Year 9/10 Music Compositional Devices Mid-Quiz

What is your current understanding/definition of sequence?

Augmentation is...

• When you 'stretch' a melody by doubling all the note durations

• When you 'squash' a melody by halving all the note durations

• Enlarging the note pitch intervals by doubling them

• Making a piece faster than what it originally was

What is your current understanding of what a 'pedal-note' is?

The orange note here is an example of which compositional device?

• Pedal Note

• Passing Note

• Auxiliary Note

• Augmentation

The orange note here is an example of which compositional device?

• Passing Note

• Auxiliary Note

• Sequence

• Repetition

Last class we used breakout rooms to share our compositions on passing/auxiliary notes. On a scale of 1-5, how would you rate your level of engagement and participation during this breakout room activity? (Please be honest, I'm not going to judge you!)

• 1 - I wasn't engaged and didn't really participate at all

• 2 - I wasn't really engaged and didn't participate unless the teacher asked me directly to share

• 3 - I was reasonably engaged and participated at a basic level

• 4 - I was engaged and participated

• 5 - I was extremely engaged and loved sharing in a breakout room

Of the compositional devices we have learnt about (repetition, sequence, augmentation, diminution, pedal-note, inversion, passing note, auxiliary note), which one are you most confused about?