WorksheetsMusic Elements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
If I describe a piece of music as being thin, what am I describing?
Tempo
Dynamics
Texture
Timbre
I can hear a trumpet, a piano and a drumkit. What am I describing?
Tempo
Dynamics
Texture
Timbre
What are you examining if you are breaking a piece into different sections such as verse and chorus?
Tempo
Form/Structure
Dynamics
Texture
What word is used to describe how fast or slow the music is?
Texture
Duration
Tempo
Pitch
What does the word pitch mean?
fast or slow
high or low
loud or quiet
How is rhythm different from pulse?
Rhythm is steady, the pulse/tempo is changing
The rhythm is made up of short and long notes while the pulse is steady
They are both the same thing
Rhythm is fast, pulse is always the same
What is the rhythm that we would dance, clap our hands, stamp our feet, and nod our heads while listening to music?
Accent
Beat
Meter
Time Signature
What is musical meter?
How beats are grouped together with strong and weak beats
How loud music is
All of the above
None of the above
How can composers change the texture of a piece?
Adding or subtracting harmonies to the piece
Adding more different instruments
Taking away instruments so only a few are playing
All of the above
If a piece is Binary, what does it mean?
There are a few different sections
There is a part that is repeated for the duration of the piece
There are two distinct and different sections
The piece has many interwoven parts that can be hard to follow
If a piece has a Grounded Bass, that means
It has multiple independant voices
It has two distinct different sections
One part, usually the Bass is the same for the duration of the song
It is boring
The words to a song are often called
Text
Lyrics
Phrasing
Text or Lyrics
