Year 9 Theme & Variation

Match the following dynamics to their correct musical word

• Getting quieter

• Fortissimo

• Getting louder

• Crescendo

• Loud

• Mezzo Piano

• Very Loud

• Diminuendo

• Moderately quiet

• Forte

A​ (a)   is where the lower part plays the same note whilst the music plays different notes or chords above it

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• Pedal Note
• Chord
• Arpeggio

Answer explanation

As a pedal on the piano sustains the sound, a pedal note is where you have a sustained note on the bottom

An ​ ​ (a)   is a where the notes of the chord are broken up and played one by one in a pattern

• Arpeggio
• Chord
• Pedal Note

Answer explanation

Arpeggios are the notes of a chord played after each other in a repeated pattern (ostinato)

Match the following textures

• Polyphonic (Multiple instruments playing different parts at once)

• 
• Homophonic (Melody with a simple accompaniment)

• 
• Monophonic

  (Only one instrument playing)

• 

Answer explanation

'Mono' means one

'Homo' means same

'Poly' means many

Which of the following best describes music that sounds bright and happy?

• Major

• Minor

• Atonal

Listen to this music and then select the correct tonality

• Major

• Minor

• Atonal

This audio features a clarinet trill- which is the most accurate description of it?

• Switching between two notes very quickly

• Playing multiple notes at once

• Playing a broken chord of 3 notes

• Getting louder

What is the audio playing an example of?

• Arpeggio

• Chords

• Pedal Note

The variation technique where the notes get longer and therefore sound slower is called

The variation technique on Cubase where the notes get shorter and therefore sound quicker is called