What does colla voce mean?
Accompaniment plays quieter than the voice
Accompaniment follows the voice
Accompaniment plays exactly the same notes as the voice
What is another term for electric guitar overdrive?
Distortion
Sustain
Instrument layering
The tonic key of Defying Gravity is D major. How many sharps does D major have?
One
Two
Three
Musicals (and film music) often use leitmotifs. What is a leitmotif?
A verse-chorus structure
The band that plays in a musical
A short musical idea that is linked to a person, place or emotion
Which of these other musicals was written by Stephen Schwartz?
Godspell
Phantom of the Opera
Matilda
If a chord doesn't include the third, what is this called?
Quartal harmony
Suspension
Bare fifth
Which word correctly describes a texture which has a single line of music?
Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
What is a high-pitched, repeating quaver pattern that accompanies the chorus called?
Ostinato
Tutti
Trill
Strings and piano use a tremolo technique in Defying Gravity. What is this?
Two adjacent notes that are played rapidly one after the other
Playing one note then sliding to the next without breaking the sound
Rapid repetition of the same note on an instrument
Glina and Elphaba sometimes sing in harmony, but often sing exactly the same notes at the same time. What is this called?
Vibrato
Unison
Tenor