Chapter 1 basics

Question 1

Name the spaces in the treble clef

Answer 1

FACE

Question 2

Name the lines in the treble clef

Answer 2

EGBDF

Question 3

How many beats is a semibreve worth?

Answer 3

4 beats

Question 4

How many beats is a minim worth

Answer 4

2 beats

Question 5

How many beats is a crochet worth

Answer 5

1 beat

Question 6

what are these ♫

Answer 6

quavers

Question 7

Largo

Answer 7

Slowly

Question 8

Rallentando

Answer 8

Gradually slowing down

Question 9

Allegro

Answer 9

Fast

Question 10

vivace

Answer 10

Lively

Question 11

Rubato

Answer 11

Rhythms played freely for expressive effect

Question 12

Ritenuto

Answer 12

immediately slower

Question 13

Tempo

Answer 13

How fast or slow

Question 14

Dynamics

Answer 14

how loud or quiet

Question 15

A capella

Answer 15

voice singing on its own

Question 16

Monophonic

Answer 16

1 melody on its own

Question 17

Homophonic

Answer 17

melody with accompaniment

Question 18

Which family of instruments does saxophone belong to

Answer 18

woodwind

Question 19

Syncopation

Answer 19

off-beat

Question 20

What does diatonic mean

Answer 20

melody uses only notes from the key signature

Question 21

Chromatic harmony

Answer 21

Using notes that do not belong to the key signature

Question 22

Dissonance

Answer 22

Harsh, clashing sounding harmony

Question 23

Consonant

Answer 23

Harmony that sounds more pleasant

Question 24

Cadence

Answer 24

two chords at end of a phrase

Question 25

Perfect Cadence

Answer 25

Chords V-I Sound finished

Question 26

Imperfect cadence

Answer 26

Sounds unfinished usually rests on chord V

Question 27

Interrupted cadences

Answer 27

Expect piece to sound finished but the final chord is not chord 1

Question 28

Plagal cadence

Answer 28

chord IV to I (Amen cadence)

Question 29

tonal music

Answer 29

Is in a major or minor key

Question 30

Atonal

Answer 30

Is not related to a tonic note and has no sense of key

Question 31

Modulation

Answer 31

A piece changing key

Question 32

Binary form

Answer 32

A piece of music in two sections

Question 33

Ternary

Answer 33

A piece of music in three sections

Question 34

Cadenza

Answer 34

An improvised solo based on the music heard before.

Question 35

Timbre

Answer 35

The characteristic individual sound or tone colour of an instrument

Question 36

Pizzicato

Answer 36

Strings plucked instead of bowed

Question 37

Vibrato

Answer 37

small and rapid changes to the pitch of a note

Question 38

Double-stopping

Answer 38

String players bow two notes simultaneously on adjacent strings

Question 39

Tremolo

Answer 39

String effect Literally means trembling - produced by rapid up and down movements of the bow on strings

Question 40

Polyphonic texture describes.

Answer 40

Two or more different tunes played at the same time

Question 41

unison

Answer 41

Everyone playing or singing the same notes at the same time

Question 42

octaves

Answer 42

distance from one note to the next note with same letter eg C-C

Question 43

Accompaniment

Answer 43

Usually the parts that don’t play the tune

Question 44

scale

Answer 44

a series of notes, in order, going up or down in pitch.

Question 45

arpeggio

Answer 45

notes of the chord are spread out and played one after each other usually

Question 46

Broken Chord

Answer 46

playing the notes of a chord one after each other

Question 47

trill

Answer 47

rapid playing of two notes next to each other

Question 48

chromatic interval

Answer 48

smallest interval on a keyboard - one semitone

Question 49

Sequence

Answer 49

a melody which is repeated straight after but is higher or lower in pitch