WorksheetsArticulation, Ornamentation and Instrumentation
Total questions: 130
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Short notes / Use tongue on a wind instrument to make the notes short.
a)
Staccato / tongued
b)
scratching
c)
Pizzicato / Arco
d)
Legato / slurred
2.
Smooth / Each note is held until the next note plays.
a)
Legato / slurred
b)
Attack / decay
c)
Son Clave
d)
Staccato / tongued
3.
String instruments plucked / bowed
a)
Repeat marks
b)
Pizzicato / Arco
c)
Phrase mark
d)
Legato / slurred
4.
The same note is played repeatedly, rapidly.
a)
Presto
b)
remix
c)
Tremolo
d)
Trill
5.
Note is louder than others (emphasized)
a)
Rest
b)
Andante
c)
Mordent
d)
Accent
6.
Played with force
a)
sforzando
b)
Solo
c)
Mordent
d)
Allargando
7.
Gradually get louder
a)
sforzando
b)
Meende
c)
Presto
d)
Crescendo
8.
Gradually get softer
a)
Bend/slide/glissando
b)
Crescendo
c)
Pizzicato / Arco
d)
Diminuendo / decrescendo
9.
A happy or bright sounding scale is used to create music
a)
Major
b)
MIDI
c)
Minor
d)
Largo
10.
A sad, dark or angry sounding scale is used to create music
a)
Major
b)
minim
c)
Minor
d)
MIDI
11.
The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone above or below its adjacent pitches
a)
Romantic
b)
The main singer
c)
Blue scale
d)
Chromatic scale
12.
a chromatic variation of the major scale featuring a flat third and seventh
a)
Treble clef
b)
Classical
c)
Blue scale
d)
Bass clef
13.
A type of scale used in Indian music.
a)
Tala
b)
Range
c)
Largo
d)
Raga
14.
A Type of scale (often used in folk music) with specific characteristics
a)
MIDI
b)
Mode
c)
Coda
d)
Modern
15.
The distance between the highest of lowest note used. Often described as narrow or wide.
a)
Raga
b)
Range
c)
Largo
d)
Pause
16.
A slide/bend up or down in pitch
a)
sforzando
b)
Bend/slide/glissando
c)
Allargando
d)
Rallentando
17.
A slide up or down in pitch
a)
Mordent
b)
Portamento
c)
Ornament
d)
Presto
18.
The Indian term for a slide up or down in pitch
a)
Metre
b)
Mode
c)
Meende
d)
Minor
19.
1600 - 1750. Harpsichord used as basso continuo/ natural trumpets. Concerto Grosso around at this time.
a)
Bar line
b)
groove
c)
Bridge
d)
Baroque
20.
1750 -1820
a)
Natural
b)
Classical
c)
Bass clef
d)
Atonal
21.
1810 - 1910
a)
Range
b)
Rubato
c)
Romantic
d)
minim
22.
1910 -present
a)
Mode
b)
Moderato
c)
Modern
d)
Mordent
23.
The five lines which tell you the pitches of the notes- this one has a treble clef on it.
a)
Sharp
b)
Tala
c)
Stave
d)
quaver
24.
Written down music
a)
Solo
b)
Coda
c)
Sharp
d)
Score
25.
The clef used for right hand piano and higher pitch instruments
a)
Treble clef
b)
Tremolo
c)
Blue scale
d)
Bass clef
26.
The clef used for left hand piano and lower pitch instruments. Sometimes called F clef - the line is between the two dots.
a)
Bar line
b)
Pause
c)
Bass clef
d)
Classical
27.
Line that separates the stave into beats according to the time signature
a)
Bar line
b)
Baroque
c)
panning
d)
sampling
28.
A double bar line- shows the end of a section or end of a piece.
a)
Double bar line
b)
Dotted note
c)
Drum machine
d)
Bar line
29.
Tell you to repeat what you just played.
a)
Reverb
b)
remix
c)
Phrase mark
d)
Repeat marks
30.
Shows you which key you are in. You should know these up to 4 flats and 4 sharps at GCSE level.
a)
Key signature
b)
obligato
c)
Time signature
d)
Bar line
31.
Shows you how many beats per bar (top number) and what note value gets a beat (bottom number)- a 4 means a crotchet counts as a beat, an 8 means a quaver counts as a beat.
a)
Key signature
b)
Time signature
c)
Blue scale
d)
Metre
32.
Simple time means the beats divide into 2
a)
Simple
b)
Triple
c)
sampler
d)
Duple
33.
Compound time means the beat divides into 3
a)
Pause
b)
Simple
c)
sampling
d)
Compound
34.
6/8 (2 beats per bar)
a)
Simple
b)
Duple
c)
Stave
d)
Triple
35.
