Higher UM May Revision 1: 4 days to Go! - Things They Ask About a Lot Part 1 / QUIZZES

There are 4 days to go until the Higher Understanding Music paper on Friday 5th May.

a) Things They Ask About a Lot Part 1

Soul

Jazz funk

Concerto grosso, also concertino and ripieno

The difference between concerto and symphony

Minimalism

Music concrete

Italian terms for tempo – adagio, andante, allegro, moderato

Changes in tempo – rallentando, ritardando, accelerando

Instrumental techniques –  arco, pizzicato, flutter tonguing, tremolando, harmonics, con sordino  

Rhythmic features –   syncopation, rubato, anacrusis, dotted rhythms, cross rhythms, irregular time signatures, compound time

Lied

Basso continuo

Key signatures – one flat is F, one sharp is G, no sharps or flats is C or A minor

Intervals

Coloratura

Plainchant

Cadences

Reel and jig

Ornaments

Time signatures

- the definitions are here and here and here


b) Try the quizzes - if needed, the password is music17.