Aqa GCSE music Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Aqa GCSE music Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass A cappella - Unaccompanied singing Agogo bells - Struck clapperless bells found in African and Latin-American music Alto - A high male or low female voice Antiphony - Music in which two or more groups of performers alternate each other Arpeggio - A chord played as successful rather than simultaneous notes Atonal music - Music that is unrelated to a tonic note and so has mo sense of key Bar - A metric unit represented in print by all of the notes and rests between vertical lines called barlines Baroque - The period C and it's music Bass - A low male voice. The lowest sounding part of a composition whether for voices or instruments. 2100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Beat - The underlying pulse of metrical music Bhangra - An amalgamation of western pop styles and traditional Punjabi styles of music Binary form - A musical structure in two sections Blues scale - A scale in which some pitches (blue notes) are performed slightly flatter than their counterparts in a major scale. The most commonly altered pitches are the third and seventh degrees. Bpm - Abbreviation of beats per minute Cadence - A point of repose at the end of a phrase, sometimes harmonised with two cadence chords Call and response - A technique whereby a soloist sings or plays a phrase to which a larger group responds with an answering phrase Canon - A compositional device in which a melody in one part is later repeated note for note in another part while the melody in the first part continues to unfold Chamber music - Music intended for domestic performance with one instrument per part Choir - A group of singers performing together, whether in unison or parts 3100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Chorus - In popular music, a strong of the refrain of the lyrics. A large group of singers usually performing compositions in several parts. The electronic multiplication of an individual part to give it greater body. Clave rhythm - In salsa, the central rhythmic pattern underlying the entire structure of the music, around which the other parts must fit. The rhythm is usually played on a pair of wooden sticks called claves. Clef - A symbol defining the pitches of the notes on a stave. Consonance and dissonance - The relative stability (consonance) or instability (dissonance) of two or more notes sounded simultaneously. Consonant intervals and chords are called concords. Dissonant intervals are called discords. Counter melody - A new melody that occurs si