Nat 5 prelim Concepts

Question 1

Accelerando

Answer 1

Getting faster

Question 2

Adagio

Answer 2

Slow tempo

Question 3

African music

Answer 3

Music from Africa- percussion based

Question 4

Allegro

Answer 4

Fast tempo

Question 5

Alto

Answer 5

Low female singing voice

Question 6

Andante

Answer 6

Walking pace, walk with ur auntie

Question 7

Arco

Answer 7

Playing string instrument with bow

Question 8

Aria

Answer 8

Solo opera singer

Question 9

Bagpipes

Answer 9

Scottish instrument

Question 10

Baroque

Answer 10

Music style of the 17th and 18th centuries

Question 11

Clasarch

Answer 11

Small Scottish harp

Question 12

Classical

Answer 12

Style of music the period after baroque

Question 13

Con sordino

Answer 13

Instrument played muted

Question 14

Concerto

Answer 14

Instrument accompanied by an orchestra

Question 15

Crescendo

Answer 15

Gradual increase in music loudness

Question 16

Descant

Answer 16

Melody accompanying a simple music theme

Question 17

Glissando

Answer 17

Slide to one note to another

Question 18

Gospel

Answer 18

Religious music

Question 19

Homophonic

Answer 19

All parts play same rhythm

Question 20

Indian music

Answer 20

Music from India

Question 21

Inverted pedal

Answer 21

Note held or played continuously at a high pitch

Question 22

Jig

Answer 22

Fast dance in compound time

Question 23

Latin American

Answer 23

Latin style of music

Question 24

Mezzo soprano

Answer 24

Female voice between soprano and alto

Question 25

Minimalist

Answer 25

20th Century music built on simple repeated phrases

Question 26

Modulation

Answer 26

Change of key

Question 27

Mouth music

Answer 27

Scottish style of scat singing nonsense words

Question 28

Musical

Answer 28

Broadway music style

Question 29

Octave leap

Answer 29

Movement from one octave to a higher or lower one

Question 30

Organ

Answer 30

Instrument consisting of pipes

Question 31

Panpipes

Answer 31

Roman flute style instrument

Question 32

Polyphonic

Answer 32

Multiple parts playing different rhythm at same time

Question 33

Ragtime

Answer 33

20th century jazz music style

Question 34

Rallentando

Answer 34

Slowing down opposite of crescendo

Question 35

Reel

Answer 35

Scottish folk dance fast simple time

Question 36

Reggae

Answer 36

Jamaican music style

Question 37

Romantic

Answer 37

Western classical music

Question 38

Scots snap

Answer 38

Short note followed by long note

Question 39

Soprano

Answer 39

High female voice

Question 40

Strathspey

Answer 40

Simple time moderate tempo

Question 41

Strophic

Answer 41

Verse chorus

Question 42

Syllabic

Answer 42

One syllable per note opposite of

Melismatic

Question 43

Symphony

Answer 43

4 orchestral groups playing together

Question 44

Tenor

Answer 44

High male voice

Question 45

Trill

Answer 45

Rapid change between two notes jaws theme music

Question 46

Waltz

Answer 46

simple time music style slow