Aural Skills

Question 1

Time signature

Answer 1

counts beats in bar

Question 2

Metre

Answer 2

number of beats in bar

Question 3

slow

Answer 3

adagio/lento

Question 4

walking pace

Answer 4

andante

Question 5

fast

Answer 5

allegro

Question 6

getting faster

Answer 6

accelerando

Question 7

slowing down

Answer 7

rallentando

Question 8

return to original speed

Answer 8

A tempo

Question 9

name all aural skills

Answer 9

Ibukun - instrumentation
Told - tonality
Me - mood
And - articulation
Sam - style/genre
That - texture
Robbie - range
Hates - harmony
That - tempo
Tall - timbre
David - dynamics
Plays - pitch

Question 10

poco

Answer 10

a little

Question 11

molto

Answer 11

a lot

Question 12

presto

Answer 12

very fast

Question 13

pizzicato

Answer 13

plucked

Question 14

legato

Answer 14

smoothly/slurred

Question 15

tremolo

Answer 15

quivering effect created by rapid movement of the bow on a string instrument

Question 16

staccato

Answer 16

hopping off note

Question 17

tenuto

Answer 17

held

Question 18

accented

Answer 18

played with emphasis

Question 19

syncopation

Answer 19

emphasis on off beat/ half beat

Question 20

rhythmic ostinato

Answer 20

Repeated rhythmic pattern repeated throughout composition

Question 21

triplets

Answer 21

3 notes played in time of 2

Question 22

rest

Answer 22

silence

Question 23

polyrhythm

Answer 23

Use of two or more rhythms of different metres at same time

Question 24

major

Answer 24

happy sound

Question 25

minor

Answer 25

sad sound

Question 26

modal

Answer 26

neither major nor minor

Question 27

atonal

Answer 27

no fixed tonality

Question 28

tierce de picardie

Answer 28

major chord played at end of music in minor key

Question 29

modulation

Answer 29

changing key

Question 30

monophonic

Answer 30

one line of melody

Question 31

Homophonic

Answer 31

Melody and accompaniment

Question 32

Polyphonic (+ another name for this)

Answer 32

Multiple lines of melody (contrapuntal)

Question 33

canonic

Answer 33

strict imitation

Question 34

imitative (ie)

Answer 34

imitation that may vary slightly (transposition, inversion etc)

Question 35

ornamentation (eg)

Answer 35

Decoration of notes (eg grace notes, appoggiaturas, trills etc)

Question 36

sequence

Answer 36

Repeated melodic pattern played a step higher or lower

Question 37

Chromatic

Answer 37

Moving in semitones

Question 38

Countermelody

Answer 38

Melody being played above or below main melody

Question 39

Scale

Answer 39

Moving in stepwise fashion

Question 40

Melisma

Answer 40

More than one note per syllable

Question 41

syllabic

Answer 41

One note per syllable

Question 42

Triadic

Answer 42

Melody moving in notes of a triad

Question 43

Block chords

Answer 43

Notes of chord played together

Question 44

Broking chord/arpeggio

Answer 44

Notes of chord played in succession

Question 45

Alberti base

Answer 45

Broken chord where notes of a chord are played in order

Question 46

Sustained chords

Answer 46

Block chords played and held

Question 47

Pedal note

Answer 47

Long held note(s) that underpins harmony

Question 48

ppp

Answer 48

pianississimo - v.v. soft

Question 49

pp

Answer 49

pianissimo - v. soft

Question 50

p

Answer 50

piano - soft

Question 51

mp

Answer 51

mezzo piano - moderately soft

Question 52

mf

Answer 52

mezzo forte - moderately loud

Question 53

f

Answer 53

forte - loud

Question 54

ff

Answer 54

fortissimo - v. loud

Question 55

fff

Answer 55

fortississimo - v. v. loud