HYDE MUSIC DEPARTMENT KS Theory Booklet
The Elements of Music Question Answer Question Answer What is the word given to the element of music meaning speed? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure What does andante mean? Fast / Medium / Slow What is the word given to the element of music meaning volume? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure What does allegro mean? Fast / Medium / Slow What is the word given to the element of music meaning high or low? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure What word means no sound at all? What is the word given to the element of music meaning long or short? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure List the sections in a binary piece of music. What is the word given to the element of music meaning thick or thin? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure List the sections in a ternary piece of music. What is the word given to the element of music meaning how an instrument sounds? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure Draw a treble clef. 7 What is the word given to the element of music meaning how the piece is organised? Pitch / Dynamics Duration / Tempo Timbre / Texture Structure 7 What does the treble clef tell a piano player? 8 What does forte mean? Loud / Quiet 8 Draw a sharp symbol. 9 What does pianissimo mean? Loud / Quiet 9 Draw a flat symbol. 0 What does adagio mean? Fast / Medium / Slow 0 Correct this spelling: Rythem.
Pitch Label the notes on the stave below: How do you remember the notes on the lines of the stave? E G B D F How do you remember the notes in the spaces of the stave? What does a sharp (#) do? What does a flat (b) do?
Rhythm Complete the table below: Complete the table below:
The Instruments of the Orchestra Question Answer Question Answer List instruments that belong to the string family. List electronic instruments. List instruments that belong to the woodwind family. What does the conductor do? List instruments that belong to the brass family. Correct this spelling: Preform. 7 List instruments that belong to the percussion family. Correct this spelling: Orkestrer. 8
Guitars Question Answer How do you remember the guitar strings? What do the numbers on guitar tab tell the performer? If you are not getting a clear sound on the guitar, what should you do? E A D G B E How many frets to play / Which fret to use What is a chord? + notes played together / Repeating melody What is a riff? + notes played together / Repeating melody Label the strings on the guitar tab. Connect the word to the guitar. 7 Sound Hole Connect the word to the guitar. 8 Tuning Pegs Connect the word to the guitar. 9 Fretboard
Other Question What does a composer do? What is a graphic score? Answer 7 If there is no sound in GarageBand what should you try? To undo a mistake in GarageBand which buttons should you press? Label the white notes on the keyboard. & 7 Which hand should you play the melody with on the keyboard? Label the notes on the stave. 8 What does this button do in GarageBand? 9 What does this button do in GarageBand? 0 What does this button do in GarageBand?
Pop Music 8 Complete the information about these famous pop musicians. Musician Instrument Band Famous Song Freddie Mercury John Lennon Benny Anderson Chris Martin Gary Barlow Ringo Starr Dave Grohl Noel Gallagher Sting Bono Label the notes on the stave below. What song is this? Label the notes on the stave below. What song is this?
Keyboard Skills 9 Question Answer Label the notes on the stave. Label the notes on the stave. What does a tie do in music? Draw a triplet. What is a broken chord? What does accelerando mean? Getting faster / Getting slower 7 What does rallentando mean? Getting faster / Getting slower 8 What does syncopation mean? 9 What does major music sound like? 0 What does minor music sound like?
World Music Name: 0 Complete the table below. Style Country of Origin Typical Instrument Blues Gamelan Reggae Samba Salsa Tango Calypso Gospel Klezmer In Indian music, what is a raga? In Indian music, what is a drone? In Indian music, what is a tala? What does a capella mean? In what style of music are you like to hear a djembe drum? 7 In what style of music are you like to hear a surdo drum? 8 In what style of music are you like to hear a sitar?
Classical Music Name: Complete the table below. Composer Nationality Birth Year Death Year Beethoven Mozart Strauss Haydn Bach Chopin Tchaikovsky Elgar Sibelius Debussy Handel Brahms Vivaldi Schubert Wagner Stravinsky Mendelssohn Greig What is an orchestra? Where do the brasss family sit in the orchestra and why?
Guitars Question Answer Why should you not fret the guitar with your thumb? Label the strings and frets on the chord box. Which strings is this riff being performed on? Connect the word to the guitar. Bridge Connect the word to the guitar. Nut Connect the word to the guitar. Fret
Programme Music Question Answer Question Answer What is the term given to the musical device meaning repeating? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord 0 Which device would you use to represent this picture? What is the term given to the musical device meaning getting louder? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord Which device would you use to represent this picture? What is the term given to the musical device meaning getting quieter? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord On a string instrument, what word is given to playing without a bow? Con Arco / Pizzicato What is the term given to the musical device meaning slide? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord On a string instrument, what word is given to playing with a bow? Con Arco / Pizzicato What is the term given to the musical device meaning a sustained sound? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord How might the elements of music be used to represent this picture? What is the term given to the musical device meaning a rapid alternation between notes? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord Timbre 7 What is the term given to the musical device meaning a group of clashing notes? Ostinato / Trill Glissando / Pedal Crescendo Decrescendo Cluster Chord Pitch 8 What is the term for performing smoothly? Staccato / Legato Tempo 9 What is the term for performing short, stabbed notes? Staccato / Legato Dynamics
Rock Music Complete the information about these famous rock musicians. Musician Instrument Band Famous Song Bruce Dickinson Lars Ulrich Mark Hoppus Elvis Presley Flea Label the notes on the stave below. What song is this? Label the notes on the stave below. What song is this? Label the notes on the stave below. What song is this?
Keyboard Skills Workout the musical sums below: What does a dot after a note do? What is a key signature? Circle the word that best describes consonant. Pleasant sounding / Clashing sounds Circle the word that best describes dissonant. Pleasant sounding / Clashing sounds What is an interval? 7 Circle the word that best describes conjunct. Stepwise / Leaping 8 Circle the word that best describes disjunct. Stepwise / Leaping
BTEC Music Question Answer What does a promoter do? What does a composer do? What does a producer do? What does a broadcaster do? What does a musician do? What does a journalist do? 7 What does a stylist do? 8 What does a retailer do? 9 What does a distributor do? 0 What does a sound technician do? What does an engineer do? What does a manager do? What is a venue? What does sequencing mean? What does the word implications mean?
Music Sequencing 7 Question Answer What does quantising mean? What does panning mean? What does velocity mean? When using effects, what is reverb? When using effects, what is chorus? When using effects, what is flanger? 7 8 9 0 Connect the word to the correct button. Record Connect the word to the correct button. Metronome Connect the word to the correct button. Rewind back to the start Connect the word to the correct button. Loop a section In GarageBand, what is the sum of: crotchet + crotchet In GarageBand, what is the sum of: quaver + minim In GarageBand, what is the sum of: semibreve + semiquaver boxes boxes boxes
Guitars Question Answer 8 What do the tuning pegs on a guitar do? Use the chord box to draw an E minor chord. What is palm-muting? Connect the word to the guitar. Saddle Connect the word to the guitar. Tuning Pegs for E, A and D Connect the word to the guitar. Fret 7 What pitch is the note on fret of the E string?
Composition Question Answer 9 List the sections in a piece of music in rondo form. In Music, what is an interval? What is a semitone? What is a broken chord? What does tonality mean? What is meant by homophonic? 7 What is meant by polyphonic? 8 What is mean by monophonic? Connect the word to the notation. 9 Time Signature Connect the word to the notation. 0 Key Signature Connect the word to the notation. A quaver on the note F# Connect the word to the notation. A crotchet on the note A