The cards Question What does arco mean for string players? Tap to flip Answer The strings are played with a bow. Question What does pizzicato mean for string players? Tap to flip Answer The strings are plucked with a finger. Question What is a mute? Tap to flip Answer A device that dampens and reduces the sound an instrument produces. Question Give one example of a common effect orchestral instruments use to change timbre. Tap to flip Answer For example arco, pizzicato, muted or double-stopping. Question What is a synth lead? Tap to flip Answer A type of synthesised sound suited to playing melodies. Question What is a synth pad? Tap to flip Answer A type of synthesised sound suited to playing sustained sounds. Question What is the tabla? Tap to flip Answer A pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent with a range of timbres. Question What is a conga? Tap to flip Answer A hand drum originating in Africa, with a round, full timbre. Question What kind of timbre does the banjo have? Tap to flip Answer A distinct, percussive 'twangy' timbre. Question What is the sitar? Tap to flip Answer A stringed instrument from the Indian subcontinent; its resonant strings give a rich, ringing timbre. Question Give one example of a common non-Western drum. Tap to flip Answer For example tabla, timbales, conga, djembe or dhol. Question Give one example of a guitar-like stringed instrument. Tap to flip Answer For example banjo, mandolin or bouzouki. Question What does SATB stand for in a choir? Tap to flip Answer Soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Question What is vibrato? Tap to flip Answer A vocal or instrumental technique in which the pitch 'wobbles' slightly. Question When is singing described as melismatic? Tap to flip Answer When syllables have more than one note sung to them. Question What is beatboxing? Tap to flip Answer A vocal technique that imitates drum kit and percussion sounds. Question What is falsetto? Tap to flip Answer A technique in which male voices sing much higher than their normal range, with a distinct thin, airy timbre. Question What is a drum machine? Tap to flip Answer An instrument that synthesises drum sounds; the TR-808 is an example. Question What does the reverb effect do? Tap to flip Answer It gives the impression of a sound being played in a more 'echoey' space. Question What does the delay effect do? Tap to flip Answer It 'echoes' sounds back after a specific time. Question What is overdubbing? Tap to flip Answer Adding new recorded sound to an existing recording to create a combined effect. Question What is scratching in DJing? Tap to flip Answer A technique where the DJ makes a 'wika wika' sound by touching the record. Question When can effects be applied to music? Tap to flip Answer Either live or after recording. Question Give one example of a common audio effect. Tap to flip Answer For example delay, reverb, chorus, auto-tune, distortion, panning or equalisation. Question Besides DAWs and computers, give one example of music technology. Tap to flip Answer For example synthesisers, amplification, turntables or drum machines. Question What does texture refer to in music? Tap to flip Answer The number of different musical lines and the way they relate to each other. Question What is a unison texture? Tap to flip Answer When parts play the same rhythm and pitch (including in octaves). Question What is a polyphonic texture? Tap to flip Answer One with two equally important but independent melodic parts. Question What is contrary motion? Tap to flip Answer When two parts move in opposite directions (e.g. one ascending, one descending). Question What is harmonisation? Tap to flip Answer When one part plays at the same time as a melody, adding notes that harmonise with the melodic line. Question Melody and accompaniment is a specific type of which texture? Tap to flip Answer Homophonic texture (often called melody-dominated homophony). Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Timbre and texture in music around the world Exam boards AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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