9/8 (3 beats per bar)
a)
Trill
b)
Triple
c)
Tie
d)
Duple
36.
12/8 (4 beats per bar)
a)
quaver
b)
Triple
c)
Quadruple
d)
Duple
37.
Raises the note by a semitone - (not a hash tag!)
a)
Score
b)
Stave
c)
Sharp
d)
Turn
38.
Lowers the note by a semitone b
a)
Flat
b)
Tala
c)
Largo
d)
Rest
39.
Means play the note unflattened or unsharpened
a)
Natural
b)
Turn
c)
Atonal
d)
Metre
40.
A line that goes over the notes to show a 'musical sentence'
a)
Repeat marks
b)
remix
c)
Cadenza
d)
Phrase mark
41.
A line that joins two notes of the same pitch- they are tied together so you only play the first and hold it for the length of both notes combined.
a)
Mode
b)
MIDI
c)
Tie
d)
Stave
42.
A musical decoration
a)
Accent
b)
Ornament
c)
Portamento
d)
Mordent
43.
Play two neighbour notes one after the other quickly lots of times
a)
Trill
b)
Triple
c)
Tie
d)
Tala
44.
A musical turn is a curled symbol written above a note on the staff. ... The turn creates a musical flourish that expands the initial single note into a series of four notes.
a)
Tie
b)
Tala
c)
Solo
d)
Turn
45.
Like a trill but only play the neighbour note once.
a)
Mordent
b)
Mode
c)
Modern
d)
Accent
46.
A crushed note, play it very quickly as though it is crushed into the other note.
a)
Natural
b)
Acciaccatura
c)
amplification
d)
Accent
47.
A note to play before the main note, not as quick as a crushed note.
a)
Dotted note
b)
Portamento
c)
Appoggiatura/grace note
d)
Allargando
48.
one or more unstressed notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage.
a)
Anacrusis
b)
Pause
c)
pause
d)
Quadruple
49.
Really? Come on.
a)
Flat
b)
Off beat
c)
Ornament
d)
Effects
50.
placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur eg off beat
a)
Rubato
b)
distortion
c)
Syncopation
d)
obligato
51.
The time signature
a)
Mode
b)
Score
c)
Meende
d)
Metre
52.
Often used in world music (Greek/Israeli) and jazz. Irregular meters (also called asymmetrical meters) establish a regular metric pattern from an asymmetrical sequence of two or more time signatures. A 5/8 time signature, for example, is usually understood as the sum of two simple meters 3/8 + 2/8 or 2/8 + 3/8.
a)
Repeat marks
b)
Parallel motion
c)
Metre
d)
Irregular metre
53.
Don't play. They come in a variety of note durations.
a)
Key
b)
Rest
c)
Presto
d)
remix
54.
When two rhythms clash. For instance, triplet rhythms at the same time as quaver rhythms.
a)
Polyrhythm
b)
Swung rhythm
c)
crotchet
d)
Cross rhythm
55.
2 or more complex rhythms played together- often heard in Samba/African and other world music.
a)
Swung rhythm
b)
Cross rhythm
c)
Polyrhythm
d)
Moderato
56.
Used in jazz styles most often. Instead of quavers being played straight with equal note lengths, the first quaver lasts longer than the second giving a 'swing feel' to the music.
a)
Polyrhythm
b)
Son Clave
c)
Cross rhythm
d)
Swung rhythm
57.
The rhythmic cycle used in Classical Indian Music
a)
Turn
b)
Solo
c)
Raga
d)
Tala
58.
The rhythm used in latin music including samba / calypso
a)
collage
b)
semibreve
c)
Stave
d)
Son Clave
59.
A middle section
a)
Triple
b)
Bridge
c)
Range
d)
Baroque
60.
Italian for tail. The end section
a)
Tala
b)
Raga
c)
Mode
d)
Coda
61.
an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing virtuosic display. (Concerto Through Time)
a)
Cadenza
b)
Accent
c)
Coda
d)
Mordent
62.
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time - being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece.
a)
Treble clef
b)
Drum machine
c)
Phrase mark
d)
Instrumental break
63.
A middle 8 is so called because it is a section in a song that tends to happen towards the middle of the song, and tends to be eight bars in length. The purpose of this section is to break up the simple repetition of a verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure by introducing new elements into the song.
a)
Mordent
b)
Simple
c)
Modern
d)
Middle 8
64.
an electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies
a)
quantising
b)
Unison
c)
sequencer
d)
Synthesiser
65.
