WorksheetsNCFE recap quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which one of the following is part of the role of a session musician?
Composes to a brief
Performs given music
Supervises stage crew
Writes music packages
Which job role is responsible for making sure that musical scores are ready for a rehearsal?
Musical Director
Roadie
Studio Manager
Sound Engineer
Session Musician
I take music that exists and organise it for different parts. What am I?
(a)
I create and record sound effects, usually for films and TV, what is my job role?
Technician
Session Musician
Sound Designer
Producer
Which role is responsible for maintaining recording equipment and managing the recording of a track
Technician
Manager
Producer
Engineer
Which of these is NOT the role of a manager
Negotiating contracts for a band
Scouting for talent
Finding opportunities for clients
Looking after the needs of a client
I help develop the public image of a band or artist. I will create marketing strategies and run promo campaigns. I am a...
(a)
Which of these is the main role of an A+R rep?
Look after a band or artist
Scout for talent
Manage public relations
Manage musical products
Label the x axis
(a)
Label the Y axis
(a)
When an audio signal is too loud in a recording it is an example of:
Tape Hiss
Distortion
Artefacts
Denegration
Any unwanted sounds created by a tape recorder are called:
Artefacts
Tape Hiss
Distortions
Denegretions
Cutting a chunk of audio from one recording and joining it to another
Splitting
Consolidating
Editing
Splicing
An edit which cannot be undone (for example splicing) is called
(a)
An electronic or digital instrument that uses pre-existing sounds
(a)
An electronic musical instrument that creates audio signals
(a)
Electronic device that generates waveforms.
Oscillator
Sampler
Synthesiser
Interface
Hardware that converts digital into analogue signals
(a)
DAW effect: Boosting the frequencies of a particular track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
DAW effect: Controlling the amount of sound reflection (echo) of a track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
Audio format created in 1948, 2 sided and could hold 20 minutes of track per side
(a)
DAW effect: 'Squashing' the dynamic range of a track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
Compressed audio format released in 1999, stored digitally
(a)
Flipping a melody back to front
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Melodic Device
Flipping a melody upside down
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Device
Playing the same melody but starting on a different note
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Melodic device
A digital format in which the data has been squished to make more space
(a)
An organisation that gathers and distributes music from artists on online platforms for commission.
(a)
An organisation a musician can join for legal and financial support
PRS
MU
PPL
MCPS
PRS stands for (a)
Moving notes into am ore precise position
Snapping
Quantizing
Panning
Looping
What kind of cable usually connects a microphone to an interface?
USB
Jack
Kettle lead
XLR
Name the scale: T, T, S, T, T, T, S
Major
Minor
Major pentatonic
Minor pentatonic
When you play notes related to a particular key you are playing ....
chromatically
atonally
diatonically
Name the scale: T, T, T+S, T, T+S
major
minor
major pentatonic
minor pentatonic
The process of recording two or more EXISTING TRACKS into one track is called
Splicing
Bouncing
Destructive editing
Layering
The S in ADSR stands for
Sine
Suspend
Sustain
Spectrum
Which of these allows you to remove parts of the frequency spectrum?
Filter
Amplitude
VCA
Portmento
AAA is an example of which type of form?
through composed
Strophic
Binary
Rondo
ABCBA is the definition of which form?
(a)
ABACA... is a definition of which type of form?
(a)
Emphasizing notes that are 'off the beat' is called
Triplets
Syncopation
Dotted notes
Swing
5/4, 7/4 are examples of....
Compound time signatures
Common time signatures
Irregular time signatures
6/8, 9/8, 12/8 are examples of
Compound time signatures
Common time signatures
Irregular time signatures
Playing three notes in the space of two notes....
Duplets
Syncopation
Dotted rhythm
Triplets
A new or longer passage of music that brings the piece to a close....
Refrain
middle 8
Coda
Drop
A section of music that builds the tension, usually leading to a drop
refrain
chorus
riser
coda
A few lines of music that can occur at the end of a verse to tie the music together (not a chorus!)
verse
middle 8
pre chorus
refrain
A dot after a note adds....
one beat
50% (or half) of the notes value
half of a beat
