Melody quiz

Musical quiz on melody meanings

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  • Created by: dani
  • Created on: 13-05-11 22:59
Not moving in step (arpeggio)
disjunct
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A flattened 3rd or 7th is better known as a..
semi tone
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One word to describe, in the prevailing key?
diatonic
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What best describes a pentatonic scale?
5 note scale usually, CDEGA
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A whole tone is...
a 6 note scale free of semitones
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Writing a tune or a part of it in double or longer note values, is better known as...
augementation
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Writing a tune or part of it in half or shorter note values, is better known as...
diminution
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Using tiny parts of the melody is better known as...
fragmentation
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music written backwards is know as...
retrograde
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Music written upside down is known as...
inversion
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Legato/Staccato belong to...
Articulation
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A motivic Development:
A short musical idea repeated in a variety of ways to develop the music
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Rapid chromatic movements up and down the scale? Are better known as?
Slide/Glissando/Portamento
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Moving in step (scale) means?
conjunct
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An Ostinato is a?
A short repeating idea often in the bass
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A riff is described as a?
Short repeated bass part in jazz/pop music
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A performers correct observation of the division of a melody is better known as?
Phrasing
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The difference in pitch between pitch is called?
an interval
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Card 2

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A flattened 3rd or 7th is better known as a..

Back

semi tone

Card 3

Front

One word to describe, in the prevailing key?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What best describes a pentatonic scale?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

A whole tone is...

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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Really good resource to be smart and effective in work. Thanks for posting all this good material!

Hannah

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Great quiz but in question two you can say there is a semitone between two notes but you can't say a note is a semitone!

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