Music

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

How high or low a sound is

Question 2

Tempo

Answer 2

The speed of the music (e.g. Allegro = fast, Largo = slow)

Question 3

Dynamics

Answer 3

Volume (e.g. piano = soft, forte = loud, crescendo = gradually louder)

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

Layers of sound (e.g. monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic)

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

How music is organised (e.g. binary, ternary, verse-chorus form)

Question 6

Tone Colour (Timbre)

Answer 6

The unique sound quality of an instrument or voice

Question 7

Duration

Answer 7

How long or short sounds are (rhythm)

Question 8

Semibreve (whole note)

Answer 8

4 beats

Question 9

Minim (half note)

Answer 9

2 beats

Question 10

Crotchet (quarter note)

Answer 10

1 beat

Question 11

Quaver (eighth note)

Answer 11

½ beat

Question 12

Semiquaver (sixteenth note)

Answer 12

¼ beat

Question 13

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Answer 13

4 beats per bar (common time)

Question 14

36954

Answer 14

3 beats per bar (waltz feel)

Question 15

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Answer 15

2 beats per bar (march feel)

Question 16

C Major Scale

Answer 16

No sharps or flats (C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C)

Question 17

Key Signature

Answer 17

Sharps (#) or flats (♭) at the beginning of a piece showing the key

Question 18

Tonic

Answer 18

The first note of a scale (the “home” note)

Question 19

Interval

Answer 19

The distance between two notes

Question 20

2nd

Answer 20

(e.g. C-D)

Question 21

3rd

Answer 21

(e.g. C-E)

Question 22

5th

Answer 22

(e.g. C-G)

Question 23

Triad

Answer 23

A 3-note chord made of: Root (bottom note), 3rd, 5th

Question 24

Major triad

Answer 24

Sounds happy (e.g. C-E-G)

Question 25

Minor triad

Answer 25

Sounds sad (e.g. C-E♭-G)

Question 26

mf

Answer 26

moderately loud (mezzo forte)

Question 27

6/8 time signature

Answer 27

6 beats per bar, 8th note gets one beat

Question 28

cello clef

Answer 28

Bass clef

Question 29

dynamic marking for very soft

Answer 29

pp (pianissimo)

Question 30

slur

Answer 30

Play notes smoothly and connected (legato)

Question 31

Allegro

Answer 31

Fast and lively tempo

Question 32

quarter note

Answer 32

Filled-in note head with a stem

Question 33

melody

Answer 33

A sequence of notes that form a musical idea or tune

Question 34

French time names for notes

Answer 34

Noire (quarter), croche (eighth), double-croche (sixteenth)

Question 35

major scale pattern

Answer 35

T-T-S-T-T-T-S

Question 36

staccato

Answer 36

Play the note short and detached

Question 37

natural minor scale interval pattern

Answer 37

T-S-T-T-S-T-T

Question 38

C major pentatonic scale notes

Answer 38

C, D, E, G, A

Question 39

types of articulation

Answer 39

Staccato, Tenuto, Accent

Question 40

Konnakol

Answer 40

A South Indian vocal rhythm system using syllables like ta-ka-di-mi

Question 41

Dorian mode

Answer 41

Mode that starts on the 2nd degree of the major scale

Question 42

note on the 2nd line of treble clef

Answer 42

G

Question 43

note on the 4th line of bass clef

Answer 43

F