Y8 EOY Music

Question 1

What is Pitch in music?

Answer 1

The highness or lowness of a sound.

Question 2

What is Tempo in music?

Answer 2

The speed of the music.

Question 3

Name three fast tempo markings.

Answer 3

Allegro, Vivace, Presto.

Question 4

Name three slow tempo markings.

Answer 4

Andante, Adagio, Lento.

Question 5

What does Accelerando mean?

Answer 5

Getting faster.

Question 6

What does Ritardando mean?

Answer 6

Getting slower.

Question 7

What are Dynamics?

Answer 7

The volume of the music.

Question 8

List 6 dynamic levels from loudest to softest.

Answer 8

Fortissimo (ff), Forte (f), Mezzo Forte (mf), Mezzo Piano (mp), Piano (p), Pianissimo (pp).

Question 9

What does Crescendo mean?

Answer 9

Gradually getting louder.

Question 10

What does Diminuendo mean?

Answer 10

Gradually getting softer.

Question 11

What is Duration in music?

Answer 11

The length of a sound.

Question 12

What is Texture in music?

Answer 12

How much sound is heard—thin (solo) or thick (layered).

Question 13

What is Timbre (Sonority)?

Answer 13

The unique quality or color of a sound.

Question 14

Give examples of timbre words.

Answer 14

Bright, harsh, smooth, wooden, metallic.

Question 15

What is Articulation in music?

Answer 15

How notes are played—smooth (legato) or detached (staccato).

Question 16

What is Silence in music?

Answer 16

The absence of sound, shown using rests.

Question 17

What is Notation in music?

Answer 17

How music is written—staff notation (5 lines), graphic notation (symbols/shapes).

Question 18

What is a Semibreve (Whole Note)?

Answer 18

A hollow note with no stem; lasts 4 beats.

Question 19

What is a Minim (Half Note)?

Answer 19

A hollow note with a stem; lasts 2 beats.

Question 20

What is a Crotchet (Quarter Note)?

Answer 20

A filled note with a stem; lasts 1 beat.

Question 21

What is a Quaver (Eighth Note)?

Answer 21

A filled note with a stem and one flag; lasts ½ beat.

Question 22

What is a Semiquaver (Sixteenth Note)?

Answer 22

A filled note with a stem and two flags; lasts ¼ beat.

Question 23

What is a Semibreve Rest?

Answer 23

A small rectangle hanging below a line; 4 beats of silence.

Question 24

What is a Minim Rest?

Answer 24

A small rectangle sitting on top of a line; 2 beats of silence.

Question 25

What is a Crotchet Rest?

Answer 25

A squiggly line (like a lightning bolt); 1 beat of silence.

Question 26

What is a Quaver Rest?

Answer 26

A line with one hook; ½ beat of silence.

Question 27

What is a Semiquaver Rest?

Answer 27

A line with two hooks; ¼ beat of silence.

Question 28

What is an Orchestra?

Answer 28

A large group of musicians (80–100+ players).

Question 29

Who leads the orchestra?

Answer 29

The conductor, using a baton.

Question 30

Which instrument does the orchestra tune to?

Answer 30

The oboe.

Question 31

What is Sonority in orchestral music?

Answer 31

The distinct sound quality of each instrument.

Question 32

Name the four main sections of the orchestra.

Answer 32

Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion.

Question 33

Where do the strings sit in the orchestra layout?

Answer 33

At the front.

Question 34

Where does the percussion section sit?

Answer 34

At the back.

Question 35

What instruments are in the String section?

Answer 35

Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp.

Question 36

How are string instruments played?

Answer 36

Bowed or plucked.

Question 37

What instruments are in the Woodwind section?

Answer 37

Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon.

Question 38

What is a reed and who uses it?

Answer 38

A thin piece of wood that vibrates to produce sound; clarinets (single reed), oboes and bassoons (double reed).

Question 39

What instruments are in the Brass section?

Answer 39

Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba.

Question 40

How are brass instruments played?

Answer 40

By buzzing lips into a mouthpiece.

Question 41

What instruments are in the Percussion section (tuned)?

Answer 41

Xylophone, Timpani, Glockenspiel.

Question 42

What instruments are in the Percussion section (untuned)?

Answer 42

Bass Drum, Triangle, Cymbals, Tambourine.

Question 43

How are percussion instruments played?

Answer 43

By hitting, shaking, or scraping.