YEAR 9MUSIC EXAM

An Interactive Qwizdom Lesson

Year 9 Music Exam

Summer 2010

Question 4a

_____ means how high or low the sound is.

a) pitch

b) dynamics

c) sound

d) higher

Question 4b

_____ means the length of each sound.

a) pitch

b) dynamics

c) duration

d) sound

Question 4c

_____ is when there is no sound patterns or gaps between sound patterns.

a) silence

b) dynamics

c) pitch

d) sound

Question 4d

_____ means how loud or soft the music is.

a) pitch

b) dynamics

c) silence

d) low

Question 5a

Which section of the orchestra sits here?

a) Strings

b) Percussion

c) Brass

d) Woodwind

Question 5b

Which section of the orchestra sits here?

a) Strings

b) Percussion

c) Brass

d) Woodwind

Question 5c

Which section of the orchestra sits here?

a) Strings

b) Percussion

c) Brass

d) Woodwind

Question 5d

Which section of the orchestra sits here?

a) Strings

b) Percussion

c) Brass

d) Woodwind

Question 6a

What is the name of this part of the trumpet?

a) Capb) Front piecec) Mouthpieced) Bell

Question 6b

What is the name of this part of the trumpet?

a) Tubingb) Key Holesc) Valvesd) Bell

Question 6c

What is the name of this part of the trumpet?

a) Lip pieceb) Mouth Piecec) Belld) Tubing

Question 6d

What is the name of this part of the trumpet?

a) Tubingb) Bendc) Belld) Tap key

Question 7a

What instrument of the orchestra is pictured?

a) Clarinet

b) Cello

c) Flute

d) Timpani

Question 7b

What family of the orchestra does that instrument belong to?

a) Woodwindb) Brassc) Percussiond) Strings

Question 7c

What instrument of the orchestra is pictured?

a) Cello

b) French Horn

c) Flute

d) Timpani

Question 7d

What family of the orchestra does that instrument belong to?

a) Woodwindb) Brassc) Percussiond) Strings

Question 7e

What instrument of the orchestra is pictured?

a) Clarinet

b) Oboe

c) Flute

d) Timpani

Question 7f

What family of the orchestra does that instrument belong to?

a) Woodwindb) Brassc) Percussiond) Strings

Question 7g

What instrument of the orchestra is pictured?

a) Clarinetb) Celloc) Trumpetd) Timpani

Question 7h

What family of the orchestra does that instrument belong to?

a) Woodwindb) Brassc) Percussiond) Strings

Question 8a

What type of mood do major scales give?

a) Mournful, dramatic, sad, spooky music

b) Bright, happy, majestic, victorious music

c) Mysterious, ghostly, magical music

d) Scottish, Chinese, Irish folk music

Question 8b

What type of mood do minor scales give?

a) Strange, weird, comedy, creeping, shock, humorous

b) Bright, happy, majestic, victorious

c) Mysterious, ghostly, magical

d) Mournful, dramatic, sad, spooky

Question 8c

What type of mood do Chromatic scales give?

a) Mournful, dramatic, sad, spooky music

b) Bright, happy, majestic, victorious music

c) Mysterious, ghostly, magical music

d) Strange, weird, comedy, creeping, shock, humorous music

Question 8d

What type of mood do pentatonic scales give?

a) Mournful, dramatic, sad, spooky music b) Bright, happy, majestic, victorious musicc) Mysterious, ghostly, magical musicd) Scottish, Chinese, Irish folk music

Question 8e

What type of mood do whole tone scales give?

a) Mournful, dramatic, sad, spooky music

b) Strange, weird, comedy, creeping, shock, humorous music

c) Mysterious, ghostly, magical music

d) Scottish, Chinese, Irish folk music

Question 9a

The notes of the C Major Scales are as follows

C D E F G A B C

True or False

Question 9b

The pattern of tones and semitones in an ascending major scale is..

T S S T T S T

True or False

Question 9c

The scale below is ascending..

True or False

Question 9d

What is the difference between the first and the second C in a major scale called?

a) An octopusb) An octavec) A leapd) A far C

Question 10a

Mozart was born in the year..

a) 1066

b) 1478

c) 1756

d) 1844

Question 10b

Mozart started music lessons when he was aged..

a) 10b) 15c) 4d) 9

Question 10c

His father took him on a tour of..

a) Australia

b) Europe

c) Ireland

d) Turkey

Question 10d

At the age of 12 Mozart had composed his first..

a) Albumb) Operac) Bookd) Poem

Question 10e

Mozart eventually settled in..

a) Vienna

b) Paris

c) London

d) Sydney

Question 10f

One of Mozart’s rival composers was called ..

a) Salierib) Beethovenc) Williamsd) Tallis

Question 11a

Beethoven was born in Germany

True or False?

Question 11b

Beethoven played the Saxophone

True or False?

Question 11c

Beethoven spent most of his life in Vienna

True or False?

Question 11dBeethoven’s music was different from

others because it was full of dramatic surprises.

True or False?

Question 11e

Beethoven composed the music for Romeo and Juliet

True or False?

Question 11f

Beethoven composed “Europe” also known as “Ode to Joy” or “Joyful, Joyful”.

True or False?

Question 12a

What is the main reason for using music in a film?

a) Because it reinforces the story

b) Because it makes the film longer

c) Because it sounds interesting

d) Because it gives composers work

Question 12d

Which one of the following people is a famous composer of film music?

a) Ricky Martin

b) Ronan Keating

c) John Williams

d) Joseph Haydn

Question 13a

This note is called a…

a) Crotchet

b) Semibreve

c) Minim

d) Quaver

Question 13b

This note is called a…

a) Crotchet

b) Semibreve

c) Minim

d) Quaver

Question 13c

This note is called a…

a) Crotchet

b) Semibreve

c) Minim

d) Quaver

Question 13d

This note is called a…

a) Crotchet

b) Semibreve

c) Minim

d) Quaver

Question 14a

Choose the correct answer to this sum.

a) 4b) 3c) 1d) 9

Question 14b

Choose the correct answer to this sum.

a) 4b) 3c) 8d) 9

Question 14c

Choose the correct answer to this sum.

a) 4b) 11c) 1d) 7

Question 14d

Choose the correct answer to this sum.

a) 1b) 6c) 1 ½ d) 9 ½

Question 14e

Choose the correct answer of this sum.

a) 4 ½ b) 3c) 2 ½ d) 9

Question 14f

Choose the correct answer of this sum.

a) 4b) 5 ½ c) 1d) 11 ½

Question 15a

This note is an A

True or False?

Question 15b

This note is an E

True or False?

Question 15c

This note is an F

True or False?

Question 15d

This note is an F

True or False?

Question 15e

This note is a G

True or False?

Question 15f

This note is a C

True or False?

Question 16a

Look at the following piece of music. How many beats are in each bar?

a) 2b) 3c) 4d) 6

Question 16b

What are the two numbers at the start of the music called?

a) Beat counterb) Time Signaturec) Four clockd) Four beat

Well done!

The End