Year 7

How can a melody be accompanied? (Part 2)

Year 7

How can a melody be accompanied? (Part 2)

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore different accompaniment styles. We will then compose and perform our own left hand accompaniment on a keyboard.

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7 Questions

Q1.
What are dynamics?
Pitch
Tempo
Correct answer: Volume
Q2.
What is the Italian for 'loud'
Correct answer: Forte
Mezzo forte
Piano
Q3.
What is the Italian for 'quiet' or 'soft'
Crescendo
Mezzo piano
Correct answer: Piano
Q4.
What does 'mezzo' mean?
Always
Correct answer: Moderately
Sometimes
Q5.
What does 'crescendo' mean?
Correct answer: Get gradually louder
Get gradually quieter
Loud
Q6.
What does 'diminuendo' mean?
Get gradually louder
Correct answer: Get gradually quieter
Loud
Q7.
How can dynamics shape a melody?
By adding articulation
Correct answer: By adding expression and feeling to the music
By making pitches longer

5 Questions

Q1.
What is an accompaniment?
An instrumental or vocal part which doesn't support or complement a melody
Correct answer: An instrumental or vocal part which supports or complements a melody
The main melody of a piece of music
Q2.
What is a drone?
Correct answer: A long held note played in the bass
A short held note played in the bass
A short held note played in the treble
Q3.
What is an ostinato?
A pattern that does not repeat
A pattern that only plays twice
Correct answer: A pattern that repeats
Q4.
To play a triad, which pitches do you play?
Root, 2nd, 3rd
Correct answer: Root, 3rd, 5th
Root, 3rd, 7th
Q5.
Which style of music is the 'oom pah pah' rhythm associated with?
Jazz
Tango
Correct answer: Waltz