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Yr 11 Vocab Test. You are about to answer 30 questions about the vocabulary you need to know for the GCSE listening exam. You will see a key word or a definition and you will have to write your answer in 10 seconds. Then you will get the answer and the next slide will appear. Good luck!.
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Yr 11 Vocab Test You are about to answer 30 questions about the vocabulary you need to know for the GCSE listening exam. You will see a key word or a definition and you will have to write your answer in 10 seconds. Then you will get the answer and the next slide will appear. Good luck!
Unaccompanied choir A Capella
Music written with several different parts for different instruments. • Polyphonic
A group of singers usually comprising sopranos, altos, tenors and basses • Choir
Extra force given to a marked note. Indicated with a > above the note • Accent
An increase, or accelleration of the tempo, or pace of a piece • Accelerando
Briefly define Opera • Musical Drama with singers on stage and instrumental accompaniment
Name 4 percussion instruments • Side drum, Bass drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, wood block etc
When a stringed instrument is played not with a bow, but plucked with the fingers • Pizzicato
To play with a flexible tempo • Rubato
A group of three instruments including: A piano, a violin and a cello • Trio
Very fast, faster than Allegro • Presto
The highest female voice • Soprano
Music written in only one voice, or with only one melody line throughout the range of instruments • Monophonic
When a note is played a semitone down from its natural state • Flat
Name 3 brass instruments • Trumpet, trombone, tuba, cornet, horn, etc
A group of four string instruments including: two violins, one viola and a cello • String Quartet
Sharp • When a note is played a semitone up from its natural note
A combination of notes including one or more dissonant intervals". This means a combination of notes that don't sound 'right' together • Dischord/Atonal/Dissonant
Symbols at the beginning of a stave showing which notes are to be played flat or sharp throughout a piece of music • Key Signature
Music without a sense of key • Atonal
Texture. Melody + Chordal accompaniment • Homophonic
Where the opening pattern of a musical phrase played by one voice or instrument is copied in another, not necessarily at the same pitch • Imitation