A machine that programmes drum samples to create drum patterns
a)
Drum machine
b)
Blue scale
c)
Bar line
d)
Double bar line
66.
a console where sound signals are mixed during recording or broadcasting.
a)
Mode
b)
Middle 8
c)
Mixing desk
d)
Meende
67.
a programmable electronic device for storing sequences of musical notes, chords, or rhythms and transmitting them to an electronic musical instrument. Examples- garage band / Logic / Ableton Live / Cubase
a)
sequencer
b)
semi-quaver
c)
quaver
d)
Meende
68.
the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
a)
scratching
b)
multi-tracking
c)
panning
d)
quantising
69.
record (additional sounds) on an existing recording.
a)
Bar line
b)
scratching
c)
Rubato
d)
overdubbing
70.
the process of increasing the volume of sound, especially using an amplifier.
a)
Acciaccatura
b)
Syncopation
c)
obligato
d)
amplification
71.
an electronic device for sampling music and sound. The sampler can then play back these sounds using a keyboard or other midi intstrument
a)
Triple
b)
sampling
c)
sampler
d)
Simple
72.
the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording.
a)
sampler
b)
Bar line
c)
Simple
d)
sampling
73.
play a record using the scratch technique. Moving the record to create unique sounds.
a)
scratching
b)
sampling
c)
crotchet
d)
quantising
74.
Turntables or CD/audio players used for DJing
a)
Metre
b)
Effects
c)
loops
d)
decks
75.
A piece of music that repeats itself
a)
loops
b)
Score
c)
Solo
d)
Coda
76.
In music, groove is the sense of an effect ("feel") of changing pattern in a propulsive rhythm or sense of "swing".
a)
Range
b)
groove
c)
Mode
d)
loops
77.
Moving or the placement of a sound between the left and right speaker
a)
minim
b)
sampling
c)
panning
d)
quantising
78.
Musical instrument digital interface- the way electronic instruments communicate with each other and computers.
a)
MIDI
b)
Coda
c)
Mode
d)
minim
79.
Audio effects are analog or digital devices that are used to intentionally alter how a musical instrument or other audio source sounds.
a)
Presto
b)
Effects
c)
Flat
d)
decks
80.
reverb is the effect of sound being reflected back to a listener's ears from surrounding objects. Example- shout in a cave or subway- you will hear reverb.
a)
Metre
b)
remix
c)
quaver
d)
Reverb
81.
Creates a distorted sound
a)
Turn
b)
Trill
c)
Syncopation
d)
distortion
82.
How long a sound takes to reach peak volume and decay to silence.
a)
Attack / decay
b)
Tala
c)
Bar line
d)
Thick thin
83.
A tool to control synthesizer frequencies using your voice- example- drop the pressure by Mylo
a)
Mode
b)
Coda
c)
Modern
d)
vocoder
84.
is the process by which notes performed by a human are made by the computer to more closely match the tempo and beat of the composition.
a)
scratching
b)
panning
c)
quantising
d)
Unison
85.
A remix is a new version of a piece of music which has been created by putting together the individual instrumental and vocal parts in a different way.
a)
Tremolo
b)
remix
c)
Rest
d)
decks
86.
In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage. ... In any case, it may be achieved through the use of previous sound recordings or musical scores.
a)
Mode
b)
Raga
c)
collage
d)
Coda
87.
Slow
a)
Sharp
b)
Largo
c)
Raga
d)
Range
88.
Walking pace
a)
Flat
b)
Accent
c)
Andante
d)
Range
89.
Moderate
a)
Mode
b)
Mordent
c)
Moderato
d)
Modern
90.
fast
a)
Modern
b)
collage
c)
Allegro
d)
Largo
91.
Lively / brisk
a)
Stave
b)
Simple
c)
Vivace
d)
Tie
92.
Very fast
a)
Pause
b)
Presto
c)
Rubato
d)
Rest
93.
gradually decreasing in speed.
a)
Allegro
b)
Rallentando
c)
Allargando
d)
Andante
94.
performed with an immediate reduction of speed.
a)
Rest
b)
Moderato
c)
Rubato
d)
Ritenuto
95.
becoming gradually slower and more stately
a)
Rallentando
b)
Largo
c)
Allargando
d)
Allegro
96.
Robbed time (flexibility in the performance of a rhythm)
a)
Rubato
b)
Flat
c)
Rest
d)
Presto
97.
/fermata
a)
Score
b)
Pause
c)
pause
d)
Range
98.
Texture
a)
Range
b)
Pause
c)
Major
d)
pause
99.
a piece of vocal or instrumental music or a dance, or a part or passage in one, for one performer.
a)
Coda
b)
Score
c)
Mode
d)
Solo
100.
One melody line with no accompaniment
a)
Mordent
b)
Monophonic
c)
Modern
d)
Unison
101.
