Music Winter Exams 2022/2023

Question 1

What is pitch?

Answer 1

Pitch is how high or low a sound is.

Question 2

What’s is tempo?

Answer 2

Tempo is the speed or pace of the music tempo can affect the mood of a piece. E.g slow music may feel relaxed or sad,fast music may feel more energetic or happy.

Question 3

How do you say slowly in music tempo

Answer 3

Lento

Question 4

How do you say slow and states play in music terms tempo?

Answer 4

Largo

Question 5

How do you say a piece of music is leisurely in a peace of music tempo

Answer 5

Adagio

Question 6

How do you say, walking pace in music terms tempo?

Answer 6

Andante

Question 7

How do you say fast in music terms of tempo?

Answer 7

Allegro

Question 8

How do you say lively music terms? Tempo

Answer 8

Vivace

Question 9

How do you say very quickly in music terms tempo

Answer 9

Presto

Question 10

What is dynamics?

Answer 10

Dynamics, describe the volume of music

Question 11

 How do you say gradually becoming louder in dynamic terms?

Answer 11

Crescendo also known as “<“

Question 12

How do you say very loud in music terms dynamic

Answer 12

Fortissimo also known as “ff”

Question 13

How do you say loud in music terms dynamics?

Answer 13

FORTE also known as “f”

Question 14

How do you say moderately loud in music terms dynamic

Answer 14

Mezzoforte also known as “mf”

Question 15

How do you say, moderately soft in music terms dynamics?

Answer 15

Mezzopiano also known “mp”

Question 16

How do you say soft in music terms dynamics?

Answer 16

Piano also known “p”

Question 17

How do you say very soft music terms dynamics?

Answer 17

Pianissimo also known as “pp”

Question 18

How do you say, becoming gradually softer in music terms dynamics?

Answer 18

Diminuendo also known as “>”

Question 19

What is duration? Are they always the same time? What are they measured in?

Answer 19

Duration is the lengths of each note. Notes can be long or short. There measured in beats

Question 20

What dose a semibreve last for?

Answer 20

4 beats

Question 21

Minim lasts for?

Answer 21

2 beats

Question 22

Crochet lasts for?

Answer 22

1 beat

Question 23

Quaver lasts?

Answer 23

1/2 beats

Question 24

Semiquaver lasts ?

Answer 24

1/4 beat

Question 25

Demisemiquaver lasts ?

Answer 25

1/8 beats

Question 26

Articulation is?

Answer 26

Articulation is the way a particular note is performed.

Question 27

Articulation can be played in smoothly what is the music name for this.

Answer 27

Legato

Question 28

Articulation can be played detached what is the music name for this.

Answer 28

Staccato

Question 29

Texture is?

Answer 29

Texture describes how mélodies rythme or harmonies are layered in a piece

Question 30

What dose monophonic mean?

Answer 30

contain one melody with no harmonies although there may be a rhythmic accompaniment

Question 31

Polyphonic means?

Answer 31

Contains two or more melodies playing at the same time,

Question 32

Homophonic means?

Answer 32

Where there is more than one independent melody playing at the same time.

Question 33

What is timber?

Answer 33

Timber describes the sounds and/or instruments heard in a piece of music.

Question 34

Tonality means?

Answer 34

Tonality is aphte character or key center of a music. Tonal music is in a major or minor key: Major keys generally sound happy. Minor keys generally sound sad.

Question 35

What is it called when keys sound generally happy? This is tonality

Answer 35

Major

Question 36

What is it called when keys sound generally sad? This is tonality

Answer 36

Minor

Question 37

What’s an ostinato

Answer 37

A ostinato A PATTERN THAT REPEATS!