Music Elements
Quiz by Michael Allport
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- Q1
Link the terms below to the correct music element.
Users link answersLinking30s - Q2
Define 'tonality'.
The key of a piece of music
30s - Q3
What is the term used to describe changing keys within a movement?
Users enter free textType an Answer30s - Q4
Identify the major key
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The French Horn is part of the woodwind family of instruments.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q6
Which of these textures, monophony, polyphony or homophony is best represented by this image?
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This ostinato is to be played with a crescendo to a fortissimo.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q8
Unscramble the letters to create an important music element.
Users re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s - Q9
This example is in compound duple metre.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q10
What interval is this?
P4
m3
M2
P5
30s - Q11
The theme from Smetana's "The Moldau" is in simple quadruple time, features an ascending and descending melodic contour, and begins with an ascending P4 interval.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q12
This beat is straight, i.e. not swung.
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q13
Link the term to the correct music element
Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s - Q14
This is the riff from "Titanium" which is in a major key.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q15
All the adjectives/ descriptors below are acceptable terms to describe 'timbre'.
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