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Question 1

How long does a semibreve last

Answer 1

4 beats of a bar

Question 2

How long does a Dotted minim last

Answer 2

3 beats of a bar

Question 3

How long does a Minim last

Answer 3

2 beats of a bar

Question 4

How long does a Crochet last

Answer 4

1 beats of a bar

Question 5

How long does a quaver last

Answer 5

1/2 beats of a bar

Question 6

How long does a semiquaver last

Answer 6

1/4 beats of a bar

Question 7

What is a natural

Answer 7

is the normal version of a note

Question 8

What is a sharp

Answer 8

is a semitone higher than a natural

Question 9

What is a flat

Answer 9

is a semitone lower than a natural

Question 10

What are Accidentals

Answer 10

Something drawn infront of a note

Question 11

What is the Average Structure of a pop song

Answer 11

introduction
verse
chorus
verse
chorus
middle eight or bridge
chorus
outro.

Question 12

What are some other parts of a pop song

Answer 12

Sometimes there will be a pre-chorus or an instrumental.

Question 13

What makes effective lyrics?

Answer 13

simple, catchy, repetitive etc.

Question 14

How to build a major chord

Answer 14

4 semitones + 3 semitones

Question 15

How to build a minor chord

Answer 15

3 semitones + 4 semitones

Question 16

How to build a seventh chord

Answer 16

Major chord + 3 semitones

Question 17

What are the features of a blues track

Answer 17

12-bar chord progression,
blues scale,
structure of the lyrics (AAB),
improvisation
a Walking bass line

Question 18

Origins of the Blues

Answer 18

Played by African Americans moving north from the deep south.

Question 19

What is the C blues scale

Answer 19

C Eflat F Gflat G Bflat

Question 20

What is Samba batucada / Samba

Answer 20

Samba batucada – a percussive style of music from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Question 21

Polyrhythm

Answer 21

– different rhythms played at the same time

Question 22

Syncopated

Answer 22

• played off the beat.

Question 23

Samba Instruments

Answer 23

Surdo
Repinique
Caixa
Tamborim
Agogo Bells

Question 24

Where did Batucada Samba begin

Answer 24

In the Favelas shanty towns built on the hillside in Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Samba schools used percussion instruments to create fast, polyrhythmic, syncopated rhythms which are still used today for carnivals and festivals alongside Samba dancing.

Question 25

Programme music

Answer 25

Descriptive music that describes a narrative/scene/poem/painting etc.

Question 26

Melody

Answer 26

– the main tune – does it ascend or descend, move by steps or leaps, use repeated notes?

Question 27

Rhythm

Answer 27

– are notes short or long? On the beat, or syncopated?

Question 28

Metre

Answer 28

– how many beats in a bar?

Question 29

Tempo

Answer 29

– the speed of the music, and whether this changes

Question 30

Texture

Answer 30

– how many layers, and how they interact

Question 31

Instrumentation –

Answer 31

– what instruments are used? How are they played?

Question 32

Dynamics –

Answer 32

how loud is the music? Does this change?

Question 33

Tonality

Answer 33

– is the music in a major or a minor key?

Question 34

Harmony

Answer 34

– is there any dissonance (clashing notes)?

Question 35

Notes in the trebble cleff

Answer 35

On the lines: F D B G E Between the lines E C A F

Question 36

Notes in the Bass Cleff

Answer 36

on the lines A F D B G on the spaces G E C A

Question 37

12 BAR BLUES

Answer 37

I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I OR C C C C F F C C G F C C