Lesson T4.2.2
T4.2.2 Musical devices Quiz: KS3 Music, Unit 4
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What is the musical term for a smooth slide between two pitches?
- Trill
- Pizzicato
- Glissando
- Vibrato
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What does the string playing instruction pizzicato mean?
- Bowing fast
- Muting the tone
- Plucking the strings
- Sliding notes
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What is vibrato in musical performance?
- Sudden volume change
- Detached playing
- Slight pitch wobble
- Rapid note alternation
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What is the rapid alternation of a note with the one above called?
- Appoggiatura
- Glissando
- Trill
- Turn
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What term describes the notes of a chord played sequentially?
- Cluster
- Scalic passage
- Harmonic sequence
- Arpeggio
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What is a free, showy solo passage near a movement's end called?
- Cadenza
- Coda
- Overture
- Interlude
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Which device describes one part copying a melody shortly after another?
- Augmentation
- Inversion
- Imitation
- Retrograde
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What is a held bass note sounding under changing harmony called?
- Pedal point
- Ostinato
- Riff
- Drone
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A composer wants a bird-like flutter in the melody. Which device is most effective?
- An ostinato
- A trill
- A pedal point
- A cadenza
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Which device describes a smooth slide between two distinct notes?
- Tenuto
- Portamento
- Staccato
- Legato
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What acoustic effect does playing sul ponticello produce on a violin?
- Warm and deep
- Metallic and glassy
- Muffled and soft
- Bright and sweet
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What is the name for a quick decorative note before a main note?
- Crotchet
- Grace note
- Minim
- Accidental
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Which musical dimension is primarily altered when using an instrument mute?
- Pitch
- Tempo
- Timbre
- Duration
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A composer wants a rapid repetition of a note to create tension. Which device is this?
- Portamento
- Tremolo
- Fermata
- Coda
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Which ornament moves quickly from the main note to the note below and back?
- Turn
- Mordent
- Grace note
- Trill
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A composer wants a voice to enter after another and copy its melody. Which device is this?
- Pedal point
- Drone
- Cadenza
- Canon
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What musical effect does a pedal point provide beneath changing chords?
- Harmonic stability
- Melodic variation
- Rhythmic acceleration
- Sudden tension
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Which notation marking instructs players to make notes crisp and detached?
- Legato
- Slur
- Fermata
- Staccato
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What musical device moves a melody to a higher or lower pitch?
- Augmentation
- Retrograde
- Transposition
- Inversion
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What technique decorates a melody without changing its main notes?
- Quantisation
- Syncopation
- Modulation
- Ornamentation
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