Chopin: Prelude, Op.28, No.15 test questions - AQA - GCSE Music Revision

1

Chopin is an important composer from which period?

Baroque

Romantic

Classical

2

Chopin is most associated with which instrument?

Piano

Violin

Flute

3

Which technique is associated with Romantic piano music?

Sustain pedal

Con arco

Pizzicato

4

What is the name given to Chopin's Prelude in D♭ major?

Stormy Sea

Raindrop

The Clock

5

Chopin wrote a prelude in every key. How many did he write in his Op.28 set?

24

12

28

6

What is the structure of the Raindrop prelude?

Binary

Ternary

Rondo

7

Which ornament can be heard in the Raindrop prelude?

Acciaccatura

Mordent

Turn

8

What does common time mean?

three beats per bar

four beats per bar

two beats per bar

9

Section B modulates to which key?

C# minor

C# major

D♭ major

10

The term 'dying away' is given as a dynamic instruction in the last eight bars of the Prelude No.15. What is the Italian term for this instruction?

Sforzando

Diminuendo

Smorzando