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Year 8 autumn assessment

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where and when did HipHop originate?

a)

1991, Miami

b)

1955, London

c)

1973, New York

d)

1986, Seattle

2.

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

3.

Who is seen as the first ever HipHop artist?

a)

Tupac

b)

Snoop Dogg

c)

Grandmaster flash

d)

DJ kool herc

4.

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

a)

Riffing

b)

Sampling

c)

Stealing

d)

Copying

5.

What is it called when a DJ 'Scratches'?

a)

Playing a track in reverse on the turntables

b)

Improvising rapping on top of a track

c)

Moving a vinyl record back and forth to create a scratching sound

d)

Holding the needle down on the record

6.

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

7.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Fermata

d)

Sharp

8.

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

9.

This word, beginning with H, describes how notes fit together...

(a)  

10.
What is the name of this symbol? 
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor Clef
d)
Bass Clef
11.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

12.

Which word means a harmony in which the notes fit together in a way that sounds pleasing?

a)

Harmony

b)

Consonance

c)

Dissonance

d)

a capella

13.

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

14.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

What does R and B stand for?

(a)  

16.

In the TREBLE CLEF, the notes in the spaces spell.....

a)

FACE

b)

ACEG

c)

ABCD

d)

BEAD

17.

Name this note.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

18.

Name this note.

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

e)

B

19.

Name the RED note

a)

F♯

b)

F♭

c)

F♮

20.
a)

sharp

b)

flat

c)

natural

21.

An accidental remains in effect for...

a)

all measures of the music

b)

Until the next bar line

c)

two measures only

22.

A short section that links together two main sections

a)

Intro

b)

Pre-chorus

c)

Bridge

d)

Instrumental

23.

Which musical element describes the way that music is put together?

a)

Structure

b)

Harmony

c)

Tempo

d)

Dynamics

24.

Which of these tempo markings is the slowest

a)

Andante

b)

Allegro

c)

Presto

d)

Adagio

25.

Which of these tempo markings denotes a medium tempo

a)

Adagio

b)

Andante

c)

Allegro

d)

Largo

26.

Allegro means....

a)

Fast tempo

b)

Slow tempo

c)

Quiet Dynamics

d)

Loud Dynamics

27.

Which of these tempo terms is the loudest

a)

Mezzo Forte

b)

Forte

c)

Fortissimo

d)

Piano

28.

Which of these tempo terms means quiet?

a)

Piano

b)

Forte

c)

Largo

d)

Mezzo Forte

29.

Mezzo Piano would mean?

a)

Very Quiet

b)

Medium Quiet

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Very loud?

30.

Which of these Italian Dynamic terms means to get louder?

a)

Rallentando

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Crescendo

d)

forte

31.

Which of these Italian Dynamic terms means to quieter?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Accelerando

d)

Rallentando