Year 7 Quiz of the Year

In order to create an arrangement of someone else's music, what do you need to make sure you do?

• Ask a licensing committee's permission

• Nothing - it becomes your work once you make changes to it

• Get the original composer's permission

• Make sure the arrangement is still recognisable as the original song.

What are arrangements of popular songs commonly called?

• Pop arrangements

• Reworks

• Remixes

• Cover versions

What is the pattern that you can use to work out a simple triad chord on the keyboard?

• Skip one, play one, skip one, play one, skip one.

• Play one, skip one, play one, skip one, play one.

• Play one, skip two, play one

• Play two, skip one, play two.

Chords I, IV and V have a special status because using just these 3 major chords, you can accompany any simple melody. What is the name of these 3 chords.

• Primary triads

• Foremost triads

• VIP triads

• Secondary triads

What pneumonic can be used to remember the names of the Elements of Music

• OLDTSHIRT

• BADTSHIRT

• NEWTSHIRT

• MADTSHIRT

Melodies can be broken down into shorter "sentences". What is the name of these "sentences".

• Cells

• Phrases

• Captions

• Paragraphs

A common type of articulation occurs when the notes are played in a short, spiky manner. What is the Italian term for this?

• Staccato

• Legato

• Accented

• Allegro

The term dynamics refers to which aspect of the music?

• Speed

• Volume

• Instrumentation

• Chords

Which of the following dynamic markings means to get louder

• Forte

• Fortissimo

• Crescendo

• Diminuendo

Tempo refers to the speed of the beat. What is the translation of the adagio tempo marking?

• Very fast

• Fast

• Moderately fast

• Slow