Extra Practice Assignments test 2

• Muziek
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Extra practice

Extra practice questions about musical parameters

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Musical Parameters

This test is about listening and music analysis using the following:

'musical parameters'

Questions relate to one or multiple of these parameters:

Pitch

Duration

Tempo

Dynamics

Tone colour

Harmony

Form

You need to know the terms in order to understand the questions!

Pitch

The difference between high and low

Questions about melody, theme's and motiffs

What happens to the chords in the fragment?

1. They're descending in pitch
2. They're ascending in pitch
3. The stay the same in pitch
4. They steal the show

You'll hear the synthesizer playing a motiff in this fragment, what happens to the motiff?

1. It descends in pitch
2. It ascends in pitch
3. It stays the same, pitch-wise
4. It does a little dance

Which graphic notation corresponds the most with the repeating motiff?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Listen to the fragment:
Drag the instruments to the correct musical layer 

Chords layer

Rhythm layer

Bass layer

Melody Layer

Does not belong

Duration

 The difference between short and long
Questions about measures & rhythms

Drag the songs to the correct time signature

4/4

3/4

In which fragment are the notes being played the shortest?

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

In which fragment are the notes being played the shortest?

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Dynamics

The difference between loud and soft
Questions about accents and volume

Listen to the fragment
Which statement is correct

1. The first part is soft The second part is louder
2. The first part is loud The second part is softer and contains accents
3. The first part is soft The second part is louder and contains accents
4. The first part is loud and contains accents The second part is softer and contains accents

Listen to the fragment
Which statement is correct?

1. Accents are being played by the horn section (saxophone, trumpet & trombone)
2. Accents are being played by the drums
3. Accents are being played by the drums & horn section (saxophone, trumpet & trombone)
4. Accents are being played by the guitar

Tempo

The difference between slow and fast
Questions about slowing down, speeding up or uptempo

Sort the songs in tempo

Lowest
Tempo

Medium
Tempo

Highest
Tempo

Sort the songs in tempo

Lowest

Tempo

Medium
Tempo

Highest
Tempo

Tone Colour

How you hear something, different instruments

Questions about instruments, ways of playing*

*For instance: Double Bass = plucked or bowed?

Which instrument group do we hear?

1. Strings
2. Voices
3. Wind instruments
4. Percussion

Which instrument group do we hear?

1. Strings
2. Voices
3. Wind instruments
4. Percussion

Harmony

How voices and/or instruments sound together

Questions about second voices, chords and acompaniment

Which instrument is playing the chords in the fragment

1. Guitar
2. Keyboards
3. Bass
4. Horn section

Which instrument is playing the chords in the fragment

1. Guitar
2. Keyboards / Piano
3. Bass
4. Horn Section

Form

The order of a song
Questions about parts

 
Intro

Verse

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge

Interlude

Coda

Listen to the audio fragment and drag the parts in the correct order.
Not all parts have to be used

The parts you don't need you drag in the dustbin

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dustbin

Intro

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Coda

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Interlude 2

Bridge

Bridge

Verse 4

Pre-Chorus 2

Interlude 1

Chorus 4

Pre-Chorus 3

Listen to the audio fragment and drag the parts in the correct order.

Not all parts have to be used

The parts you don't need you drag in the dustbin

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dustbin

Intro

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Coda

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Interlude 2

Bridge

Bridge

Verse 4

Pre-Chorus 2

Interlude 1

Chorus 4

Pre-Chorus 3

Listen to the audio fragment and drag the parts in the correct order.

Not all parts have to be used

The parts you don't need you drag in the dustbin

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dustbin

Intro

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Coda

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Interlude 2

Bridge 1

Bridge

Verse 4

Pre-Chorus 2

Interlude 1

Chorus 4

Pre-Chorus 3

Solo

Listen to the audio fragment and drag the parts in the correct order.

Not all parts have to be used

The parts you don't need you drag in the dustbin

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dustbin

Intro

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Coda

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Interlude 2

Bridge 1

Bridge

Verse 4

Pre-Chorus 2

Interlude 1

Chorus 4

Pre-Chorus 3

Solo

Listen to the audio fragment and drag the parts in the correct order.

Not all parts have to be used

The parts you don't need you drag in the dustbin

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dustbin

Intro

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Coda

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Interlude 2

Bridge 1

Bridge

Verse 4

Pre-Chorus 2

Interlude 1

Chorus 4

Pre-Chorus 3

Solo

How to practice

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