Year 7
Year 7

How do composers measure music?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore simple and compound time signatures, which are then explored through composition and performance.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What can influence composers?
Art and poetry
Correct answer: Both of above
Other composers
Q2.
What did Bartok like to collect?
Art work
Books
Correct answer: Hungarian folk music
Q3.
What style of music influenced Debussy's 'Pagodes'?
Afrian drumming
English Folk songs
Correct answer: Javanese gamelan
Q4.
What did classical composers favour in their work?
Ground bass
Long pauses
Correct answer: Melodic and rhythmic repetition
Q5.
Which scale uses all the black keys on the keyboard?
A major pentatonic
F major pentatonic
Correct answer: Gb major pentatonic

5 Questions

Q1.
What does a time signature tell you?
Correct answer: How many beats are in a bar
How many crotchets to play
How many minims to play
Q2.
What time signature does most pop and dance music use?
3/4
Correct answer: 4/4
5/4
Q3.
Which one of these is a simple time signature?
12/8
Correct answer: 4/4
6/8
Q4.
Which one of these is a compound time signature?
3/4
Correct answer: 6/8
7/4
Q5.
What was the time signature of 'Take 5'?
3/4
4/4
Correct answer: 5/4