National 5: Music
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National 5: Music - Marcador
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| Name 5 different scottish dances and instrumental forms | Waltz march strathspey reel jig |
| What type of piece is this? | Scottish Waltz A dance with three beats in the bar |
| What does this piece start with? | Anacrusis (upbeat) |
| What is a waltz | A dance with three beats in a bar |
| What kind of piece is this | Scottish waltz |
| What key is this piece in? | C major |
| What kind of piece is this? | Scottish march a piece of music with 2 or 4 beats in the bar originally composed for soldiers to march to |
| What is a march? | A piece of music with 2 or 4 beats in the bar orginally composed for soldiers to march to |
| What is the feature at the end of this piece? | 1st and 2nd time endings |
| What type of piece is this? | Strathspey a relatively slow scottish dance characterised by dotted rhythms it usually features the scotch snap (short note on the beat followed by a long note) |
| Name this type of rhythm | Scotch snap |
| What key is this piece of music in? | G major (f sharp key signature) |
| What kind of piece is this | Scottish Reel A fast Scottish dance either in 2/4 or 4/4 time. A reel generally features an even flowing rhythm and is usually played after a strathspey |
| What is this key signature | F major one flat (b flat only) |
| What type of piece is this | Jig a fast dance in compound time. Often written in 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8 (In compound time each beat is a dotted note which divides into three) |
| What key is this? | G major one sharp only (f sharp) |
| Name 6 scottish instruments | Bagpipes fiddle accordion clarsach bodhran whistle |
| What instrument is this? | Scottish bagpipescontain drones - the low pitched pipes of bagpipes which play a continuous note in the background to accompany the melodycontains grace notes - short notes used to embellish the melody |
| What type of band is this | Pipe band made up of bagpipes and drums |
| What type of notes are these? | Grace notes short notes that embellish the melody |
| What type of piece is this | Pibrochthe classical music of the bagpipesa theme and variations, with the variations become increasingly elaborate |
| What instrument is this | Fiddle another name for the violin, used in scottish folk music |
| What instrument is this | Clarsach small scottish harp |
| What instrument is this | Bodhran a celtic wooden drum held in one hand and played with a wooden beater |
| What instrument is this? | Tin whistle made from metal and played at the front of the musician (like the recorder) |
| What instrument is this | Accordion an instrument with a keybaord played with the right hand and buttons (which play chords) pressed by the left hand. The player pushes and pulls the two sides to operate the bellows |
| What type of band is this | Scottish dance band a band which plays Scottish music for people to dance to. The instruments may include a fiddle, accordion, piano and drumkit. Sometimes known as a ceilidh band |
| What is this feature of music? | Vamp a rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note on the beat and a chord off the beat. Usually played on piano or guitar |
| What type of music is this? | Mouth music unaccompanied songs with Gaelic or nonsense words, normally sung for ceilidh dances |
| What type of music is this? | Waulking song gaelic work song sung when beating tweed |
| What type of music is this? | Scots ballad a slow scottish song which tells a story typically strophic in form several verses have a chorus |
| Strophic | Each verse of a vocal piece has the same music |
| Verse and chorus | A form popular in many songs the music of the verse will repeat, often with different words. The chorus normally repeats. |
| What type of music is this? | Bothy ballad unaccompanied folk song, usually with many verses, from north-east scotland |
| What type of music is this | Gaelic psalm slow unaccompanied Gaelic church tunes |
| What type of music is this? | Celtic rock a style that mixes celtic folk music and rock |
| Pentatonic scale | A scale containing five notes |
| Simple time | The beat subdivides into groups of three (the word "coffee" fits) |
| What is this feature of music | Anacrusis the note(s) before the first strong beat of a phrase |
| Describe this form of music | Ternary form a three part form: an A section followed by a B section, which is a different melody, than return to the A section. Same as ABA form. |
| Name this feature of music | Imperfect cadence the last chord at the end of a phrase is V it sounds unfinished |
| Name this feature of music | Perfect Cadence Chords V & I at the end of a phrase It sounds finished |
| Chord progression | A series of chords in a piece of music or song. At N5 Chord progressions will use chords built on the first, fourth, fifth and sixth notes of a major or minor scale. Many popular songs use the I, IV, VI, V chord progression. |
| Name this melodic concept | Ascending notes which rise in pitch |
| Name this melodic concept | Descending notes which fall in pitch |
| Name this melodic concept | Repetition an exact repeat of a musical idea |
| Name this melodic concept | Step the notes are next to each other |
| Name this melodic concept | Leap the notes are not next to each other |