Thick=many layers/instruments. Thin=few layers/instruments
a)
Bar line
b)
Thick thin
c)
scratching
d)
Triple
102.
characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody.
a)
Monophonic
b)
Chromatic scale
c)
Thick thin
d)
Homophonic / chordal
103.
More than one important melody heard together
a)
Homophonic / chordal
b)
Voices / Ensembles / Timbre
c)
One note/pitch per syllable
d)
Polyphonic / counterpoint / contrapuntal
104.
Instruments / voices play the same notes.
a)
Minor
b)
Rest
c)
Turn
d)
Unison
105.
Parallel motion is motion in the same direction, keeping the same interval between them.
a)
Contrary motion
b)
Parallel motion
c)
amplification
d)
Phrase mark
106.
Contrary motion is motion in opposite directions. That is, when one of the lines moves up, the other line moves down (that is, in inversion). If the voices always move by the same intervals (in opposite directions) they are said to be in strict contrary motion.
a)
Counter melody
b)
Parallel motion
c)
Contrary motion
d)
distortion
107.
A secondary melody
a)
Tremolo
b)
Counter melody
c)
Dotted note
d)
Contrary motion
108.
Obligtory (it must be played) opposite of ad lib.
a)
Moderato
b)
obligato
c)
Flat
d)
Rubato
109.
One melody with accompanying harmony.
a)
Contrary motion
b)
Drum machine
c)
Syncopation
d)
Melody and accompanimnet
110.
In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a music composition in classical, Western art, and Western pop music.
a)
Rest
b)
Tie
c)
Key
d)
Coda
111.
The term chord progression simply refers to the order in which chords are played in a song/piece of music.
a)
Contrary motion
b)
Chord progression
c)
Presto
d)
distortion
112.
Atonal music is a generalizing term used to define music that seems to lack a clear tonal center. It has no key.
a)
Atonal
b)
Coda
c)
Natural
d)
Tala
113.
Soprano
a)
Irregular metre
b)
Voices / Ensembles / Timbre
c)
Double bar line
d)
Time signature
114.
Alto
a)
The lowest singing voice
b)
Time signature
c)
The main singer
d)
The highest singing voice
115.
Tenor
a)
(especially in church music) the highest adult male singing voice (sometimes distinguished from the countertenor voice as using falsetto).
b)
Polyphonic / counterpoint / contrapuntal
c)
Singing nonsense words / syllables. Often used in jazz
d)
a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
116.
Bass
a)
Singing nonsense words / syllables. Often used in jazz
b)
Polyphonic / counterpoint / contrapuntal
c)
a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
d)
Multiple notes/pitches per syllable
117.
A cappella
a)
Time signature
b)
The highest singing voice
c)
The lowest singing voice
d)
The main singer
118.
Syllabic
a)
Although a cappella is technically defined as singing without instrumental accompaniment, some groups use their voices to emulate instruments; others are more traditional and focus on harmonizing. A cappella styles range from gospel music to contemporary to barbershop quartets and choruses.
b)
Singing nonsense words / syllables. Often used in jazz
c)
a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
d)
(especially in church music) the highest adult male singing voice (sometimes distinguished from the countertenor voice as using falsetto).
119.
Melismatic
a)
One note/pitch per syllable
b)
Multiple notes/pitches per syllable
c)
Instrumental break
d)
Chromatic scale
120.
Lead singer
a)
Multiple notes/pitches per syllable
b)
The lowest singing voice
c)
One note/pitch per syllable
d)
Voices / Ensembles / Timbre
121.
Backing vocals
a)
Chromatic scale
b)
Backing singers
c)
semi-quaver
d)
The main singer
122.
Chorus / choir
a)
Backing singers
b)
The main singer
c)
Bar line
d)
Mixing desk
123.
Scat
a)
Drum machine
b)
A group of singers
c)
Backing singers
d)
The main singer
124.
Note Values
a)
One note/pitch per syllable
b)
Diminuendo / decrescendo
c)
Multiple notes/pitches per syllable
d)
Singing nonsense words / syllables. Often used in jazz
125.
4 beats
a)
sampler
b)
semi-quaver
c)
Score
d)
semibreve
126.
2 beats
a)
MIDI
b)
Minor
c)
Mode
d)
minim
127.
1 beat
a)
scratching
b)
crotchet
c)
Bridge
d)
groove
128.
Half a beat, also known as eighth note
a)
quaver
b)
Stave
c)
Major
d)
Reverb
129.
¼ of a beat, also known as 16th note
a)
sequencer
b)
semi-quaver
c)
quaver
d)
semibreve
130.
Adds on half of the value of the note. So a dotted crotchet is worth 1 and a half beats. A dotted minim is worth 3 beats (2 + 1)
a)
Mordent
b)
Ritenuto
c)
Portamento
d)
Dotted note
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