WorksheetsNCFE Quiz 1 2023-24
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 22mins
Flipping a melody back to front
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Melodic Device
Playing the same melody but starting on a different note
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Melodic device
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
A section of music that builds the tension, usually leading to a drop
refrain
chorus
riser
coda
A new or longer passage of music that brings the piece to a close....
Refrain
middle 8
Coda
Drop
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 scale which uses every single note on the keyboard
diatonic
pentatonic
major
chromatic
Name the scale: T, S, T, T, S, T, T
major
minor
harmonic minor
minor pentatonic
Name the scale: T, S, T, T, S, T+S, S
Major
Minor
Major pentatonic
Harmonic minor
Moving from a C to a D on a piano is an example of playing a:
Tone
Semitone
A computer program used to compose and record music is called...
Sampler
DAW
Phaser
MIDI
An 8 bar phrase usually found in the middle of a song to add contrast
Riser
Refrain
Coda
Middle 8
A section of music that releases tension is called the
(a)
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)
Which of these is the shortcut for duplicating notes?
CNTRL + Z
CNTRL + X
CNTRL + D
CNTRL + C
what is the tool for inputting notes?
(a)
I, I, I, I, IV, IV, I, I, V, IV, I, V
12 bar blues
rondo
sequence
retrograde
GENRE: Begins in 1973 in New York. DJ Kool herc brings turntables to a block party. Known for scratching, riffs and breaks
Hip-Hop
House
Reggae
Funk
GENRE: Created in the 1980s, known for using electronic instruments. Usually has a four to the floor rhythm.
Funk
Disco
House
Drum and Bass
GENRE: Originates in the southern US in the 60s, especially out of Gospel music. Is known for heart-felt singing.
Rock and Roll
Soul
Reggae
Disco
GENRE: created in the US in 1940s out of the Blues and Blue grass. Known for swing rhythm, walking basses and 12 bar blues structure
Rock
Soul
Disco
Rock and Roll
How many beats in a bar?
(a)
What does BPM stand for?
(a)
Name the chord
(a)
GENRE: Begins in Jamaica in the 1960s out of calypso music. Famous for syncopated rhythms
Soul
Hip-Hop
Reggae
House
How many beats is this note worth?
0.5
1
4
1.5
Playing notes off the beat is called
Dotted rhythms
syncopation
improvisation
accenting
Repeating the same section of music on Ableton is called
Truncating
Snipping
Looping
Quantizing
A genre arising in the 1960s, usually only using a guitar and vocals
Folk
Funk
Soul
Disco
DAW effect: Controlling the amount of sound reflection (echo) of a track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
DAW effect: 'Squashing' the dynamic range of a track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
DAW effect: Boosting the frequencies of a particular track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
The process of a DAW automatically performing a task over time is better known as
Automation
Quantizing
Equalisation
Panning
