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Music: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Form and Structure (Questions)

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Binary and ternary are related to form and structure of music - do you know the difference? Ludwig van Beethoven said, "Music - the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

Test your knowledge in this quiz on the fundamentals of musical form and structure.

In music, 'call and response' is a .......

[ ]	constantly repeated 4-bar section
[ ]	conversation between conductor and audience members
[ ]	jump from tonic to dominant between two music sections
[ ]	succession of two phrases played by different musicians

What music is most likely to feature verse and chorus?

[ ]	Concerto
[ ]	Film score
[ ]	Hymn
[ ]	Symphony

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

What is an 'Ostinato'?

[ ]	A motif/phrase persistently repeated by a musical voice
[ ]	A type of jazz tuning system
[ ]	An italian keyboard instrument from the baroque era
[ ]	An italian opera

What term prompts a restatement of sounds / sequences?

[ ]	Accelerando
[ ]	Crescendo
[ ]	Pause
[ ]	Repetition

The structure of binary form features .......

[ ]	Two related sections, often repeated (AB, AABB)
[ ]	Three sections (ABA)
[ ]	Five sections (ABCDA)
[ ]	Six sections (ABABAB)

What is ternary form?

[ ]	A structure featuring a recurring A section
[ ]	A three-part ABA structure
[ ]	A two-part AB structure in a piece of music
[ ]	A type of transition between different instruments

Which motif structure best defines rondo form?

[ ]	AB
[ ]	ABACDABA
[ ]	ABCB
[ ]	ABCDCB

Which motif structure best defines ternary form?

[ ]	AABB
[ ]	AB
[ ]	ABA
[ ]	ABCB

10.

Which motif structure best defines binary form?

[ ]	AABB
[ ]	ABA
[ ]	ABCA
[ ]	ABCCD

Music: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Form and Structure (Answers)

In music, 'call and response' is a .......

[ ]	constantly repeated 4-bar section
[ ]	conversation between conductor and audience members
[ ]	jump from tonic to dominant between two music sections
[x]	succession of two phrases played by different musicians

What music is most likely to feature verse and chorus?

[ ]	Concerto
[ ]	Film score
[x]	Hymn
[ ]	Symphony

Also common in musicals and vocal rock tracks

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

What is an 'Ostinato'?

[x]	A motif/phrase persistently repeated by a musical voice
[ ]	A type of jazz tuning system
[ ]	An italian keyboard instrument from the baroque era
[ ]	An italian opera

Commonly described as a 'riff' in jazz/rock

What term prompts a restatement of sounds / sequences?

[ ]	Accelerando
[ ]	Crescendo
[ ]	Pause
[x]	Repetition

The structure of binary form features .......

[x]	Two related sections, often repeated (AB, AABB)
[ ]	Three sections (ABA)
[ ]	Five sections (ABCDA)
[ ]	Six sections (ABABAB)

What is ternary form?

[ ]	A structure featuring a recurring A section
[x]	A three-part ABA structure
[ ]	A two-part AB structure in a piece of music
[ ]	A type of transition between different instruments

Which motif structure best defines rondo form?

[ ]	AB
[x]	ABACDABA
[ ]	ABCB
[ ]	ABCDCB

This is due to the returning original theme (or A section)

Which motif structure best defines ternary form?

[ ]	AABB
[ ]	AB
[x]	ABA
[ ]	ABCB

Ternary form is a 3-part ABA structure

10.

Which motif structure best defines binary form?

[x]	AABB
[ ]	ABA
[ ]	ABCA
[ ]	ABCCD

Remember, in binary form sections are often repeated