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WorksheetsTheme and Variations
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a Theme?
Main 'catchy' melodic idea.
Second melodic idea
Heard at the end of the music
Changes that have been made
What is a variation?
Main melodic idea heard at the start
Changes made to the Theme
A second melody heard in the chorus
A melodic idea heard at the end
What does the word Augmentation mean?
Make something faster
Make something louder
Make something smaller
Make something bigger
What does Rhythmic Augmentation mean?
Make rhythmic values quicker
Make rhythms slower
Make rhythmic values longer (bigger)
Make rhythmic values shorter (smaller)
What is a Sequence in Music?
A melodic idea repeated 6 times
An idea that is repeated and moves up or down in pitch each time.
An idea that is repeated but played by a different instrument
A repetitive bassline
What is Imitation?
Idea is repeated but played lower in pitch
Idea is repeated at twice the speed
Idea is repeated really quietly
Idea is repeated by a different instrument
What is a drone?
Long held note
Short repeated quaver idea
Fast semi-quaver run
Repeated melodic idea
What is a Counter-Melody?
Slow Melody played in the bass
Second Melody that is played at the same time as the first
Second Melody heard at the end of the piece
New melody that clashes with the first
Which of these is not an example of ornamentation?
Trill
Mordent
Turn
Bass Guitar
What does Tonality mean?
The speed a piece of music is written at
How loud a piece of music is played
What key a piece of music is written in (Major/Minor)
The structure of a piece of music
What does Metre mean?
The speed of a piece of music
How many instruments are playing
An introduction
How many beats per bar
