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Year 8 Term 1 British Invasion Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a typical instrumental make up of a British Invasion band?

a)

Drums, Piano, Bass, Vocals

b)

Drums, Guitar, Bass, Vocals

c)

Drums, Guitar, Piano, Vocals

d)

Drums, Tambourine, Bass, Vocals

2.

What three other instruments are also common in British Invasion music?

a)

Piano, Tambourine, Harmonica

b)

Piano, Saxophone, Harmonica

c)

Piano, Harmonica, Trumpet

d)

Harmonica, Saxophone, Trumpet

3.

What is the texture of most British Invasion pieces?

a)

Monophonic

b)

Homophonic

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Heterophonic

4.

What did British Invasion bands do to their guitar sound?

a)

Added extra layers of parts

b)

Changed the number of strings

c)

Added distortion

d)

Changed the patch settings

5.

What was a feature of British Invasion recording processes?

a)

Recording all together as a band

b)

Overdubbing multiple drum layers

c)

Auto tuning vocals

d)

Recording outside

6.

What was a feature of British Invasion melodies?

a)

Leaps between notes

b)

Stepwise movement and catchy

c)

Disjunct

d)

Non diatonic

7.

What was a feature of British Invasion chordal harmony?

a)

Major diatonic chords

b)

Minor non diatonic chords

c)

Minor diatonic chords

d)

Major non diatonic chords

8.

What type of key was British Invasion music generally in?

a)

Modal

b)

Melodic Minor

c)

Harmonic Minor

d)

Major

9.

What time signature was British Invasion music generally in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

4/4

d)

5/4

10.

Select a typical structure form for a British Invasion piece.

a)

Rondo

b)

Through Composed

c)

Arch

d)

Verse-Chorus

11.

Select the box with exclusively British Invasion bands.

a)

The Beatles

Arctic Monkeys

The Kinks

The Who

b)

The Beatles

The Kinks

The Who

The Rolling Stones

c)

The Beatles

The Who

The Rolling Stones

Wham

d)

The Who

Pearl Jam

The Rolling Stones

The Kinks

12.

Select the box with exclusively British Invasion songs.

a)

Twist and Shout

My Generation

You Really Got Me

b)

Twist and Shout

My Generation

Chasing Rainbows

c)

My Generation

You Really Got Me

Clint Eastwood

d)

Twist and Shout

You Really Got Me

Bohemian Rhapsody

13.

What is 'instrumentation'?

a)

The layers of a piece of music.

b)

The chords used.

c)

How the melody lines are shaped.

d)

Which instruments are used.

14.

What is 'texture'?

a)

The layers of a piece of music.

b)

The chords used.

c)

How the melody lines are shaped.

d)

Which instruments are used.

15.

'Stepwise', 'conjunct', and 'diatonic' can be used to describe what?

a)

The layers of a piece of music.

b)

The chords used.

c)

How the melody lines are shaped.

d)

Which instruments are used.

16.

What is 'timbre'?

a)

The sound quality of an instrument or voice.

b)

How a piece is organised.

c)

How the melody lines are shaped.

d)

How a piece is recorded.

17.

What is 'production'?

a)

The sound quality of and instrument or voice.

b)

How a piece is organised.

c)

How the melody lines are shaped.

d)

How a piece is recorded.

18.

Analysing chords and how they are used, is the study of what?

a)

Texture

b)

Production

c)

Harmony

d)

Instrumentation

19.

'Introduction', 'Verse', 'Chorus', 'Bridge', 'Outro' are used when describing what?

a)

Timbre

b)

Structure

c)

Rhythm

d)

Harmony

20.

'4/4', '3/4', '2/4' and '6/8' are all types of what?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Structure

c)

Tonality

d)

Harmony