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Yr 10 Technology in Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does DAW stand for?

a)

Digital Audio Workstation

b)

Digital Audible Woodwind

c)

Duration Abstract Waveform

d)

Duration Acoustic Waveform

2.

A repeated section of sound material is called a....

a)

Melody

b)

Loop

c)

Drone

d)

Chord

3.

A musical instrument which produces sound entirely by electricity is called a...

a)

Electric Guitar

b)

Waveform

c)

Synthesizer

d)

Sound Desk

4.

What is sampling?

a)

When you try out all the different instruments before choosing one

b)

The reuse of a portion of sound recording in another piece of music

c)

Recording an extended piece of music in one take

d)

A song with a tiny bit of every single instrument

5.

Which of these are digital audio workstations?

a)

Soundtrap

b)

Powerpoint

c)

Garageband

d)

Spotify

6.

What does EDM stand for?

a)

Easy Distortion Mic

b)

Echo and Delay Mode

c)

Electrical Durational Motion

d)

Electronic and Dance Music

7.

A soundscape is...

a)

Sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment

b)

A song that you write in landscape orientation

c)

Sound which is produced by scraping the instrument

d)

A combination of sounds which makes you feel scared

8.

The relative volume levels between instruments is called...

a)

EQ

b)

Delay

c)

Reverb

d)

Balance

9.

The layering of several notes played simultaneously to create harmony is called a...

a)

Melody

b)

Ostinato

c)

Call and Response

d)

Chord

10.

What is a "four-on-the-floor" beat?

a)

When the drummer counts to 4 before playing

b)

When the snare hits on beats 2 & 4

c)

When there is 16th note hi-hats

d)

When there is a kick/bass drum on every beat in a bar of 4/4

11.

FX is an abbreviation for...

a)

Funky Xylophone

b)

Effects

c)

Affects

d)

Feedback Xylophone

12.

The deliberate production of poor sound quality is called...

a)

Bad Recording

b)

MP3 File

c)

Low Frequency

d)

Lo-Fi

13.

What does BPM stand for?

a)

Beat Poor Music

b)

Beats Per Minute

c)

Beat Plugin Metre

d)

Beats Performance Metre

14.

What is tempo synonymous with?

a)

BPM

b)

Velocity

c)

Lo-Fi

d)

EQ

15.

When the snare or clap is played on beats 2 & 4, this is called a...

a)

Breakdown

b)

Backbeat

c)

Syncopated Rhythm

d)

Dropdown

16.

What does MIDI stand for?

a)

Musical Instrument Durational Impact

b)

Music In Developmental Instruments

c)

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

d)

Musical Interface Digital Intervals

17.

What is foley?

a)

Sound effects created by any old items

b)

Sound effects created by animals

c)

Sound effects created by a synthesiser

d)

Sound effects created by any electronic instrument

18.

Autotune is an audio effect that...

a)

Bends audio recordings to fit the notes of a particular key

b)

Makes the vocals sound clean and clear

c)

Adjusts the volume of a recording to match the rest of the music

d)

Makes the recording play in time with everything else

19.

what is "i iio III iv V VI VII I"?

a)

The chords for a major key

b)

The chords for an atonal key

c)

The chords for a microtonal key

d)

The chords for a minor key

20.

What is "T S T T S T T"?

a)

A jazz drum beat

b)

The minor scale interval pattern

c)

The intervals in the aeolian mode

d)

A formula for building chords