Qu.1 (a) What is the key of the music?

Qu.1 (b) Name the notes of this ground bass

Qu.1 (c) Identify the notes of this ground bass using roman numerals

Qu.1 (d) Which instrument plays the bass line?

Qu.1 (e) Which instrument plays the melody?

Qu.1 (f) Which instruments play the chords?

Qu.1(i) At the beginning of Pachelbel's Canon, the melody is __________.

Qu.1(ii) At first, the melody of Pachelbel's Canon ____________________________.

Qu.1(iii) At first, the note lengths of the melody are mainly __________.

Qu.1(iv) Towards the end of the extract, the melody of Pachelbel's Canon becomes more __________

Qu.1(v) Towards the end of the extract, the note lengths of the melody are mainly __________

Qu.1 (a) What is the key of the music?

Qu.1 (b) Name the *main* notes of this ground bass, where you see an asterisk *

Qu.1 (c) Identify the *main* notes of this ground bass using roman numerals where you see an asterisk*

Qu.1(i) A ground bass is a(n) __________.

Qu.1(ii) This means: a continuously _________ pattern of notes.

Qu.1(iii) It is heard in the __________ part...

Qu.1(iv) ...which is the _________ pitched part in a piece of music.

Qu.1(v) Ground bass was first commonly used during the __________ period in music.

Qu.1(vi) A similar technique is often heard in __________ today.

Qu.3(a) Which term best describes: a short, simple pattern of notes used in minimalist music?

Qu.3(b) Which term best describes: a continuously repeating pattern?

Qu.3(c) Which term best describes: when two or more independent lines of music are played simultaneously?

Qu.3(d) Which term best describes: when all notes come from the same key?

Qu.3(e) Which term best describes: when the chord (harmony) does not change?

Qu.3(f) Which term best describes: off-beat rhythms?

Qu.3(g) Which term best describes: off-beat rhythms which are played simultaneously?

Qu.3(h) Which term best describes: when a motif is repeated and notes are added one by one?

Qu.3(i) Which two types of instrument are heard in this extract?

(a) The solo trumpet plays a _________ : an improvised, unaccompanied, virtuosic solo.

(b) The texture of the Introduction is __________ .

(c) The trumpet is joined by other ___________ instruments, including the clarinet and trombone.

(d) The they are accompanied by the __________ section, including the piano, banjo and double bass.

(e) The trombone plays __________ between its notes.

(f) The trombone is accompanied by a percussion instrument called a __________

(g) The clarinet and voice perform one after another in __________.

(h) The voice performs without words in a style known as __________.

(i) With his right hand the pianist plays a __________

(j) With his left hand the pianist plays a __________, with a bass note on beat 1 and a chord on beat 3.

(k) The __________ instruments and rhythm section join in again.

(l) The rhythm section accompanies with simple chords in a style known as __________

(m) Throughout the piece, the performers __________: compose the music as it is played.

(n) Quavers are often played in uneven, 'long-short' rhythms known as __________ rhythms.

(o) The rhythms often emphasise notes off the beat. They are known as __________ rhythms.

(p) Using roman numerals, identify the chords of the 12 bar blues chord progression (heard in many blues pieces).

Melody 1: identify missing note(s) 1

Melody 1: identify missing note(s) 2

Melody 1: identify missing note(s) 3

Melody 2: identify missing note(s) 1

Melody 2: identify missing note(s) 2

Melody 2: identify missing note(s) 3

Melody 3: identify missing note(s) 1

Melody 3: identify missing note(s) 2

Melody 3: identify missing note(s) 3

Melody 4: identify missing note(s) 1

Melody 4: identify missing note(s) 2

Melody 4: identify missing note(s) 3

Melody 5: identify missing note(s) 1

Melody 5: identify missing note(s) 2

Melody 5: identify missing note(s) 3

Qu.6(g) A melody which moves by step / small intervals

Qu.6(h) A melody which moves by wide intervals (by leaps)

Qu.6(i) Harmony which clashes

Qu.7(i) Identify the major key signature above

Qu.7(ii) Identify the major key signature above

Qu.7(iii) Identify the major key signature above

Qu.7(iv) Identify the major key signature above

Qu.7(v) Identify the minor key signature above

Qu.7(vi) Identify the minor key signature above

Qu.7(vii) Identify the minor key signature above

Qu.7(viii) Identify the minor key signature above