KS3 music year 7 revision - including round, motif and pitch

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Music Quiz - Year 7 Revision 01 (Questions)

Revise KS3 Year 7 Music essentials, from rhythm and pitch to dynamics and structure. This quiz helps you practise key terms and listening skills for class.

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Fascinating Fact:

Articulation is how notes are played, like staccato for short notes or legato for smooth notes.

In KS3 Music Year 7, revision is about building confidence with the building blocks of music. You practise reading and describing music using musical vocabulary, recognising patterns like pulse and metre, and spotting how composers create mood using elements such as tempo, dynamics, texture, and structure.

Key Terms

Tempo: How fast or slow the music is, often measured in beats per minute.
Dynamics: How loud or quiet the music is, including changes like getting louder or softer.
Texture: How many layers of sound there are, for example a single melody or several parts played together.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What should I revise for KS3 Music Year 7?

For KS3 Music Year 7, revise the elements of music, basic notation, rhythm and metre, simple structures like verse and chorus, and how tempo and dynamics change the mood.

What are the elements of music in KS3?

In KS3, the elements of music usually include pitch, duration or rhythm, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, and sometimes silence. These help you describe what you hear.

How do time signatures work in Year 7 music?

A time signature shows how beats are organised in each bar. The top number tells you how many beats are in a bar, and the bottom number shows the note value for one beat.

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Pitch is .......

[ ]	a way of describing how high or low a note sounds
[ ]	indicative of speed
[ ]	representative of dynamic volume
[ ]	None of the above

What music is most likely to feature verse and chorus?

[ ]	Concerto
[ ]	Film scores
[ ]	Hymns
[ ]	Symphony

What does MIDI stand for?

[ ]	Multi Instrument Digital Interface
[ ]	Multi Instrument Dynamic Indication
[ ]	Multitrack Inaugaral Dynamic Input
[ ]	Musical Instrument Digital Interface

What is a note cluster?

[ ]	A type of cereal musicians have for breakfast!
[ ]	A played group of notes which are very close together
[ ]	A really fast passage of music
[ ]	All of the above

What best describes a 'round'?

[ ]	A circular seating layout for performers of modern music
[ ]	An alternative description for a movement in a concerto
[ ]	The way acoustics travel around the building/hall
[ ]	Where many voices sing a repeated tune at different times

Musical cycles often feature repeated .......

[ ]	rhythms
[ ]	melodies
[ ]	harmonies
[ ]	All of the above

What is a tempo?

[ ]	The key signature
[ ]	Pace or general speed of a composition
[ ]	The time signature
[ ]	None of the above

What motif structure best defines binary form?

[ ]	AB (often repeated - AABB)
[ ]	ABA
[ ]	ABCDA
[ ]	One section repeated several times

'Tala' corresponds to what in western music?

[ ]	Dynamics
[ ]	Composition and Composer's titles on sheet music
[ ]	Metre
[ ]	Composer's dedication

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What is the purpose of musical cliché in film?

[ ]	To generate dramatic effect
[ ]	To heighten the sense of excitement
[ ]	To bring out emotion or warn the audience of danger
[ ]	All of the above

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Music Quiz - Year 7 Revision 01 (Answers)

Pitch is .......

[x]	a way of describing how high or low a note sounds
[ ]	indicative of speed
[ ]	representative of dynamic volume
[ ]	None of the above

Notes on a piece of music indicate the pitch to play as well as how long to play the note for

What music is most likely to feature verse and chorus?

[ ]	Concerto
[ ]	Film scores
[x]	Hymns
[ ]	Symphony

Also common in musicals and vocal rock tracks

What does MIDI stand for?

[ ]	Multi Instrument Digital Interface
[ ]	Multi Instrument Dynamic Indication
[ ]	Multitrack Inaugaral Dynamic Input
[x]	Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Just one MIDI link can carry 16 channels of information

What is a note cluster?

[ ]	A type of cereal musicians have for breakfast!
[x]	A played group of notes which are very close together
[ ]	A really fast passage of music
[ ]	All of the above

You can hear this in a lot of chordal piano/organ music

What best describes a 'round'?

[ ]	A circular seating layout for performers of modern music
[ ]	An alternative description for a movement in a concerto
[ ]	The way acoustics travel around the building/hall
[x]	Where many voices sing a repeated tune at different times

Many nursery rhyme songs are arranged as a round

Musical cycles often feature repeated .......

[ ]	rhythms
[ ]	melodies
[ ]	harmonies
[x]	All of the above

They can repeat one, or all, of the above

What is a tempo?

[ ]	The key signature
[x]	Pace or general speed of a composition
[ ]	The time signature
[ ]	None of the above

Examples: andante, allegro, largo etc.

What motif structure best defines binary form?

[x]	AB (often repeated - AABB)
[ ]	ABA
[ ]	ABCDA
[ ]	One section repeated several times

Binary form was most popular during the Baroque period (c1600-1750)