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WorksheetsYear 9 cover quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which Beatle was tragically shot in 1980?
John Lennon
Paul Mccartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Which of these instruments is NOT heard in Hey Jude?
Drum kit
Bass guitar
Piano
Trumpet
Tambourine
What is the piano doing in hey jude?
Decorating the melody
Playing a repeating chord pattern
Playing a riff
Playing the melody
Which term best describes the tempo oh hey jude?
Allegro
Andante
Largo
Lento
Who was Jude?
A friend of the Beatles who died
John Lennon's son
Paul Mccartney's father
A former mayor of Liverpool
What style of song is Hey Jude?
Funk
Folk
Rock and Roll
Ballad
Playing the accompaniment of a song, where you have freedom to add your own rhythms, is better know as .... C (a)
A 'happy' chord is better know as a M (a) chord
The smallest interval between two notes is called a S (a)
The proper (italian) term for playing smoothly (begins with L)
(a)
The proper (italian) term for playing spikily (begins with St)
(a)
The proper term for how a note starts and ends
Dynamics
Articulation
Tempo
Structure
A section of the song that adds variation, usually linking choruses together is called:
Refrain
Bridge
Verse
Prechorus
Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?
Dynamics
Tempo
Pitch
Duration
Section of the song that repeats with the same melody and lyrics each time. Normally the most memorable part of the song
Chorus
Pre-chorus
Verse
Bridge
In music, structure is:
How loud or soft music is
How notes fit together
The number of layers in a piece of music
The different sections of a piece of music and how they are ordered
which part of the song typically has different words each time it plays?
verse
chorus
prechorus
break
Which word means a harmony in which the notes fit together in a way that does not sound pleasing?
a capella
consonance
dissonance
harmony
What is it called when a musician makes up music on the spot?
Sight reading
Improvisation
Planned
Made up music
What is a riff?
A repeated musical phrase
The part that comes after each verse
The proper term for the melody
A repeating bassline
The lyrics in Britpop songs are about..
Work and school
Happiness
Everyday life
Friendship
What TEXTURE is the majority of BritPop in?
Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
What is a rhapsody
A song without a structure
A song that repeats again and again
A person who wonders
A song with a verse, chorus and bridge
Monophonic Texture is...
A texture with a melody and harmony
How fast or slow the music is played
A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time
A texture with a single layer; one melodic line
Polyphonic texture is...
A texture with a single layer; one melodic line
Two or more instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches
A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time
A texture with a melody and harmony
AB structure is known as...
Binary form
Ternary form
Rondo form
Pop music structure
ABA is the structure for
Binary form
Ternary form
Rondo form
Pop song structure
ABACA is the musical structure known as
Binary form
Ternary form
Rondo form
Pop song structure
Which word relates to how many layers occur in a piece of music
Harmony
Melody
Timbre
Texture
Reggae developed during which decade?
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
This is the best-selling album of all time:
Bad
Thriller
HIStory
Off The Wall
What is the name for a recording which is added on top of an existing track?
Bed track
XLR
Overdub
Mono
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)
Bed Track
Overdubs
Stereo field
Mono
A short 'catchy' section of a song:
Riff
Hook
Ostinato
Melody
Who is this composer? He is famous for writing most of his music whilst deaf and composer 'Fur Elise'
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Lizst
What does the term 'Leitmotif' mean?
Musical composition
Cinematic technique
Leading motive
Film genre
what is the purpose of the flat sign?
it raises the pitch one half step
it lowers the pitch one half step
Name the TWO brtipop bands that were involved in the big chart battle in 1995
Blur
Oasis
Pulp
Radiohead
