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10th -
11thgrade
Edexcel GCSE Music - Star Wars: Rebel Blockade Runner
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who wrote the music for the Star Wars films?
John Williams
Hans Zimmer
Danny Elfman
James Horner
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is 'Diegetic music'?
Background music composed to accompany the scene
Music that comes from the characters or action
More than one sound in a music score
A very old music score
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is 'Non-diegetic music'?
Background music composed to accompany the scene
Music that comes from the characters or action
More than one sound in a music score
A very old music score
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which director is John Williams most closely associated with?
Steven Spielberg
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
James Cameron
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the term first used in the 1930's to describe dramatic interplanetary adventures, battles and romance?
Space Opera
Universal Music
Symphonic Stars
Orchestral Galaxy
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who created and produced 'Star Wars'
George Lucas
Matt Lucas
Lord Lucan
Lucius Malfoy
- 7. Multiple Choice
Star Wars is written with two flats, what key is it in?
Bb major
F major
G minor
Eb major
- 8. Multiple Choice
Star Wars is written with two flats, and modulates at bar 30 to three flats. What key does this suggest?
Bb major
F major
G minor
Eb major
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following instruments are 'transposing'?
flute
clarinet
oboe
violin
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following instruments are 'transposing'?
bassoon
trumpet
oboe
violin
- 11. Multiple Choice
Star Wars has a militaristic metre of 4/4 but to what metre does it change to at bar 44?
3/4
2/4
6/8
5/4
- 12. Multiple Choice
The tempo at the start of the work is given as q=100 (100 crotchet beats per minute) In bar 3 there is an indication of poco rall. What does this mean.
Slowing down, a little
With emphasis
Getting a little louder
Sudden change of tempo
- 13. Multiple Choice
In bar 4 we have the instruction a tempo. What does this mean?
Return to the original speed
To pick the pace up a little
To emphasise the pulse
To use drums
- 14. Multiple Choice
Ceremonial music usually played by brass instruments either to announce the arrival of an important person or to signal the start of an event is called...?
Fanfare
Oratorio
Continuo
Majestico
- 15. Multiple Choice
Star Wars uses a compositional device that utilises a musical motif or melody to represent a character, place or feeling. What is the correct term for this?
Leitmotif
Diegetic
Klangfarbenmelodie
Ostinato
- 16. Multiple Choice
Dominated by fanfare figures in the brass. Rapid repeated notes develop quickly into staccato triplet figures with free imitation between trumpets and trombones.
Inverted tonic pedal played tremolando in the violins.
Quadruple time.
Played ff
Bars 1-3 The introduction
Bars 4-7 Main Theme (A)
Bars 8-13 Main Theme repeated (A)
Bars 11-20 Contrasting Section
- 17. Multiple Choice
Heroic leitmotif/main theme, played on high trumpets
punctuating syncopated (offbeat) chords in brass/lower strings/bassoons with rhythm emphasised by snare drum
Bars 1-3 The introduction
Bars 4-7 Main Theme (A)
Bars 33-35 Transition
Bars 36-38 Star filled sky
- 18. Multiple Choice
What happens at bar 8-113
Main theme repeated
Contrasting section
Link
Transition
- 19. Multiple Choice
What happens at bar 114-20
Main theme repeated (A)
Contrasting section (B)
Link
Transition
- 20. Multiple Choice
What happens at bar 42-43
Main theme repeated (A)
Star filled sky
Appearance of plants and increase in tension
Spaceship appears
- 21. Multiple Choice
At bars 36-38 we see a 'star filled sky'. Which instruments does John Williams now utilise? Hint: more than one
Piccolo
Harp
Celeste
Vibraphone
- 22. Multiple Choice
At bar 42-43 a spaceship appears; which of the following do we hear in the music?
Hint: more than one
Low C pedal played ff by brass instruments
Tam Tam (scary gong)
Timpani (ominous rhythm)
Brass playing two chordal figures (representing imperial forces)
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not in the first bar?
Tremolando strings
B flat major chord
Triplet rhythm
Suspended E flat (4-3)
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not in the second bar?
Tremolando strings
B flat major chord
Triplet rhythm
Suspended E flat (4-3)
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not in the third bar?
Tremolando strings
E flat major chord
Triplet rhythm
Quartal harmony
- 26. Multiple Choice
At the end of the third bar we have triplet F's played at three different octaves. What is the correct way to describe this?
Suspension
Dominant pedal
Triplet
Quartal harmony
- 27. Multiple Choice
At bar 4 the strings are sustaining through tremolo a high B flat. What do we call this?
Inverted tonic pedal
Descant counter melody
Ostinato
Suspension
- 28. Multiple Choice
How can we describe the intervals of the main melody?
Rising perfect 5th, minor 7th, perfect 4th
Rising perfect 5th, octave, perfect 4th
Rising Octave, perfect 4th, perfect 5th
Rising perfect 4th, perfect 5th, minor 7th
- 29. Multiple Choice
How can we describe the chordal accompaniment?
