In full orchestral score, whereabouts do the staves for the percussion section correctly belong?
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Right at the bottom of the overall system
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Between the woodwinds and the brass
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Between the brass and string sections
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Right at the top
Q.2.
Which of the following is NOT an accepted usage of the wavy line in musical scores?
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Vertically alongside a keyboard chord, to show it should be 'arpeggiated' ( = very slightly 'spread' or 'rolled', harp-style, rather than all the notes sounded strictly together)
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Horizontally over a note to request/suggest that it be played with a trill (or some other instrumental equivalent technique, e.g. a drum-roll or flutter-tonguing)
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Diagonally, to indicate that the pitch should be slid from one note to the next (vocally known as portamento; this
can also be done on the trombone, and approximated with a glissando on the harp or keyboard instruments)
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A curved wavy line indicates the use of increasing or decreasing vibrato for various performers
Q.3.
What are Leger Lines used for?
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Indicating that a note or passage is to be played leggiero ( = lightly)
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To extend the existing stave up or down and accommodate pitches not otherwise lying within it
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To link together notes lasting less than one beat, within that beat, in more easily-recognised groups
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To show that the notes marked are to be lengthened and/or emphasised in performance
Q.4.
Which of these is the correct name for the interval between any correctly-tuned B natural and the F natural above it?
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Augmented fourth
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Diminished fifth
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Perfect fifth
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Minor fifth
Q.5.
Much as culinary French is the traditional language of menus, Italian terms are the international standard for labels of musical pace, style and interpretation. Which of these is the odd one out of the four?
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Allegretto grazioso
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Crescendo molto
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Andantino cantabile
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Adagio pesante
Q.6.
Which of the following would you be LEAST likely to see within the first bar of almost any conventionally-notated piece of Western music?
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A time signature
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A key signature
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A clef
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A repeat bar
Q.7.
How many quavers would there be in a bar of Compound Triple time?
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6
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8
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9
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12
Q.8.
Which of the following is UNTRUE about the names and natures of the degrees of the Western scale?
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The third step upwards is technically known as the Submediant
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The Tonic Triad consists of the Tonic, Mediant and Dominant
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The Leading Note is a third higher than the Dominant
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The Subdominant and Supertonic are a third (or sixth) apart
Q.9.
In terms of key signatures, how far round the 'cycle of fifths' do we move, if we are switching from any one major key to its tonic minor ( to the minor version of the same home key in which we began)?
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Three steps down, so we add three flats or cancel three sharps from the original key signature
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Two steps up, so we add two sharps or cancel two flats
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Four steps down, so cancel four sharps or add four flats
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Five steps up, so add five sharps or cancel five flats
Q.10.
Which of these is the longest-valued note?
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Dotted quaver
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Crotchet
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Semibreve
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Minim
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