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Year 8 Revision 01

Revise KS3 Year 8 Music with quick questions on structure, harmony, rhythm and listening. Build confidence with key terms and spotting how sounds create mood.

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Fascinating Fact:

Binary form is AB, ternary form is ABA, and rondo form uses a returning main theme like ABACA.

In KS3 Music Year 8, revision helps you describe what you hear using accurate musical vocabulary. You build listening skills by spotting patterns, changes, and contrasts, then linking them to mood, style, and purpose in a piece.

Key Terms

  • Ostinato: A short repeated musical pattern, often a rhythm or melody that keeps returning.
  • Chord progression: A planned sequence of chords that supports the melody and shapes the harmony.
  • Cadence: A pair of chords near the end of a phrase that creates a sense of pause or ending.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What should I revise for KS3 Music Year 8?

For KS3 Music Year 8, revise the elements of music, common rhythms and metres, basic harmony and chords, musical structure, and how texture and timbre affect the sound of a piece.

What does musical form mean in Year 8 music?

Musical form means the plan or layout of a piece. In Year 8, you learn to hear sections that repeat or change, and you describe how ideas return, contrast, or develop over time.

How can I improve my listening skills in KS3 Music?

Improve KS3 listening by focusing on one element at a time, such as rhythm, tempo, or dynamics. Try describing changes you hear using key terms, then explain how those changes affect mood.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
What does the numeral 'V' stand for?
Tonic
Dominant
Supertonic
All of the above
Also known as the 5th degree of the diatonic scale
2 .
A basic major triad is .......
a type of loud drone heard in wedding music
a chord with a bass root, a major 3rd and perfect 5th
a type of key signature
None of the above
Triad = bass root, chord = root not necessarily in bass
3 .
What happens in variation form?
A theme is played once, followed by a contrasting theme
A theme is repeated and remains identical each time
A theme is repeated and changed in some way each time
None of the above
It might be wise when revising to make a list of different forms and their attributes
4 .
Where are hooks and riffs commonly found?
In baroque concertos
In Gregorian chant
In organ voluntaries
In popular music
Hooks are supposed to grab the listener's attention
5 .
What is Gota music?
A brass fanfare arrangement
A style of dance music from Africa
A type of Indian solo concerto
A type of modern disco music
Gota usually features the 'mystical' calabash drum
6 .
Which of these is a mode for a scale degree?
Phyrigian
Freezian
Ironian
All of the above
The other examples are made up. 'Ionian', not ironian!
7 .
Which chord symbols move from tonic to dominant?
I - IV
I - II
II - V - I
None of the above
Tonic to dominant = I - V. V - I = dominant to tonic!
8 .
An ostinato is when .......
a section of music is played particularly loudly
the music stops
a motif/phrase is persistently repeated
None of the above
....... by the same musical voice, e.g. the 5/4 underlying rhythm in Gustav Holst's 'Mars'
9 .
In music, bars are characterised by .......
groups of strong and weak beats
pedal lines
performance directions
playing them quietly
The strong beat usually being the first of each bar
10 .
What is an overture?
A 4-part chorale
A type of guitar solo
A type of solo tenor aria
An instrumental introduction to a large piece of music
Strictly speaking, the instrumental introduction to large-scale dramatic, choral or sometimes instrumental compositions
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Music

Author:  Thomas Daish (Keyboard & Woodwind Specialist, Music Teacher & Quiz Writer)
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