Categories of Film MusicOnline version Test your knowledge of the two main categories of film music by Miss Rowell 1 Group 1 2 Group 2 3 Group 3 4 Group 4 5 Group 5 6 Group 6 7 Group 7 8 Group 8 9 Group 9 10 Group 10 Diegetic Sound Sound that is part of the on-screen action Non-Diegetic Music Backing music or a voice over that is not part of the on-screen action. Mickey-Mousing Backing music and sound effects that are synchronised with the action on-screen, often used for a comedy effect. Musical scale A collection of notes (usually consecutive) used to compose music Ascending scale Going up a scale of notes (from low to high pitch consecutively) Descending scale Going down a scale of notes (from high to low pitch consecutively) Tempo Speed Dynamics How loud or quiet Timbre Type of sound (e.g. soft, brassy, wooden, crashy, airy) Interval (of notes) The distance in pitch between two notes
