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Year 8 spring revision

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Fermata

d)

Sharp

2.

What is the meaning of the sharp sign?

a)

It lowers the pitch one half step

b)

It raises the pitch one half step

3.

what is the purpose of the flat sign?

a)

it raises the pitch one half step

b)

it lowers the pitch one half step

4.

What is the typical style of bass in blues and Rock N' Roll music?

a)

Slap Bass

b)

Walking Bass

c)

Syncopated bass

5.

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

a)

Sight reading

b)

Improvisation

c)

Planned

d)

Made up music

6.

What decade did Blues music start in?

a)

1500s

b)

1600s

c)

1800s

d)

2000s

7.

Small blues band begin springing up after...

a)

Emancipation

b)

The civil war

c)

The first world war

8.

Blues music was inspired by.... (MULTIPLE ANSWERS CORRECT)

a)

work songs

b)

rock and roll

c)

spiritual songs

d)

Gamelan

9.

The blues were a major component of a new style of music that appeared in the 1950s called

________________ ____________ ________________.

a)

hip hop / rap

b)

rhythm and blues

c)

rock and roll

d)

disco and funk

10.

What is it called when a song uses music from another pre-existing track?

a)

Riffing

b)

Sampling

c)

Stealing

d)

Copying

11.

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

12.

What are dynamics?

a)

How long or short a note is

b)

How fast or slow a piece of music is

c)

The proper term for volume in music

d)

The type of sound made by an instrument

13.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

14.

What does R and B stand for?

(a)  

15.

Which decade did R and B originate?

a)

1930s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1980s

16.

The term for how music is put together

a)

Harmony

b)

Structure

c)

Melody

d)

Tempo

17.

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

18.

Which of these statements are true about the walking bass?

a)

It moves from a root note up and then back down again

b)

It moves in step (playing on every quarter note)

c)

It has to play every note in the scale

d)

It usually plays in double time

19.

What decade did Rock 'n' Roll begin?

a)

1900's

b)

1950's

c)

1980's

d)

2000's

20.

What type of rhythm is typical in blues music?

a)

Swing

b)

Skipped

c)

Running

d)

Syncopated

21.

Name this note.

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

e)

B

22.

Name this note.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

23.

What is a chord?

a)

A note on the piano

b)

Two or more notes played together

c)

A pair of trousers

d)

A pattern of notes played ascending or descending

24.

What were the 4 key features of HipHop culture?

a)

healthy and safety, kindness, gardening, DIY

b)

rapping, Dji-ng, graffitti, break dancing

c)

songs, beats, lyrics, improvisation

d)

Jamming, dancing, rhythm, creativity

25.

What is it called when a song uses music from another pre-existing track?

a)

Riffing

b)

Sampling

c)

Stealing

d)

Copying