GCSE Music
Area of Study 3: Traditional Music
18 questions3 subtopicsAQA
What's covered
Blues and folk6
Set study: Esperanza Spalding6
World music and fusion6
Sample questions
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1Blues and folk
AQA's Area of Study 3 studies which kind of music?
- •Only Baroque instrumental concertos
- •Only electronic dance music
- •Only orchestral film scores
- ✓Traditional music: blues, folk and world
2Set study: Esperanza Spalding
Whose poem gives Esperanza Spalding's 'Little Fly' its lyrics?
- •Emily Dickinson
- •Robert Burns
- ✓William Blake
- •William Wordsworth
3World music and fusion
AQA's Traditional music listening includes fusion music that brings in which traditions?
- ✓African and/or Caribbean music
- •Chinese and Japanese music
- •Gregorian chant and plainsong
- •Indonesian gamelan music
4Blues and folk
The standard blues chord progression is how long?
- ✓12 bars
- •20 bars
- •3 bars
- •7 bars
5Set study: Esperanza Spalding
Which two styles does Spalding mix in 'Little Fly'?
- •Brazilian samba and bossa nova
- •Punjabi bhangra and hip-hop
- •Punk rock and Jamaican reggae
- ✓Western Classical music and jazz
6World music and fusion
In AQA's traditional music elements, which rhythm is called a 'Bo Diddley type beat'?
- •Backbeat
- ✓Clave
- •Shuffle
- •Skank
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