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20th Century Pop Music

Test Bite

Listen to the extracts, then answer the questions:

1.

Image: speakerGirls on film, Duran Duran

What label best fits this kind of music?
New Romantic
Punk
Rock
2.

Image: speakerRockin All Over The World, Status Quo

What label best fits this kind of music?
New Romantic
Punk
1980's Rock
3. What structure does this last piece of music follow?
ABA (ternary form)
AB (binary form)
12 bar blues form
4.

Image: speakerSick and Tired, Cardigans

Which orchestral instrument is heard at the beginning of this 1990s pop song?
Clarinet
Flute
Oboe
5. What rhythmic device is used in the introduction to this song?
Semiquavers
rests
syncopations
6.

Image: speakerHunter, Dido

What label best fits this kind of music?
80's Rock
90's Pop
21st Century Pop
7. The first 4 notes that the backing singers sing in that last song are C D Eb and F. What is the 5th note?
G
F
Eb
8. What is the 6th note that the backing singers sing in that last song?
Eb
D
C
9.

Image: speakerRun To You, Bryan Adams

What label best fits this kind of music?
Punk
1980's Rock
Heavy Metal
10. In that last extract, which instrument plays the 2nd and 4th beats?
Xylophone
Wood block
Tambourine
11.

Image: speakerThe Model, Kraftwerk

What label best fits this kind of music?
Synth Pop
Glam Rock
Punk
12.

Image: speakerSon of a Preacher Man , Dusty Springfield

Which phrase best describes what the backing vocals are doing?
Singing in unison
Singing in harmony
Singing in polyphonic
13. What does the guitar do later in the extract?
Plays a solo
Plays with the brass
Imitates the brass
14.

Image: speakerAnarchy in the UK, The Sex Pistols

What label best fits this kind of music?
Punk
Rock
Heavy Metal
15. What effect is being used on the guitar?
Wah wah
Distortion
Delay
16.

Image: speaker20th Century Boy, T- Rex

What label best fits this kind of music?
Glam Rock
Heavy Metal
Rock

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