GCSE Music

Flashcards
Each flashcard features a typical question that will
appear on the listening paper.
Each question has a number of possible answers.
Can you recall all the possible answers that you can
use?

Extension Activities
• Flashcard have a list of further questions you can
ask, to help secure musical knowledge. The list is
not extensive, but provides an idea of the style of
questions you can ask.
• Flashcards will also have QR codes that link to
YouTube videos. You can use these videos to test
or develop your knowledge.
What is the tonality of
this excerpt?

What are your choice of answers for

this question?
 What is the tonality of this excerpt?
What are your choice of answers for this question?

Major or Minor
Extension Questions.
What does major mean? (The music sounds happy)
What does minor mean? (The music sounds sad)
What is the difference between major and minor?
Which tonality sounds happy?
Which tonality sounds sad?
0.00-0.20 Major 0.00-0.40 Minor 0.00-0.20 Major 0.00-0.20 Minor 0.00-0.20 Minor
 Name the cadence at
the end of this excerpt

What are your choice of answers for

this question?
 Name the cadence at the end of this excerpt
What are your choice of answers for this question?
Perfect (5-1) Finished
Plagal (4-1) Finished
Imperfect (1-5) Unfinished
Interrupted (5-6) Unfinished
0.30-5.19 Cadence
Extension Questions.
Which cadences sound finished?
Which cadences sound unfinished?
What chord sequence is a perfect cadence?
What chord sequence is a plagal cadence?
What chord sequence is an imperfect cadence?
In this example, they What chord sequence is an interrupted cadence?
use the word deceptive Which cadence goes from chord 5-1
instead of interrupted. Which cadence goes from chord 4-1
In the exam the term
interrupted must be Which cadence goes from chord 1-5
used. Which cadence goes from chord 5-6
To which family do the
instruments in this
excerpt belong?
What are your choice of answers for
this question?
To which family do the instruments in this excerpt belong?
What are your choice of answers for this question?
0.00-0.30
Brass Strings Brass Woodwind Percussion

Percussion
Strings
Woodwind
Extension Questions.
What makes an instrument part of the Brass family? – The instrument is
made out of Brass.
What makes an instrument part of the Percussion family? – You need to
hit the instrument in order to make a sound,
What makes an instrument part of the Strings family? – You need to pluck
or bow the instrument to make a sound.
What makes an instrument part of the Woodwind family? – The
instrument is either made out of wood, or needs a reed (made out of
wood) to create a sound.