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Elements of Music

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Beat and Pulse are concepts that belong to which over arching element?

a)

Pitch

b)

Expressive Devices

c)

Duration

d)

Structure

2.

repetition, variety, contrast, development and unification are derived from this element.

a)

Pitch

b)

Expressive Devices

c)

Duration

d)

Structure

3.

The fundamental parameters, aspects or characteristics of music; basic elements of music are identified as

a)

duration, expressive devices, retrograde inversion, structure, texture and timber

b)

composition, analysis, performance, recording, and listening

c)

duration, expressive devices, pitch, structure, texture and timbre

d)

rhythm, harmony, form, key.

4.

You can influence the mood and character of music through:

a)

duration

b)

pitch

c)

structure

d)

texture

e)

expressive devices

5.

Repetition, variety, contrast, development; treatment of thematic material; Multi movment and contemporary structures could all be considered:

a)

Texture

b)

Timbre

c)

Pitch

d)

Structure

e)

Expressive Devices

6.

Density of sound is best described as this element.

a)

timbre

b)

structure

c)

texture

d)

pitch

7.

Pitch can be divided into three different areas such as:

a)

melody, harmony, tonality

b)

melody, structure, duration

c)

harmony, timbre, melody

d)

dynamics, contrast, instrumental and vocal technique

8.

Melody could be described as

a)

theme, horizontal arrangement of sound, motif, range and registyer

b)

structure, duration and texture

c)

the vertical arrangment of sounds

d)

ways of influencing the mood and character of music.

9.

Tonality or the organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships could include these concepts.

a)

consonance and dissonance, chord progressions counter melodies and cadence.

b)

melodic patterns, melodic shape and contour, motif, intonation and or range and register.

c)

keys and modes, scale forms and or modulation

d)

monophony, homophony, polyphony

10.

Consonance and dissonance, chord progressions counter melodies and cadence are all concepts belonging to.

a)

tonality

b)

melody

c)

harmony

d)

timbre

11.

Timbre is best described as

a)

characteristic quality of sound sources, or tone colour

b)

the form and design of music

c)

melody, harmony and tonality

d)

the density of sound

12.

Instrumentation, instrumental and vocal techniques and devices, manipulation of sound quality and register fall under the umbrella of

a)

harmony

b)

texture

c)

timbre

d)

structure

e)

timber

13.

Track layering and sequencing along with voicing are all concepts belonging to which element.

a)

structure

b)

pitch

c)

texture

d)

expressive devices

14.

accent and syncopation belong to this element

a)

pitch

b)

structure

c)

texture

d)

timbre

e)

duration

15.

which of these answers is fully correct when referring to the element of rhythm

a)

lyrics, meter, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm

b)

beat and pulse, range and register, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm

c)

beat and pulse, meter, accent and dynamics,tempo and rhythm

d)

beat and pulse, meter, harmony and syncopation,tempo and rhythm

e)

beat and pulse, meter, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm

16.

List all the concepts that apply to the element of pitch.

a)

melodic pattern, motif

b)

consonance and dissonance

c)

meter

d)

scale forms

e)

dynamics

17.

Melody is one of the three sub categories of the pitch element.

list the concepts that apply to melody.

a)

melodic pattern; melodic shape and contour

b)

consonance and disonance

c)

intonaton, range and register

d)

motif

e)

modulation

18.

name the three sub categories of pitch:


example: word, word and word.

(a)  

19.

Harmony is described as the vertical arrangment of sounds (describes the ways in which combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music). Which of these concepts refers to harmony only.

a)

Consonance and dissonance, chord progressions and melodic pattern.

b)

chord progressions, countermelodies and cadence.

c)

melodic patterns, intonation and range and register consonance.

d)

keys and modes, consonance and dissonance, motif

20.

repetition, variety, contrast, development and unification are all concepts belonging to the element of

a)

timbre

b)

texture

c)

expressive devices

d)

structure

21.

beat and pulse, meter, accent and syncopation are three of the five concepts associated with duration. Name the other two concepts. (Hint begins with R and T) Your answer should read: word and word

(a)  

22.

The organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships belongs under which sub heading of pitch?

a)

melody

b)

tonality

c)

harmony

d)

structure

23.

the four concepts attributed to the element of expressive devices are

a)

dynamics, contrast, instrumental and vocal techniques and articulation

b)

dynamics, contrast instrumental and vocal techniques and accent and syncopation

c)

beat and pulse, meter, tempo and rhythm

d)

keys and modes, scale forms, modulation and sequencing/tracklayering.

24.

Which line/note do the two dots of the Bass Clef straddle?

a)

G

b)

B

c)

D

d)

F

e)

A

25.

Which musical element has been left out of this extensive list. Duration, expressive devices, pitch, texture and timbre

(a)