1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. What are the key features of a bothy ballad? | Scottish, solo male, work song, complaining of working conditions | 2. What are the intervals used in a Chromatic scale? | Semitones | 3. What are the intervals used in a Whole Tone Scale? | Tones | 4. What is the name for the interval of 8 notes? | Octave | 5. What is a Gaelic Psalm? | Scottish, church music, leader sings, congregation follows, sounds horrible | 6. What are the 3 key features of Jazz? | Syncopation, Improvisation, Walking Bass | 7. What is the name for a bass line which is constantly moving? | Walking Bass | 8. What is a Ground Bass? | A repeated bass line | 9. What are the key features of Indian music? | Sitar & Tabla | 10. What is the name for a musical slide? | Glissando | 11. Describe Minimalism | Very repetitive | 12. What is the difference between a perfect and imperfect cadence? | Perfect sounds finished (V-I), Imperfect sounds unfinished (I-V) | 13. What are the key features of Reggae? | Caribbean music, accents on 2&4 | 14. Describe a Concerto | Solo instrument accompanied by orchestra | 15. What is the name for a piece of music played by an orchestra? | Symphony | 16. In a Concerto, what is the name for the passage of music where the orchestra stops playing, and the soloist gets to show off? | Cadenza | 17. Describe Word Setting and the 2 possible answers for this | Syllabic & Melismatic | 18. Describe the 2 ways in which you can play a string instrument (Italian Terms) and what they mean | Arco & Pizzicato | 19. What is a Waulking Song? | Scottish work song, women, cloth on table, question & answer | 20. What is the name for a song from an opera? | Aria | 21. What is an Opera? | Play set to music, usually in Italian, French or German. | 22. Describe what is meant by texture and the 3 possible answers | How the music moves rhythmically - Homophonic, Polyphonic, Contrapuntal | 23. What are the 6 words we can use to describe Tempo? | Adagio, Andante, Allegro, Accelerando, Rallentando, A Tempo | 24. What is a Pedal? | Long held, or repeated note in the bass. | 25. Describe the similarities and differences between a Reel & Strathspey | Reel is fast, Strath is slower, Reel - running quavers, Strath - dotted rhythms | 26. What is the name for the bass line which uses the notes of a chord in the order 1 - 5 - 3 - 5 ? | Alberti Bass | 27. What are the key features of Ragtime? | Piano, Vamp, Syncopation | 28. What are the key features of the Baroque period? | Harpsichord, Vocal (religious & Secular), Ornaments. | 29. What are the key features of the Classical period? | Piano, simple, beautiful melodies, Concerto, Symphony | 30. What are the key features of the Romantic period? | More intense, richer harmonies, bigger orchestra. | 31. What is a Pibroch? | Piece for solo bagpipes | 32. What major key signature has no sharps or flats? | C Major | 33. What key signature has one flat? | F Major | 34. What key signature has no sharps or flats and features accidentals? | A Minor | 35. What key signature features one sharp? | G Major |
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