these "sentences".

a)

Cells

b)

Phrases

c)

Captions

d)

Paragraphs

7.

A common type of articulation occurs when the notes are played in a short, spiky manner. What is the Italian term for this?

a)

Staccato

b)

Legato

c)

Accented

d)

Allegro

8.

The term dynamics refers to which aspect of the music?

a)

Speed

b)

Volume

c)

Instrumentation

d)

Chords

9.

Which of the following dynamic markings means to get louder

a)

Forte

b)

Fortissimo

c)

Crescendo

d)

Diminuendo

10.

Tempo refers to the speed of the beat. What is the translation of the adagio tempo marking?

a)

Very fast

b)

Fast

c)

Moderately fast

d)

Slow

11.

Which of the following patterns of tones and semitones will give you a major scale

a)

TTSTTTS

b)

TTTSTTS

c)

TSTSTTST

d)

STTSTTT

12.

Which major scale can be played without using any sharps or flats (black notes?)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

Which of the following pairs of notes are a semitone apart?

a)

C to D

b)

D to E

c)

E to F

d)

F to G

14.

Which of the following notes is worth one standard beat?

a)

Quaver

b)

Crotchet

c)

Minim

d)

Semibreve

15.

Which of the following note lengths have a beam joining them together when there is a pair of them

a)

Quaver

b)

Crotchet

c)

Minim

d)

Semibreve

16.

What does a dot AFTER a note do to it?

a)

The note should be played staccato

b)

The note should be played half its length

c)

The note should be extended by half its length

d)

The note should be tied to the next note

17.

What is the name of the pair of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music?

a)

Time signature

b)

Key signature

c)

Clef

d)

Bar line

18.

What is the meaning of texture?

a)

High/Low

b)

Slow/Fast

c)

Short/Long

d)

Thick/Thin

19.

What is the name of music that DOESN'T tell a story or paint a picture?

a)

Total music

b)

Abstract music

c)

Programme music

d)

Chamber music

20.

What is the name for 2 notes played simultaneously?

a)

An interval

b)

A chord

c)

A scale

d)

A key

21.

Which of the following pairs of intervals clash when you play the notes simultaneously?

a)

3rd/6th

b)

4th/5th

c)

2nd/7th

d)

Unison/Octave

22.

Which composer wrote 'Pictures at an Exhibition'?

a)

Ludwig Van Beethoven

b)

W A Mozart

c)

Gustav Mahler

d)

Modest Mussorgsky

23.

Which composer wrote 'Carnival of the Animals'?

a)

Camille Saint-Saens

b)

Antonio Vivaldi

c)

J S Bach

d)

Hector Berlioz

24.

Which of the following can be heard in the piece 'Royal March of the Lion' from Carnival of the Animals?

a)

The lion yawning

b)

Hunters

c)

The lion pouncing

d)

The lion's roar

25.

Finally, on Medieval Day, we learned that a lot of ancient music was accompanied by a long held note or pair of notes. What are these notes called?

a)

A durge

b)

A pause

c)

A drone

d)

An accent