| Name this melodic concept | Sequence a melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch |
| Name this rhythmic feature | Scotch snap a very short accented note before a longer note a feature of strathspeys |
| Name this rhythmic feature | Dotted rhythm a long note followed by a short one or a short note followed by a long note |
| Name this feature of music | Counter melody a melody played against the main melody |
| Name this feature of music | Coda a passage at the end of a piece which finishes it off |
| Name this type of band | Steel band a west indian band whose instruments are made out of oil drums called pans. The top of each drum is hammered into panels to make different pitches. originated in the Caribbean |
| Name this instrument | Sitar plucked string instrument from India |
| Name this instrument | Tabla two indian drums |
| Name this instrument | Panpipes pipes which are graded in size and are bound together. The sound is made by blowing across the top of the pipes |
| What type of music is this | Indian music from india which uses instruments such as the sitar and the tabla |
| What type of music is this | Latin american dance music from south america percussion instruments provide lively off beat dance rhythms |
| Name this type of instrument | Percussion instruments that are played by striking, shaking or scraping |
| Name this instrument | Bongo drums untuned percussion the drums are joined in pairs and are usually played with the hands |
| Name this instrument | Guiro an untuned percussion instrument it is made out of hollowed-out wood and scraped with a wooden stick |
| Name this instrument | Acoustic guitar a stirnged instrument that is played by plucking or strumming the strings with fingers, or using a plectrum. |
| Name this instrument | Castanets untuned percussion instrument popular in Spanish music |
| What type of music is this | African music much african music features voices and/or african drums |
| Syncopation | Accented notes are played off or against the beat |
| What type of music is this | Blues started as black american folk music, developing from spirituals and work songs Blues music is often in 4/4 time and is mostly patterned on a 12-bar structure and on a scale where some notes are flattened |
| What type of music is this? | Gospel songs written with religious lyrics in a popular style |
| What type of music is this? | Ragtime features a syncopated melody against a steady vamped accompaniment |
| Name this feature of music | Octave the distance of 8 notes eg. from D up to D |
| What type of music is this? | Jazz at first jazz was created by black americans in the early 20th century features of the music may include syncopation and improvisation |
| What instrument is this? | Clarinet a woodwind instrument which uses a single reed |
| What instrument is this? | Trombone a bass instrument with a slide |
| What instrument is this? | Double bass largest and lowest string instrument |
| What instrument is this? | Piano a keyboard instrument with strings |
| What instrument is this? | Drum kit a set of drums and cybals often used by rock bands and pop groups |
| Name this feature of music | Improvisation making it up during a performance |
| What type of music is this? | Swing a jazz style which started in the 1930's, performed by a big band |
| What instrument is this? | Trumpet the highest brass instrument |
| What instrument is this? | Saxophone a woodwind instrument made of metal which uses a single reed |
| What is this feature of music? | Walking bass a moving bass line with notes usually of the same value it is often found in jazz styles |
| What instrument is this? | Bass guitar A 4 string guitar which is pitched lower than a guitar |
| What type of music is this? | Scat singing nonsense words and sounds are made up by the singer used mainly in jazz |
| What type of music is this? | Rock 'n' roll 1950's american music which grew from the combined styles of jazz, blues, gospel and country |
| What instrument is this? | Electric guitar a guitar which does require electricity to produce sound |
| What type of music is this? | Rock a style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit |
| What type of music is this? | Pop a style of popular music |
| Middle eight | In pop music, a section which provides a contrast to the opening section it is often 8 bars long |
| What type of music is this? | Reggae this style was developed in the 1960's in Jamaica it has strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar |
| Name this feature of music | Riff a short repeated pattern |
| Name this feature of music | Accents notes which sound louder than others |
| What type of music is this? | Rapping rhyming lyrics that are spoken and perfomred in time to a beat rapping is popular in hip-hop |
| What type of music is this? | Celtic rock a style that mixes celtic folk music and rock |
| Name this feature of music | Descant melody which is sung above the main melody |
| Blues scale | Scale with a number of accidentals |
| What type of voice is this? | Soprano the highest female voice |
| What type of voice is this? | Mezzo soprano a female singer between a soprano and alto |
| What type of voice is this? | Alto the lowest female voice |
| What type of voice is this? | Tenor the highest male voice |
| What type of voice is this? | Baritone a male singer between a tenor and bass |