EoY Exams Yr 7 Music

Question 1

Very slow

Answer 1

Largo

Question 2

Slow

Answer 2

Adagio/Lento

Question 3

At a walking pace

Answer 3

Andante

Question 4

Medium

Answer 4

Moderato

Question 5

Fast

Answer 5

Allegro

Question 6

Very fast

Answer 6

Presto

Question 7

Which types of music are syncopated rhythms found (3)

Answer 7

Samba, Gospel, Ragtime music

Question 8

Where are cross-rhythms found?

Answer 8

Samba

Question 9

Sequence

Answer 9

Filling in notes on the stave a step above or below, or in chord patterns missing out a step

Question 10

Where are pentatonic scales found?

Answer 10

Gospel music

Question 11

What are trills and grace notes?

Answer 11

Ornaments

Question 12

Difference between trills and grace notes

Answer 12

Grace notes are are single and faster

Question 13

What do you call a rhythm or melody patter that repeats over and over again?

Answer 13

Ostinato

Question 14

Drone

Answer 14

One note repeatedly underneath (bagpipes)

Question 15

Descants

Answer 15

Different tune on top

Question 16

Where is call and respons found?

Answer 16

Samba/gospel music

Question 17

Gospel/spiritual music features (2):

Answer 17

Pentatonic scale, syncopation

Question 18

Samba music features (5):

Answer 18

Heavy use of percussion, syncopations, cross-rhythms, call and response, breaks

Question 19

Ragtime music features (5):

Answer 19

Piano rags, steady beat, oom-cha pattern in left-hand accompaniment, syncopated tune, question and answer melodies with chromatic phrases

Question 20

Minuet music features (3):

Answer 20

Gracefully, courtly, 3 in a bar

Question 21

Waltz music features:

Answer 21

Oom-cha-cha accompaniment

Question 22

Jig music features (3):

Answer 22

Compound time, one-and-a, two-and-a

Question 23

March music features:

Answer 23

4 beats in a bar

Question 24

Pizzicato meaning

Answer 24

Plucking a string instrument instead of playing it with a bow

Question 25

Tremolo meaning

Answer 25

Using the bow very quickly to produce a 'trembling', shimmering sound

Question 26

Samba rhythm instruments:

Answer 26

Maracas, claves, cabasa, reco reco, agogo (two toned bell), tambourim, surdo, apito (whistle)

Question 27

Play heavily or 'marked'

Answer 27

Marcato

Question 28

Instruments in Symphony Orchestra

Answer 28

Woodwind-- flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, basson Strings-- violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp Brass-- horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba Percussion-- tuned and untuned

Question 29

Different voices

Answer 29

Female: Soprano, mezzo-soprano, counteralto, Male: tenor, baritone, bass

Question 30

Samba rhythm instruments (8)

Answer 30

Maracas, claves, cabasa, reco reco, agogo, tambourin, surdo, apito