AQA GCSE Music musical elements overview quiz quiz

The number of beats per bar and the value of each beat

The key signature of the piece and the tempo to play it at

The dynamic level to play at and the articulation to use

The number of instruments playing and the number of sections

Movement by large leaps between distant notes

Repeating the same note throughout

Movement by step between adjacent notes

Moving the melody to a new key

IV to I

V to vi

any chord to V

V to I

Polyphonic

Monophonic

Homophonic

Unison

fortissimo

pianissimo

mezzo-forte

crescendo

Strings

Woodwind

Brass

Percussion

AB

ABACA

AAAA

ABA

Placing accents on weak beats or off the beat

Playing three even notes squeezed into the time of two notes

Gradually slowing down the tempo towards the end of a phrase

Plucking the strings with the fingers instead of using the bow

A sudden change of key in the middle of a musical phrase

A sustained or repeated note held while the harmony above it changes

A three-note chord built up from the root, the third and the fifth above it

A short repeated melodic idea used throughout a pop song

Smoothly and connected

Gradually getting louder

Short and detached

With a wobble in pitch

A scale made up of five different notes within an octave

A rhythm of three even notes played in the time of two beats

A texture made of three completely independent melodic lines

A chord of three notes built on a root, a third and a fifth

Sequence

Imitation

Inversion

Ostinato