Lesson T4.2.2

T4.2.2 Musical devices Quiz: KS3 Music, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson T4.2.2, Musical devices: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Music (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Musical dimensions and devices, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the musical term for a smooth slide between two pitches?

    • Trill
    • Pizzicato
    • Glissando
    • Vibrato
  2. What does the string playing instruction pizzicato mean?

    • Bowing fast
    • Muting the tone
    • Plucking the strings
    • Sliding notes
  3. What is vibrato in musical performance?

    • Sudden volume change
    • Detached playing
    • Slight pitch wobble
    • Rapid note alternation
  4. What is the rapid alternation of a note with the one above called?

    • Appoggiatura
    • Glissando
    • Trill
    • Turn
  5. What term describes the notes of a chord played sequentially?

    • Cluster
    • Scalic passage
    • Harmonic sequence
    • Arpeggio
  6. What is a free, showy solo passage near a movement's end called?

    • Cadenza
    • Coda
    • Overture
    • Interlude
  7. Which device describes one part copying a melody shortly after another?

    • Augmentation
    • Inversion
    • Imitation
    • Retrograde
  8. What is a held bass note sounding under changing harmony called?

    • Pedal point
    • Ostinato
    • Riff
    • Drone
  9. A composer wants a bird-like flutter in the melody. Which device is most effective?

    • An ostinato
    • A trill
    • A pedal point
    • A cadenza
  10. Which device describes a smooth slide between two distinct notes?

    • Tenuto
    • Portamento
    • Staccato
    • Legato
  11. What acoustic effect does playing sul ponticello produce on a violin?

    • Warm and deep
    • Metallic and glassy
    • Muffled and soft
    • Bright and sweet
  12. What is the name for a quick decorative note before a main note?

    • Crotchet
    • Grace note
    • Minim
    • Accidental
  13. Which musical dimension is primarily altered when using an instrument mute?

    • Pitch
    • Tempo
    • Timbre
    • Duration
  14. A composer wants a rapid repetition of a note to create tension. Which device is this?

    • Portamento
    • Tremolo
    • Fermata
    • Coda
  15. Which ornament moves quickly from the main note to the note below and back?

    • Turn
    • Mordent
    • Grace note
    • Trill
  16. A composer wants a voice to enter after another and copy its melody. Which device is this?

    • Pedal point
    • Drone
    • Cadenza
    • Canon
  17. What musical effect does a pedal point provide beneath changing chords?

    • Harmonic stability
    • Melodic variation
    • Rhythmic acceleration
    • Sudden tension
  18. Which notation marking instructs players to make notes crisp and detached?

    • Legato
    • Slur
    • Fermata
    • Staccato
  19. What musical device moves a melody to a higher or lower pitch?

    • Augmentation
    • Retrograde
    • Transposition
    • Inversion
  20. What technique decorates a melody without changing its main notes?

    • Quantisation
    • Syncopation
    • Modulation
    • Ornamentation

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