Eduqas GCSE Music Musical Forms and Devices (Area of Study 1) overview quiz quiz

Only film music

Structural forms and compositional devices in the Western Classical Tradition (about 1650 to 1910)

Only popular music

World music traditions

Africa by Toto

Badinerie by J.S. Bach (Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor)

Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

Three sections (ABA)

Two sections (A and B), usually each repeated, with no full return of A

A recurring refrain with episodes

New music throughout

AB

ABA

ABACA

AA1A2A3

Imperfect

Perfect

Interrupted

Plagal

A held bass note

A melodic phrase repeated immediately higher or lower

A change of key

A type of cadence

Simple time is faster

In simple time each beat divides into two; in compound time each beat divides into three

Compound time has no time signature

Simple time is only used in pop

Two

Four

Eight

Sixteen

A large orchestra and chromatic harmony

A harpsichord continuo and terraced dynamics

Electric guitars and a drum kit

Synthesisers and sampling

C major, rondo form

B minor, binary form

D major, ternary form

A minor, theme and variations

Violin

Flute

Harpsichord

Oboe

Playing very slowly

Placing accents off the main beats, against the strong beats

A change of key

A held chord

The Romantic uses a continuo and terraced dynamics

The Romantic uses a large orchestra, rich chromatic harmony and a wide dynamic range

The Romantic has smaller forces than the Baroque

There is no difference