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WorksheetsNCFE CA1 - the music business
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 36mins
Identify the job role which involves:
Having creative control over sound recordings
Working with musicians and studio personnel
Checking that samples have been cleared for use
(a)
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
Which one of these is the role of a composer
Writing music to a brief
Being able to play an instrument to a high standard
Conducting a orchestra
Fixing sound equipment
I take music that exists and organise it for different parts. What am I?
(a)
I write the words for songs, my role is a (a)
I create and record sound effects, usually for films and TV, what is my job role?
Technician
Session Musician
Sound Designer
Producer
What are the some of the responsibilities of a DJ? (more than one answer)
Selecting and playing music for an audience
Creating own beats and remixes
Arrange music
Scratch and manipulate viynl records
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 responsibility of a Technician
Maintaining and repairing equipment
Maintaining musical instruments
Setting up and packing down at events
Managing a recording
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
What does A+R stand for
(a)
What is the name for a continuous audio signal NOT made by technology?
Analogue
Digital
Waveform
Amplitude
Label the x axis
(a)
Label the Y axis
(a)
Which of these features are NOT common in blues music
Walking bass
12 bar structure
Rondo form
Swing rhythm
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
A recording with 2 channels of audio is called a S (a) recording
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)
DI stands for (a)
An electronic musical instrument that creates audio signals
(a)
The time is takes for the waveform to go from full volume to the sustain stage.
(a)
Electronic device that generates waveforms.
Oscillator
Sampler
Synthesiser
Interface
Hardware that converts digital into analogue signals
(a)
ADC stands for (a)
DAW effect: Controlling the amount of sound reflection (echo) of a track
Compression
EQ
Reverb
Panning
Audio format released in 1963, contained information on a magnetic strip protected by a plastic case
(a)
Audio format created in 1948, 2 sided and could hold 20 minutes of track per side
(a)
Compressed audio format released in 1999, stored digitally
(a)
Defining a group based on a particular aspect e.g. age
Audience
Demographic
Market research
Branding
Flipping a melody upside down
Sequence
Retrograde
Inversion
Device
The 'other' tracks that could feature on an album
A side
B side
C side
D side
A release of between 3-7 tracks, longer than a single, shorter than an Album
(a)
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)
A legal payment required when a musician’s work is used.
(a)
An organisation a musician can join for legal and financial support
PRS
MU
PPL
MCPS
PRS stands for (a)
An example of a royalty collection service
MU
XLR
ADAT
PRS
LFO stands for
Large Filter Oscillator
Low Frequency Oscillator
Low Flange Oscillator
Legal Framework Order
What is this?
(a)
What type of waveform is this?
Sine
Square
Sawtooth
Triangle
What type of waveform is this?
Sine
Square
Sawtooth
Triangle
What type of waveform is this?
Sine
Square
Sawtooth
Triangle
What type of waveform is this?
Sine
Square
Sawtooth
Triangle
I allow certain frequencies to pass through in a sound.
I am a (a)
A particular section of the population D (a)
What does HDD stand for?
(a)
HARDWARE EFFECT: Can be room, plate or spring, creates an echo effect
Delay
Reverb
Wahwah
Flanging
HARDWARE EFFECT: Uses note values to create intervals where sounds are repeated
Reverb
Delay
Flanging
EQ
Effect: Silences audio below a set threshold
Compression
EQ
reverb
noise gate
HARDWARE EFFECT: Makes an instrument sounds as if it is underwater
Wahwah
Tape Delay
Flanging
Reverb
Which of these summarises Nyquist's theorem?
sample rate should be half of the human range of hearing
sample rate should equal the rate of human hearing
sample rate should be double the rate of human hearing
sample rate should be triple the rate of human hearing
