| Question | Answer |
| Describe the bass line often featured in Classical music. It was a favourite of Mozart. | Alberti Bass
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What is a perfect cadence? | Music sounds finished
| What is the name for the scale which only uses intervals of semitones? | Chromatic
| What is an Aria? | Song from an Opera.
| What is the name for a short passage at the end of a piece of music which brings it nicely to an end? | Coda
| Describe the texture which is used to describe a solo instrument and piano accompaniment. | Homophonic
| What tempo term means that the tempo is always changing? | Rubato
| What is a Bothy Ballad? | Male work song
| What is a Glissando? | Musical slide
| 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 are all examples of what? | Compound time signatures
| What is the name for a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra? | Concerto
| What is the name for a note or notes played before the main beat of the bar? | Anacrusis
| What is a Drone? | Pedal note in bagpipes
| What are the 3 key features of Ragtime? | Piano, Vamp accompaniment, Syncopated Melody.
| What is the name for a piece of Scottish music which is made up words used to accompany dancing? | Mouth Music
| Name the style of music which has accents on beats 2 & 4. | Reggae
| Name the Scottish dance which is in simple time, the tempo is moderato and features dotted rhythms and Scotch Snaps. | Strathspey
| What is a Scotch Snap? | Short note followed by a long note
| What is a Canon? | One part plays the melody, then another follows straight after playing exactly the same thing
| Name the 3 female voices in order highest - lowest. | Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto
| In a Concerto, what is the name for the passage where the orchestra stops and the soloist gets to show off? | Cadenza
| What is a Pedal? | A long held, or repeated note in the bass
| What is a Vamp? | Bass note - chord etc
| What is a trill? | A fast alteration between 2 adjacent notes
| What is the proper name for a change of key? | Modulation
| What is the Italian term for playing muted? | Con Sordino
| What is the word to describe unaccompanied vocal music? | A Cappella
| Describe Melismatic. | Vocal music - Many notes per syllable
| What is an imperfect cadence? | When the music sounds unfinished
| What are the 2 words you could use to describe a texture where there are many parts moving rhythmically independantly? | Polyphonic/Contrapuntal
| What is a Pibroch? | Piece for solo bagpipes
| Describe Syllabic. | Vocal Music - one note per syllable
| Name the scale which sounds dreamy. | Whole Tone Scale
| What are the main features on Indian music? | Sitar & Tabla
| What is Strophic? | Verse & Chorus form
| What are the 2 ways in which you can play string instruments and what do they mean? | Arco - with the bow, Pizzicato - plucking
| What is the name for a held or repeated note above the melody? | Inverted pedal
| What are the 4 key features of a Waulking song? | Females, Q&A, Beating cloth, Gaelic
| What is Contrary Motion? | When 2 parts move in opposite directions.
| What is the name for the Scottish dance which is in Compound Time? | Jig |
