Descending scalic passages create a sense of what?
Triumph
Tension
War
What timbres do video game composers use?
Just live instruments
Live instruments and synthesisers
Anything they want
Which of these is not the purpose of music in a video game?
Guide a player within the game
Music that fits the action
Demonstrate the talents of a soloist
How does the composer create a sense of calm at the end of the piece?
Use of voices with no lyrics
Music gets slower
Reduces the instrumentation
What is a syncopated rhythm?
Where the beats are played with a triplet feel
Where the beats are straight
Where there are some offbeats
Which of these terms means fast?
Allegro
Moderato
Largo
What term describes the technique when multiple strings are played to produce a chord on the guitar?
Finger picking
Strumming
Palm muting
What are samples in music?
Electronic sounds imitating instruments
Small sections of recordings
When an echo is added to a part
What is generative music in a video game?
Music which changes every time you play the game
Music which is generated by characters within the game
Music that is general in style and fits within many different types of games
What limited the types of sounds that composers could include within the earliest computer games?
The imagination of composers who weren't used to computers and computer games
The tiny memory in computers at the time
The lack of opportunity to record sampled sounds