Western Classical Music quiz: N(A)-Level Music quiz

Classical, Baroque, Romantic, twentieth century

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century

Romantic, Classical, Baroque, twentieth century

Baroque, Romantic, Classical, twentieth century

Baroque

Romantic

Classical

Medieval

Romantic

Baroque

Classical

Twentieth century

Strings, woodwind, brass, percussion

Strings, keyboard, brass, voices

Woodwind, brass, guitars, drums

Strings, woodwind, electronics, percussion

Both are struck

Strings are made to vibrate by a bow drawn across them, while brass sounds by the player buzzing their lips into a mouthpiece

Both are blown

Strings are blown and brass is plucked

Brass

Strings

Percussion

Woodwind

The tone colour or quality of a sound that lets you tell instruments apart

The speed of the music

The loudness of a sound

The length of a note

Rondo

Theme and variations

Binary

Verse-chorus

Change its rhythm, add decoration, or move it to a minor key

Stop the piece

Play it at exactly the same pitch, rhythm and dynamics every time

Replace it with an unrelated tune

Theme and variations

Rondo

Ternary

Through-composed

It is the contrasting episode

It is the main theme that keeps returning, giving the piece unity

It appears only once at the start

It is always the quietest part

Nothing stays the same

Only the title stays the same

Recognisable elements such as the basic melody shape or the chord pattern are kept

Every note is unchanged

Music printed in a concert programme

Music for computer programs only

Music with no title

Instrumental music that suggests a story, scene, character or mood

Fast tempo, loud dynamics, busy tremolo strings and crashing percussion

Slow, quiet, simple music

A single sustained quiet note

Complete silence

Music that is always loud

Music that is not about anything outside itself, valued for its musical patterns alone

Music that always tells a story

Music played without instruments