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year 8 - Hip-hop R and B

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where and when did HipHop originate?

a)

1991, Miami

b)

1955, London

c)

1973, New York

d)

1986, Seattle

2.

What were the 4 key features of HipHop culture?

a)

healthy and safety, kindness, gardening, DIY

b)

rapping, Dji-ng, graffitti, break dancing

c)

songs, beats, lyrics, improvisation

d)

Jamming, dancing, rhythm, creativity

3.

Who is seen as the first ever HipHop artist?

a)

Tupac

b)

Snoop Dogg

c)

Grandmaster flash

d)

DJ kool herc

4.

What is it called when a song uses music from another pre-existing track?

a)

Riffing

b)

Sampling

c)

Stealing

d)

Copying

5.

Who wrote 'ready or not'?

a)

The Smiths

b)

NWO

c)

Black Eyed Peas

d)

The Fugees

6.

Who wrote 'Gangsta's paradise'?

a)

Coolio

b)

Snoop Dogg

c)

Eminem

d)

Lil Nas X

7.

Who wrote 'Still Dre'

a)

Andre 3000

b)

Dr Dre

c)

Tupac

d)

Ice Cube

8.

What is it called when a DJ 'Scratches'?

a)

Playing a track in reverse on the turntables

b)

Improvising rapping on top of a track

c)

Moving a vinyl record back and forth to create a scratching sound

d)

Holding the needle down on the record

9.

What was the biggest 'first' HipHop record to hit the charts?

a)

Gangster

b)

Rapper's delight

c)

Changes

d)

Lose yourself

10.

Which of these is NOT a genre that came from HipHop?

a)

Drill

b)

Trap

c)

Country

d)

Grime

11.

What is a riff?

a)

A repeated musical phrase

b)

The part that comes after each verse

c)

The proper term for the melody

d)

A repeating bassline

12.

A Melody is:

a)

When the notes are being played one after the other.

b)

When two or more notes are played at the same time.

13.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Fermata

d)

Sharp

14.

What are dynamics?

a)

How long or short a note is

b)

How fast or slow a piece of music is

c)

The proper term for volume in music

d)

The type of sound made by an instrument

15.

This word, beginning with H, describes how notes fit together...

(a)  

16.
What is the name of this symbol? 
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor Clef
d)
Bass Clef
17.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

18.

Which word means a harmony in which the notes fit together in a way that sounds pleasing?

a)

Harmony

b)

Consonance

c)

Dissonance

d)

a capella

19.

Which word means a harmony in which the notes fit together in a way that does not sound pleasing?

a)

a capella

b)

consonance

c)

dissonance

d)

harmony

20.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

What does R and B stand for?

(a)  

22.

This word, beginning with H, describes how notes fit together...

(a)  

23.

What is this?

a)

A gap

b)

A pause

c)

A rest

d)

A squiggle

24.

In the TREBLE CLEF, the notes in the spaces spell.....

a)

FACE

b)

ACEG

c)

ABCD

d)

BEAD

25.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.

Name this note.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

27.

Name this note.

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

e)

A

28.

Name this note.

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

e)

B

29.

Name this note.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

30.

Name this note.

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

e)

A

31.

Which is correct?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Name the RED note

a)

F♯

b)

F♭

c)

F♮

33.
a)

sharp

b)

flat

c)

natural

34.

What is a natural sign?

a)

A symbol that cancels out all sharps and flats.

b)

A symbol that raises a note a step.

c)

A symbol that lowers a note a step.

d)

I don’t know.

35.

Which decade did R and B originate?

a)

1930s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1980s

36.

When a flat, sharp, or natural appears in music, it is called an...

a)

Key Signature

b)

Accidental

c)

Half Step

d)

Whole Step

37.

An accidental remains in effect for...

a)

all measures of the music

b)

Until the next bar line

c)

two measures only

38.
What letters make up the music alphabet?
a)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
b)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
c)
A, B, C, D, E, F
d)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
39.

A dot after a note adds....

a)

one beat

b)

50% (or half) of the notes value

c)

half of a beat

40.

How much is it?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

41.

How much is it?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

42.

How much is it?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

43.

How many beats do you hold this note for?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

44.

How many beats would you hold this note for?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

45.

How many beats do you hold this note for?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4