Triplet syncopation
Staccato quavers
accented root position triads
boring!
- 30. Multiple Choice
This section is the end of Contrasting section (B). What are the features of the music highlighted?
Hint: more than one
Contrary motion
Dotted rhythm
Leads to a dominant 7th chord (F7)
Loud
- 31. Multiple Choice
Rebel Blockade Runner Theme (36-38)
Which of the following is a feature of the 'orange' highlighted section?
Piccolo playing sextuplets and using the hexatonic scale giving a sense of rhythmic freedom and lack of tonal centre
Simple C major accompaniment on harp giving a feeling of space and calmness
Quiet dynamics and flute trill lending a sense of suspense and halted reality
- 32. Multiple Choice
Rebel Blockade Runner Theme (36-38)
Which of the following is a feature of the 'blue' highlighted section?
Piccolo playing sextuplets and using the hexatonic scale giving a sense of rhythmic freedom and lack of tonal centre
Simple C major accompaniment on harp giving a feeling of space and calmness
Quiet dynamics and flute trill lending a sense of suspense and halted reality
- 33. Multiple Choice
Rebel Blockade Runner Theme (36-38)
Which of the following is a feature of the 'green' highlighted section?
Piccolo playing sextuplets and using the hexatonic scale giving a sense of rhythmic freedom and lack of tonal centre
Simple C major accompaniment on harp giving a feeling of space and calmness
Quiet dynamics and flute trill lending a sense of suspense and halted reality
- 34. Multiple Choice
What is a sextuplet?
Six notes in the time of four
Six notes tied together
Six notes in the time of three
Six notes in the time of five
- 35. Multiple Choice
(43-50) Larger spaceship pursuing smaller ship. How would you describe and relate the 'green' music to the scene?
Three unrelated major chords (Bb, G and Db) adding power and size to the scene
Time signature change with triplets which gives a feeling of increasing tempo and militaristic fervour
Music ritardandos to a dramatic stop highlighting the larger spaceship entering and drawing closer to the other vessel
Chords have added notes on each repetition building tension into the scene. The notes are two sets of fourths (C-F)perfect and (Db-G) augmented.
- 36. Multiple Choice
(43-50) Larger spaceship pursuing smaller ship. How would you describe and relate the 'purple' music to the scene?
Three unrelated major chords (Bb, G and Db) adding power and size to the scene
Time signature change with triplets which gives a feeling of increasing tempo and militaristic fervour
Music ritardandos to a dramatic stop highlighting the larger spaceship entering and drawing closer to the other vessel
Chords have added notes on each repetition building tension into the scene. The notes are two sets of fourths (C-F)perfect and (Db-G) augmented.
- 37. Multiple Choice
(43-50) Larger spaceship pursuing smaller ship. How would you describe and relate the 'orange' music to the scene?
Three unrelated major chords (Bb, G and Db) adding power and size to the scene
Time signature change with triplets which gives a feeling of increasing tempo and militaristic fervour
Music ritardandos to a dramatic stop highlighting the larger spaceship entering and drawing closer to the other vessel
Chords have added notes on each repetition building tension into the scene. The notes are two sets of fourths (C-F)perfect and (Db-G) augmented.
- 38. Multiple Choice
(43-50) Larger spaceship pursuing smaller ship. How would you describe and relate the 'blue' music to the scene?
Three unrelated major chords (Bb, G and Db) adding power and size to the scene
Time signature change with triplets which gives a feeling of increasing tempo and militaristic fervour
Music ritardandos to a dramatic stop highlighting the larger spaceship entering and drawing closer to the other vessel
Chords have added notes on each repetition building tension into the scene. The notes are two sets of fourths (C-F)perfect and (Db-G) augmented.
- 39. Multiple Choice
Explain what has happened to the tempo q=160 (Blue)
Same tempo as start showing an ABA structure
Slower than the last section highlighting the end of the battle
Faster than the last section showing urgency
No effect as the time signature has changed
- 40. Multiple Choice
The green highlights the use of a 'Neapolitan chord' what is this and why is it being used?
Chords built on the flattened supertonic.
In this case key of C gives us Db.
Used to take us out of key (dissonant)
Chords build on the flattened tonic
In this case key of Bb gives us Cb
Used to take us out of key (dissonant)
Chords build on the flattened dominant
In this case key of F gives us Eb
Used to take us out of key (dissonant)
- 41. Multiple Choice
At this point in the film a small spaceship appears. This was originally called the Rebel Blockade Runner. This is then followed by an enourmous spaceship, seen from below and firing on the smaller spacecraft.
Describe the 'purple' section.
Driving ostinato reminding us of the military theme
Rhythmically free chords show the nature of space
Quiet accompaniment to the serene movements of the giant ship
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