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Quiz 2: Notation

 

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 Which word means to move an existing melody or arrangement up or down in pitch.

 

2

Which word means a part of a piano? Left quiet pedal and right sustaining pedal. Also part of an organ where pedals provide an added keyboard played with the feet.

 

3

Which word means a single or multiple notes played at the same time as other parts.

 

4

Give the name for a Baroque music term referring to the harmonic instrument binding the orchestral group. This was usually a harpsichord, organ or theorbo.

 

5

Give the name for the five lines upon which music is written.

 

6

Give the name for all the parts written out of an arrangement for a large group.

 

7

What is the sign, which is an indication of a range of notes in notation?

 

8

Which signs indicate a higher and lower range of notes?

 

9

What is the name for two vertical lines across a stave ending a composition or a section?

 

10

What is the name for the divisions of time on musical notation, usually an equal number of beats?

 

11

What is the name for the sharps or flats indicated at the start of a composition and the start of every stave?

 

12

What is the name for the two numbers indicating the number of beats and what kind of beats in each bar.

 

13

What is the name for the signs indicating how notes are to be decorated?

 

14

What is the name for indications of regular accenting in a composition, usually two, three or four beats in a pattern.

 

15

What is the name for three notes in the time of two notes?

 

16

What is the name for a rhythm where the beat can be divided by three?

 

17

Which word describes the deliberate accents on sounds between beats giving the impression that the sound is slightly before or after it is expected.

 

18

What is the name for regular strong accents on usually weaker beats of the bar? For example accents on beats two and four of a 4/4 time composition.

 

19

What is the name for different rhythms and metres performed at the same time but with the beats usually running at the same speed?

 

20

Which word describes the rhythm upon which an Indian composition might be based?

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