What's covered
Key facts
Accelerando means getting gradually faster.
High-pitched sounds vibrate faster; low-pitched sounds vibrate slower.
The pulse stays steady; the rhythm changes over the top of it.
Binary form has two sections, A and B.
Harmony is two or more notes played together.
Synthesisers can create timbres no acoustic instrument can.
A crescendo means getting gradually louder.
A melody is a tune made of a sequence of pitches.
Duration means how long a note lasts.
Call and response is when one part answers another.
Sample questions
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What does 'dynamics' mean in music?
- •How fast it goes
- •How high the notes are
- ✓How loud or quiet it is
- •How many people play
What does 'pitch' describe in music?
- •How fast the music goes
- ✓How high or low a sound is
- •How loud a sound is
- •How many instruments play
What is the pulse in music?
- •The highest note in the tune
- •The loudest note in the tune
- •The name of the main singer
- ✓The steady beat you tap along to
What does the structure of a piece describe?
- ✓How it is organised into sections
- •How loud each note is
- •How old the composer is
- •Which instruments are best
What does 'texture' describe in music?
- •How fast the music goes
- •How loud the music is
- ✓How many layers of sound there are
- •What key the music is in
What does 'timbre' describe?
- •How fast the music is
- •How long a note lasts
- •How loud the music is
- ✓The tone colour of a sound
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