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AoS2: Vocal Music

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  • What is the name of the recording technique where a sound is placed in a different location in a sound field?
    Overdubbing
    Panning
    EQ
    Distortion
  • What is the name given to a type of piano which has been slightly detuned?
    Vibraphone
    Harpsichord
    Honky-tonk piano
    Celeste
  • What is the name of the recording method where each part is recorded into a separate track?
    Overdubbing
    EQ
    Multi-tracking
    Panning
  • What is the name given when several notes are spread over one syllable?
    Melisma
  • What is the main texture of Killer Queen?
    Homophonic
    Polyphonic
    Monophonic
  • What guitar technique is used when the pitch of a note rises or falls and then returns to the orginial pitch?
    Hammer on
    Pitch bend
    Vibrato
    Glissando (slide)
  • What key is Music for a While in?
    A minor
  • What is the name of the album Killer Queen is taken from?
    Six finger clicks
    Sheer Heart Attack
    They are overdubbed
    C minor
  • What specific style of rock did Queen perform?
    Punk rock
    Indie rock
    Alt rock
    Glam rock
  • What is the only note value used by the bass viol and LH harpsichord part?
    Crotchet
    Minim
    Quaver
    Semibreve
  • What is the main word setting in Killer Queen?
    Syllabic
    Melismatic
  • What is the name of the recording technique where a sound is altered to make it sound 'fuzzy'?
    Distortion
    Overdubbing
    Panning
    EQ
  • What is played by the left hand harpsichord part in MFAW?
    Figured bass
    Ground bass
    Tierce de picardie
    Quaver
  • What is the name of the recording technique when audio is re-recorded and played over the top of the original?
    Panning
    Distortion
    EQ
    Overdubbing
  • How does the melody line in Killer Queen start?
    Falsetto
    With an anacrusis
    Six finger clicks
    Monophonic
  • What year was Killer Queen released?
    1974
    1984
    2004
    1994
  • How are the electric guitar parts played at the same time in Killer Queen?
    Panning
    Flanger
    Wah wah
    Overdubbed
  • How is the word painting used on the word 'eternal' in MFAW?
    A number of notes is spread out over one syllable (melisma)
  • What is the name given when a note is suspended into the next chord to create a dissonance?
    Ground bass
    Figured bass
    Soprano
    Suspension
  • What type of voice is singing in the Edexcel recording of MFAW?
    Bass
    Soprano
    Alto
    Tenor
  • How does Killer Queen start?
    With a guitar solo
    With the chorus
    Six finger clicks
  • What is the name where music moves in 5th intervals?
    Root position
    Extended chords
    inverted chords
    Circle of 5ths
  • What key does Killer Queen begin in?
    Eb major
    C minor
  • What rhythmic technique is used in Killer Queen to make it feel more upbeat?
    Polyrhythms
    Rubato
    Syncopation
    Cross-rhythms
  • What is the metre of Music for a While?
    5/4
    2/4
    3/4
    4/4
  • What is the main key of Killer Queen?
    C minor
    Eb major
  • What is the metre of Music for a While?
    2/4
    4/4
    5/4
    3/4
  • What is the name of the cadence which finishes on a major chord in a minor piece?
    Tierce de picardie
  • Describe the rhythm of the words 'drop' in MFAW.
    Repeating quavers, syncopated
  • What is the main texture of MFAW?
    Polyphonic/Counterpoint
  • What musical element is the harpsichord unable to play/produce?
    Dynamics
  • What type of voice does Freddie Mercury have?
    Alto
    Bass
    Soprano
    Tenor
  • What is the metre of Killer Queen?
    4/4
    6/8
    12/8
    3/4
  • How many electric guitar parts are used in Killer Queen?
    Five
    Three
    Four
    Six
  • Which instruments make up the basso continuo in MFAW?
    Bass viol and LH harpsichord
  • What vocal technique did Freddie Mercury commonly use?
    Falsetto
    Pitch bend
    Homophonic
    Vocalisation
  • What are the approximate dates of the Baroque era?
    c. 1600 - 1750
  • What is the name of the vocal technique which uses nonsense syllables?
    Melismatic
    Syllabic
    Falsetto
    Vocables (vocalisation)
  • What is the relative major of A minor?
    C major
  • What is the name of the texture where more than one melody is happening at the same time?
    Homophonic
    Polyphonic/Counterpoint
    Monophonic
  • What is the name for when the music reflects the lyrics?
    Word Painting
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