Elements of Music
Quiz by Ben Clapton
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- Q1
What does dynamics mean?
How long or short a note is
How loud or soft a note is
How fast or slow a song is
How high or low a note is
30s - Q2
What does "Timbre" mean?
How loud or soft the song is.
What a musician calls when they cut down a tree
How the song is put together
Type of Sound
30s - Q3
What word describes how high or low a note is?
Pitch
Duration
Tempo
Texture
30s - Q4
Crotchets, Quavers, Semiquavers and Minums are all examples of what element?
Tempo
Structure
Pitch
Duration/Rhythm
30s - Q5
What does the word "Tempo" mean?
How fast or slow a note is
How long or short a note is
How high or low a song is
How fast or slow a song is
30s - Q6
What word describes the texture of a single instrument?
Monophonic
Polyphonic Spree
Homophonic
Polyphonic
30s - Q7
The 12 Bar blues is an example of what musical element?
Form/Structure
Pitch/Notes
Genre/Style
Duration/Rhythm
30s - Q8
A bar with six quaver beats would have what metre?
30s - Q9
This image is depicting what?
Diminuendo
Crescendo
Glissando
Get faster
30s - Q10
Which of these options best represents turnary form
ACDC
ABACABA
ABBA
ABA
30s - Q11
What is this note?
B
A
G
H
30s - Q12
What is this note?
F
C
E
A
30s - Q13
What is this note?
C
E flat
E
C flat
30s - Q14
What sharps are in the key signature of D major?
F sharp
F sharp, C sharp and G sharp
F sharp and C Sharp
B flat and E flat
30s - Q15
What is the metre of this piece?
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