WorksheetsYear 9 - Disco - Homework 3
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the most common texture in music, where there is mostly one melody and chords?
Melodic texture
Homophonic / Chordal texture
Syncopated texture
Ostinato texture
What are block chords?
When the notes of a chord are played separately
When all the notes of a chord are played at the same time
When chords are played in a sequence
When chords are played with a syncopated rhythm
What is the term for when the notes of a chord are played separately?
Block chords
Broken chords
Syncopation
Slap bass
What does syncopation mean in music?
Playing notes in a sequence
Accenting weaker beats
Playing all notes at the same time
Using a slap bass technique
Which style of bass playing involves striking the strings with the thumb and plucking with the fingers?
Classical bass
Jazz bass
Slap bass
Rock bass
How do major chords generally sound?
More negative
More positive
More neutral
More dissonant
How do minor chords generally sound?
More positive
More neutral
More negative
More dissonant
What does tonality describe in music?
The speed of the music
The overall pattern of notes used in a piece
The volume of the music
The rhythm of the music
What is the musical term for speed?
Rhythm
Tempo
Dynamics
Harmony
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of homophonic texture?
Mostly one melody
Chords providing harmony
Multiple independent melodies
Often a singer
Describe the electric guitar in this excerpt
It plays block chords
It plays notes with a long duration
It plays a syncopated rhythm
It plays broken chords
Give three characterstics that describe how the strings play in this excerpt
They play mainly major chords
They play notes with a long duration
It plays a syncopated rhythm
They play mostly minor chords
They play notes with a short duration
Give three characterstics that describe how the bass guitar plays in this excerpt
It plays a syncopated rhythm
It plays with a slap bass style
It plays notes with a durations
It plays notes with short durations
It plays continual crotchet (coke) beat notes
Sort the instruments with the layer they are playing
Homophonic
Chordal
Keys (piano / synth)
Backing Singers
Lead Singer
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar
Horns
