OCR Music Theory

What words relate to Articulation? (two answers)

• Staccato

• Forte

• Melisma

• Pianissimo

Which Cadence sounds completed?

• Finished

• Plagal

• Imperfect

• Perfect

Fortissimo means?

• Very soft

• Soft

• Get louder

• Very loud

What word could be used to describe chords? (pick two)

• Pizzicato

• Dissonant

• Sequence

• Broken

• Repetition

What is a Sequence?

• when a melodic idea is copied by another part

• a short pattern of notes immediately repeated one note higher or lower

• when two balanced phrases compliment each other

• when parts of the melody repeat

Countermelody is when another melody is played at the same time as the main melody

• True

• False

What makes a song playful? (pick three)

• Repeated rhythms

• Fast notes

• Staccato notes

• String instruments

• Minor key

Harpsichord only appears in what musical period?

• Romantic

• Baroque

• Calypso

• Classical

Baroque usually features Terraced Dynamics. It could be attributed to the use of the Harpsichord, why?

• It has no volume control

• There are two levels to it

• The hammers inside are also terraced

• Harpsichord players were wild

What instruments would you find in African drumming? (Pick 2)

• Claves

• Djembe

• Talking drum

• Traditional guitar

• Darbuka