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Yr 11 Vocab Test You are about to answer 30 questions about the vocabulary you need to know for the GCSE listening exam. You will see a key word or a definition and you will have to write your answer in 10 seconds. Then you will get the answer and the next slide will appear. Good luck!

Unaccompanied choir A Capella

Music written with several different parts for different instruments. Polyphonic

A group of singers usually comprising sopranos, altos, tenors and basses Choir

Extra force given to a marked note. Indicated with a > above the note Accent

An increase, or accelleration of the tempo, or pace of a piece Accelerando

Briefly define Opera Musical Drama with singers on stage and instrumental accompaniment

Name 4 percussion instruments Side drum, Bass drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, wood block etc

When a stringed instrument is played not with a bow, but plucked with the fingers Pizzicato

To play with a flexible tempo Rubato

A group of three instruments including: A piano, a violin and a cello Trio

Very fast, faster than AllegroAllegro Presto

The highest female voice Soprano

Music written in only one voice, or with only one melody line throughout the range of instruments Monophonic

When a note is played a semitone down from its natural state Flat

Name 3 brass instruments Trumpet, trombone, tuba, cornet, horn, etc

A group of four string instruments including: two violins, one viola and a cello String Quartet

Sharp When a note is played a semitone up from its natural note

A combination of notes including one or more dissonant intervals". This means a combination of notes that don't sound 'right' together Dischord/Atonal/Dissonant

Symbols at the beginning of a stave showing which notes are to be played flat or sharp throughout a piece of musicstave flatsharp Key Signature

The lines upon which music notation is written Stave

Music without a sense of key Atonal

Texture. Melody + Chordal accompaniment Homophonic

Where the opening pattern of a musical phrase played by one voice or instrument is copied in another, not necessarily at the same pitch Imitation