National Qualifications: Music Listening Revision

Ways of playing

Matching exercise

Match the concepts on the right with the descriptions on the left. Always make sure you listen to the music so that you recognize the SOUND to match the description.

The method used to play Percussion instruments.
Smooth, sustained sounding music.
Music which has increased in volume.
Playing a note of a string instrument by pulling or pushing with fingers.
A method used to play chords on a guitar.
The most common way of playing Orchestral string instruments.
Music which has decreased in volume.
The sound created when two flat surfaces are banged together.
Method used for making sound on Woodwind and Brass instruments.
Notes are short and create a 'jumpy' effect.