Edexcel Areas of Study
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Across:
2 A piece of music in which a theme is subjected to various changes is called a set of ...?
3 'Oliver' and 'Show Boat' are example of what kind of stage work?
5 The general names for the percussive music, played on mainly metal instruments, heard in Indonesia.
6 A lively form of folk music and dance originating from Punjab.
7 Music from the 20th and 21st century which tries out new ideas.
9 A style of popular music originating in Jamaica in the 1960s in which the lyrics often comment on political and social issues.
10 A musical form which can, for example, be represented by the letters A B A C A D A
12 The number of sections in a piece of music in Ternary form.
13 The country in which music using ragas and talas originated.
Down:
1 A kind of 20th (and 21st) century music in which short ideas are used. These ideas may gradually change into other ideas or they might go in and out of phase with each other.
4 Hyde Park corner by Bricheno (in the GCSE Anthology) is an example of this kind of music.
6 A kind of music which has its roots in spirituals and work-songs and which developed alongside American Jazz. The words are often melancholy or about misfortune but with a touch of bitter humour.
8 The number of notes in a serial tone-row.
11 The kind of bass heard in 'Dido's Lament' by Purcell.
14 A country in which there are many different drum styles and drum sounds. The drum is also used for communication because the language is 'tonal'.