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Music: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Revision 2 (Questions)

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1. 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
2. Which chord symbols move from tonic to dominant?
[ ] I - IV
[ ] I - II
[ ] II - V - I
[ ] None of the above
3. What does the numeral 'V' stand for?
[ ] Tonic
[ ] Dominant
[ ] Supertonic
[ ] All of the above
4. Which of these is a mode for a scale degree?
[ ] Phyrigian
[ ] Freezian
[ ] Ironian
[ ] All of the above
5. 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
6. Where are hooks and riffs commonly found?
[ ] In baroque concertos
[ ] In Gregorian chant
[ ] In organ voluntaries
[ ] In popular music
7. 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
8. In music, bars are characterized by .......
[ ] groups of strong and weak beats
[ ] pedal lines
[ ] performance directions
[ ] playing them quietly
9. 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
10. 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
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Music: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Revision 2 (Answers)
1. What happens in variation form?
[ ] A theme is played once, followed by a contrasting theme
[ ] A theme is repeated and remains identical each time
[x] 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
2. Which chord symbols move from tonic to dominant?
[ ] I - IV
[ ] I - II
[ ] II - V - I
[x] None of the above
Tonic to dominant = I - V. V - I = dominant to tonic!
3. What does the numeral 'V' stand for?
[ ] Tonic
[x] Dominant
[ ] Supertonic
[ ] All of the above
Also known as the 5th degree of the diatonic scale
4. Which of these is a mode for a scale degree?
[x] Phyrigian
[ ] Freezian
[ ] Ironian
[ ] All of the above
The other examples are made up. 'Ionian', not ironian!
5. An ostinato is when .......
[ ] a section of music is played particularly loudly
[ ] the music stops
[x] 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'
6. Where are hooks and riffs commonly found?
[ ] In baroque concertos
[ ] In Gregorian chant
[ ] In organ voluntaries
[x] In popular music
7. A basic major triad is .......
[ ] a type of loud drone heard in wedding music
[x] 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
8. In music, bars are characterized by .......
[x] groups of strong and weak beats
[ ] pedal lines
[ ] performance directions
[ ] playing them quietly
The strong beat usually being the first of each bar
9. What is an overture?
[ ] A 4-part chorale
[ ] A type of guitar solo
[ ] A type of solo tenor aria
[x] An instrumental introduction to a large piece of music
Strictly speaking, the instrumental introduction to large-scale dramatic, choral or sometimes instrumental compositions
10. What is Gota music?
[ ] A brass fanfare arrangement
[x] A style of dance music from Africa
[ ] A type of Indian solo concerto
[ ] A type of modern disco music