Year 11 Mock Exam Concepts

Question 0

Rondo

Answer 0

ABACA, A would be the rondo theme.

Question 1

Minuet and trio

Answer 1

Ternary form structure, “minuet, trio, minuet”. Minuet is a dance and trio is a contrast that shows a reduction on instrumental parts
Often played by a classical orchestra.

Question 2

Sinfonia

Answer 2

An Italian symphony

Question 3

Tempo

Answer 3

Speed of the music

Question 4

Ternary

Answer 4

3 part structure

Question 5

Theme and variation

Answer 5

A main theme followed by variations base on the theme

Question 6

Bridge passage

Answer 6

A linking passage between 2 parts of a piece that may modulate in preparation.

Question 7

First subject

Answer 7

First theme or melody

Question 8

Second subject

Answer 8

Second theme or melody

Question 9

Texture

Answer 9

The number of plants in a piece and how they relate to one and another

Question 10

Augmentation

Answer 10

Doubling or more of the original note values

Question 11

Chromatically

Answer 11

Moving up or down by semitones

Question 12

Semitones

Answer 12

The distance between a note and the one right next to it

Question 13

Romanticism

Answer 13

Artistic movement. In Europe 1800-1900 focusing more on emotions.

Question 14

Virtuoso performer

Answer 14

Someone who has learned an art skill to become extremely skilled.

Question 15

Soft pedal

Answer 15

Softens the tone of a piano

Question 16

Sustaining pedal

Answer 16

Taking the dampener off so the Strings vibrate freely

Question 17

Cantabile

Answer 17

In a singing style

Question 18

Rubato

Answer 18

Free movement of tempo that allowed

Players to express the feeling or emotion of the piece

Question 19

Fugue

Answer 19

A texture involving polyphonic writing or a structure with exposition, middle entries and final entries.

Question 20

Impressionist

Answer 20

A style of music focusing on experience and emotion rather than accurate depiction

Question 21

Atonal

Answer 21

Has no key

Question 22

Klangfarbenmelody

Answer 22

Describing how timbre rhythm and pitch contributes to melody

Question 23

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 23

A peace settlement after world war 1

Question 24

Complement

Answer 24

12 semitones not involved in the hexachord

Question 25

Hexachord

Answer 25

6 notes that are used as the motif or chord for a piece

Question 26

Principle voice

Answer 26

Main melodic line

Question 27

Secondary voice

Answer 27

Second most important line

Question 28

Inversion

Answer 28

Turning part upside down so it is a mirror image of the melody

Question 29

Retrograde

Answer 29

Reversing the order in which pitches are heard

Question 30

Enharmonic

Answer 30

Same note, different name

Question 31

Burlesque

Answer 31

Parody or humorous piece

Question 32

Vaudeville

Answer 32

Songs were performed with alternative words

Question 33

Opera bouffe

Answer 33

Light opera with comical content

Question 34

Operetta

Answer 34

Light opera

Question 35

Extraveganza

Answer 35

Stage shows with a variety of acts

Question 36

Melodramas

Answer 36

Dramas where music is used to punctuate the spoken lines

Question 37

Minstrelsy

Answer 37

White dudes mimic black slaves, and poke fun at White people

Question 38

Cells

Answer 38

Short musical ideas

Question 39

Phasing

Answer 39

Where 2 or more. Versions of a sound are played out of sync and eventually come back together

Question 40

Note addition and subtraction

Answer 40

Minimalist way of developing cells by taking or adding notes to a cell each time to create a slow and gradual development

Question 41

Loop

Answer 41

Something that can be repeated over and over using electronics

Question 42

Modal

Answer 42

Modern scales or keys

Question 43

Resultant melody

Answer 43

A new melody made from many melodies played together

Question 44

Tonal ambiguity

Answer 44

Where the tonality of a piece is uncertain

Question 45

Ragtime

Answer 45

Music characterised by syncopated melodies and regularly accented accompaniment

Question 46

Blue note

Answer 46

A bent note between a minor and major third

Question 47

Bebop

Answer 47

A jazz style that includes fast tempos and complex harmonies

Question 48

Big band

Answer 48

Jazz style for big ensembles

Question 49

Swing

Answer 49

A term to describe the rhythmic groove of jazz music

Question 50

Changes

Answer 50

Chord sequence in jazz

Question 51

Head

Answer 51

Main melody of a jazz song

Question 52

Modal jazz

Answer 52

There soloists base their solos on modes instead of chord changes

Question 53

Front line

Answer 53

Solo instruments in jazz ensemble

Question 54

Mordant

Answer 54

Ornament that is a quick succession of 3 notes

Question 55

Chord substitution

Answer 55

Replacing one chord with a likely similar chord

Question 56

Turnaround

Answer 56

A chord pattern at the end of a sequence that links back to the start of the sequence

Question 57

Altered chord

Answer 57

A chord where 1 notes has been changed by a semitones

Question 58

Extend chord

Answer 58

Where notes have been added to the original triad

Question 59

MTV

Answer 59

A TV channel dedicated to music vids

Question 60

Soundscape

Answer 60

Music that manipulates the timbre and texture to create a musical landscape

Question 61

Overdubs

Answer 61

Use of multitracking to layer escorted parts

Question 62

Drone

Answer 62

A note repeated and sustained over chord changes creating dissonance

Question 63

Power chords

Answer 63

A chord played by guitars containing root and perfect fifth

Question 64

Delay

Answer 64

A delay of the sound to create Seon effect

Question 65

Equalisation

Answer 65

Boosting or cutting specific sounds electronically

Question 66

Flanger

Answer 66

Swirling sound like a jet engine made electronically

Question 67

Slide

Answer 67

Guitar playing technique where the finger slides from one note to another

Question 68

Oral tradition

Answer 68

Songs passed on via hearing not with written scores

Question 69

Protest song

Answer 69

Songs with political lyrics

Question 70

Fusion

Answer 70

Blending together of 2 genres of music creating a fused sound