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Year 9 cover quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Beatle was tragically shot in 1980?

a)

John Lennon

b)

Paul Mccartney

c)

George Harrison

d)

Ringo Starr

2.

Which of these instruments is NOT heard in Hey Jude?

a)

Drum kit

b)

Bass guitar

c)

Piano

d)

Trumpet

e)

Tambourine

3.

What is the piano doing in hey jude?

a)

Decorating the melody

b)

Playing a repeating chord pattern

c)

Playing a riff

d)

Playing the melody

4.

Which term best describes the tempo oh hey jude?

a)

Allegro

b)

Andante

c)

Largo

d)

Lento

5.

Who was Jude?

a)

A friend of the Beatles who died

b)

John Lennon's son

c)

Paul Mccartney's father

d)

A former mayor of Liverpool

6.

What style of song is Hey Jude?

a)

Funk

b)

Folk

c)

Rock and Roll

d)

Ballad

7.

Playing the accompaniment of a song, where you have freedom to add your own rhythms, is better know as .... C (a)  

8.

A 'happy' chord is better know as a M (a)   chord

9.

The smallest interval between two notes is called a S (a)  

10.

The proper (italian) term for playing smoothly (begins with L)

(a)  

11.

The proper (italian) term for playing spikily (begins with St)

(a)  

12.

The proper term for how a note starts and ends

a)

Dynamics

b)

Articulation

c)

Tempo

d)

Structure

13.

A section of the song that adds variation, usually linking choruses together is called:

a)

Refrain

b)

Bridge

c)

Verse

d)

Prechorus

14.
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
15.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

16.
What is this called?
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Bass Clef
c)
Alto Clef
d)
Tenor Clef
17.

Section of the song that repeats with the same melody and lyrics each time. Normally the most memorable part of the song

a)

Chorus

b)

Pre-chorus

c)

Verse

d)

Bridge

18.

In music, structure is:

a)

How loud or soft music is

b)

How notes fit together

c)

The number of layers in a piece of music

d)

The different sections of a piece of music and how they are ordered

19.

which part of the song typically has different words each time it plays?

a)

verse

b)

chorus

c)

prechorus

d)

break

20.

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

21.

What is it called when a musician makes up music on the spot?

a)

Sight reading

b)

Improvisation

c)

Planned

d)

Made up music

22.

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

23.

The lyrics in Britpop songs are about..

a)

Work and school

b)

Happiness

c)

Everyday life

d)

Friendship

24.

What TEXTURE is the majority of BritPop in?

a)

Monophonic

b)

Homophonic

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Heterophonic

25.

What is a rhapsody

a)

A song without a structure

b)

A song that repeats again and again

c)

A person who wonders

d)

A song with a verse, chorus and bridge

26.

Monophonic Texture is...

a)

A texture with a melody and harmony

b)

How fast or slow the music is played

c)

A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

d)

A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

27.

Polyphonic texture is...

a)

A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

b)

Two or more instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches

c)

A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

d)

A texture with a melody and harmony

28.

AB structure is known as...

a)

Binary form

b)

Ternary form

c)

Rondo form

d)

Pop music structure

29.

ABA is the structure for

a)

Binary form

b)

Ternary form

c)

Rondo form

d)

Pop song structure

30.

ABACA is the musical structure known as

a)

Binary form

b)

Ternary form

c)

Rondo form

d)

Pop song structure

31.

Which word relates to how many layers occur in a piece of music

a)

Harmony

b)

Melody

c)

Timbre

d)

Texture

32.

Reggae developed during which decade?

a)

1950's

b)

1960's

c)

1970's

d)

1980's

33.

This is the best-selling album of all time:

a)

Bad

b)

Thriller

c)

HIStory

d)

Off The Wall

34.

What is the name for a recording which is added on top of an existing track?

a)

Bed track

b)

XLR

c)

Overdub

d)

Mono

35.

What is the name of a recording which is the template that other recordings are built on top of? (this is usually the first thing an artist puts down when making a track)

a)

Bed Track

b)

Overdubs

c)

Stereo field

d)

Mono

36.

A short 'catchy' section of a song:

a)

Riff

b)

Hook

c)

Ostinato

d)

Melody

37.

Who is this composer? He is famous for writing most of his music whilst deaf and composer 'Fur Elise'

a)

Beethoven

b)

Mozart

c)

Bach

d)

Lizst

38.

What does the term 'Leitmotif' mean?

a)

Musical composition

b)

Cinematic technique

c)

Leading motive

d)

Film genre

39.

what is the purpose of the flat sign?

a)

it raises the pitch one half step

b)

it lowers the pitch one half step

40.

Name the TWO brtipop bands that were involved in the big chart battle in 1995

a)

Blur

b)

Oasis

c)

Pulp

d)

Radiohead