Year 7 Term 4 Exam Music Revision

Definitions

Major Chord: Bright or Happy Sounding Chords

Minor Chords: Duller or Sad Sounding Chords

High Pitch: Upper register, notes placed at the top of piano

Low Pitch: Lower register, notes placed at the lower end of piano

Bars: How music is separated into counts

Ostinato: Short repeated musical phrase

Beat: Steady pulse of the music

Rhythm: Patterns of long and short sounds

Pitch: The highness or lowness of the sound

Volume: The loudness or softness of the music

Tempo: The speed of the music

Revision Questions

What is strumming a guitar?

Placing your hand in a chord position on the fretboard & using your finger to play all the strings, causing vibrations.

What does Tablature refer to?

A way to read guitar music. The numbers refers to the fret spaces to place fingers on.

What is the Fretboard of the guitar?

Where fingers are placed to determine the pitch of the strings.

What is the purpose of tuning pegs on a guitar?

To tune each string to the correct note.

What are the tunings of a guitar?

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Why do guitars need a soundhole?

So the sound has a place to vibrate.

Notes

Crotchet

= 1

2 Quavers

= 1

4 Semiquavers

= 1

Crotchet Rest

= 1

Minim

= 2

Semibreve

= 4

Parts of The Guitar