WorksheetsMusic Theme and Variation Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What structure have all of our melodies had in common in this unit so far?
AB
ABC
AABA
ABA
Which Classical composer had composed the piano variations on a famous melody in that lesson?
Haydn
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Presley
When looking at the structure of a melody, we call the smaller groups of notes:
Chunks
Phrases
Sentences
Cliques
Which of these words describes the shape of a melody:
Triangle
Contrast
Silhouette
Contour
After a melody rises it usually...
(a)
A beautiful melody is usually easy to sing because it moves mostly...
in steps
in zig-zags
in leaps
under cover of darkness
Both the themes (melodies) studied last time started with a...
Rising 4th
Falling 4th
Rising 5th
Falling 5th
The texture of all the examples we have heard in this project so far have been:
Monophonic (a single part)
Homophonic (melody and accompaniment)
Polyphonic (many independent parts)
What might rhythmic variation involve?
Changing the key of the music
Changing the speed of the music
Changing the pattern of sounds and silences
Changing the volume of the music
What is the main goal of learning about theme and variation in music?
To learn how to play the guitar
To develop a motif (musical idea) in different ways while retaining something of the original theme
To memorize classical music pieces
To understand the history of music
