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OCR Music Theory

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What words relate to Articulation? (two answers)

a)

Staccato

b)

Forte

c)

Melisma

d)

Pianissimo

2.

Which Cadence sounds completed?

a)

Finished

b)

Plagal

c)

Imperfect

d)

Perfect

3.

Fortissimo means?

a)

Very soft

b)

Soft

c)

Get louder

d)

Very loud

4.

What word could be used to describe chords? (pick two)

a)

Pizzicato

b)

Dissonant

c)

Sequence

d)

Broken

e)

Repetition

5.

What is a Sequence?

a)

when a melodic idea is copied by another part

b)

a short pattern of notes immediately repeated one note higher or lower

c)

when two balanced phrases compliment each other

d)

when parts of the melody repeat

6.

Countermelody is when another melody is played at the same time as the main melody

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What makes a song playful? (pick three)

a)

Repeated rhythms

b)

Fast notes

c)

Staccato notes

d)

String instruments

e)

Minor key

8.

Harpsichord only appears in what musical period?

a)

Romantic

b)

Baroque

c)

Calypso

d)

Classical

9.

Baroque usually features Terraced Dynamics. It could be attributed to the use of the Harpsichord, why?

a)

It has no volume control

b)

There are two levels to it

c)

The hammers inside are also terraced

d)

Harpsichord players were wild

10.

What instruments would you find in African drumming? (Pick 2)

a)

Claves

b)

Djembe

c)

Talking drum

d)

Traditional guitar

e)

Darbuka

11.

There are 6 demisemiquavers in a bar. What is the time signature?

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

6/4

d)

6/8

12.

What composers are from the Classical period? (Pick 2)

a)

Bach

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Rachmaninoff

d)

Mozart

e)

Beethoven

13.

What words can be used to describe a voice? (Pick 3)

a)

Vibrato

b)

Syllabic

c)

Falsetto

d)

Slow

e)

Polyrhythm

14.

Which of the following composers would be accepted in the exam for an action film? (2)

a)

Bruno Mars

b)

John Williams

c)

Marvin Gaye

d)

Johan Cruyff

e)

Hans Zimmer

15.

What acronym do you write on the blank page of the essay question WITH the headings of Beginning, Middle and End?

(a)  

16.

Which of the following are NOT features of a ballad? (Pick 3)

a)

Male singer

b)

Storytelling

c)

Romantic lyrics

d)

Piano solo

e)

Guitar solo

17.

Melody and accompaniment is a form of what texture?

a)

Contrapuntal

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Homophonic

d)

Monophonic

18.

What vocals effects are common in BOTH Bhangra and Pop music? (Pick 2)

a)

Distortion

b)

Wah-wah

c)

Autotune

d)

Chorus

e)

Reverb

19.

How could you describe the Timbre of a Steel Pan? (Pick 2)

a)

Steely

b)

Dark

c)

Soothing

d)

Metallic

e)

Bright

20.

What does Syncopation mean?

a)

Emphasis on the down-beat

b)

Played with a swung rhythm

c)

Played faster

d)

Placing the accent on the off-beat

e)

When you rush the rhythm

21.

What does Call and Response mean?

a)

When another instrument plays the same phrase at the same time

b)

When a melody is copied by another instrument one note higher or lower

c)

When the second instrument replies to the first instrument's phrase

d)

When the chords are repeated