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WorksheetsYear 7 Quiz of the Year
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
In order to create an arrangement of someone else's music, what do you need to make sure you do?
Ask a licensing committee's permission
Nothing - it becomes your work once you make changes to it
Get the original composer's permission
Make sure the arrangement is still recognisable as the original song.
What are arrangements of popular songs commonly called?
Pop arrangements
Reworks
Remixes
Cover versions
What is the pattern that you can use to work out a simple triad chord on the keyboard?
Skip one, play one, skip one, play one, skip one.
Play one, skip one, play one, skip one, play one.
Play one, skip two, play one
Play two, skip one, play two.
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.
Primary triads
Foremost triads
VIP triads
Secondary triads
What pneumonic can be used to remember the names of the Elements of Music
OLDTSHIRT
BADTSHIRT
NEWTSHIRT
MADTSHIRT
Melodies can be broken down into shorter "sentences". What is the name of these "sentences".
Cells
Phrases
Captions
Paragraphs
A common type of articulation occurs when the notes are played in a short, spiky manner. What is the Italian term for this?
Staccato
Legato
Accented
Allegro
The term dynamics refers to which aspect of the music?
Speed
Volume
Instrumentation
Chords
Which of the following dynamic markings means to get louder
Forte
Fortissimo
Crescendo
Diminuendo
Tempo refers to the speed of the beat. What is the translation of the adagio tempo marking?
Very fast
Fast
Moderately fast
Slow
Which of the following patterns of tones and semitones will give you a major scale
TTSTTTS
TTTSTTS
TSTSTTST
STTSTTT
Which major scale can be played without using any sharps or flats (black notes?)
A
B
C
D
Which of the following pairs of notes are a semitone apart?
C to D
D to E
E to F
F to G
Which of the following notes is worth one standard beat?
Quaver
Crotchet
Minim
Semibreve
Which of the following note lengths have a beam joining them together when there is a pair of them
Quaver
Crotchet
Minim
Semibreve
What does a dot AFTER a note do to it?
The note should be played staccato
The note should be played half its length
The note should be extended by half its length
The note should be tied to the next note
What is the name of the pair of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music?
Time signature
Key signature
Clef
Bar line
What is the meaning of texture?
High/Low
Slow/Fast
Short/Long
Thick/Thin
What is the name of music that DOESN'T tell a story or paint a picture?
Total music
Abstract music
Programme music
Chamber music
What is the name for 2 notes played simultaneously?
An interval
A chord
A scale
A key
Which of the following pairs of intervals clash when you play the notes simultaneously?
3rd/6th
4th/5th
2nd/7th
Unison/Octave
Which composer wrote 'Pictures at an Exhibition'?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
W A Mozart
Gustav Mahler
Modest Mussorgsky
Which composer wrote 'Carnival of the Animals'?
Camille Saint-Saens
Antonio Vivaldi
J S Bach
Hector Berlioz
Which of the following can be heard in the piece 'Royal March of the Lion' from Carnival of the Animals?
The lion yawning
Hunters
The lion pouncing
The lion's roar
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 durge
A pause
A drone
An accent
