Music & Sound: A Year 7 Challenge

Question 1

A singer performs the same melody again, but every note is higher than before. Which element has changed?

Accepted Answer

Pitch

Answer

Tempo

Answer

Timbre

Answer

Rhythm

Question 2

A musician holds the final note for four beats instead of two. What has changed about that note?

Accepted Answer

Its duration

Answer

Its pitch

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Its timbre

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Its accent

Question 3

In a pattern of four evenly spaced notes, a drummer strikes the third note with extra emphasis. What has the drummer added?

Accepted Answer

An accent

Answer

A higher pitch

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A longer duration

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A faster tempo

Question 4

A band plays a chorus more softly without changing its speed. Which element has changed?

Accepted Answer

Dynamics

Answer

Pitch

Answer

Tempo

Answer

Rhythm

Question 5

A violin and a trumpet play the same note at the same volume, but you can still tell them apart. Which element explains this?

Accepted Answer

Timbre

Answer

Duration

Answer

Tempo

Answer

Accent

Question 6

A conductor asks an orchestra to play the same passage faster, keeping its notes and volume unchanged. Which element changes?

Accepted Answer

Tempo

Answer

Pitch

Answer

Dynamics

Answer

Timbre

Question 7

Two clapping patterns take the same total time, but one uses long and short claps in a different order. What differs most clearly?

Accepted Answer

The rhythm

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The pitch

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The timbre

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The dynamics

Question 8

When a guitarist plucks a string, what must the string do to produce sound?

Accepted Answer

Vibrate

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Become shorter

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Grow louder

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Change colour

Question 9

A pianist plays a pattern of short-short-long notes twice, performing it faster the second time. What stays the same?

Accepted Answer

The rhythm

Answer

The tempo

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The duration of each note

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The time taken to play it

Question 10

Define Music

Accepted Answer

Music is the combination of organized sounds flowing in a rhytmic pattern

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Music is the combination of pop, rock, country, hip hop & rap

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Music is the involuntary atmospheric friction caused when specific mathematical decimals bounce off eardrums to create a mandatory mood shift

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Music is the controlled deployment of sonic weight that temporarily reorganises the oxygen molecules in a room to prevent total silence from occurring

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