4th Grade, Timbre and Music Review

4th Grade, Timbre and Music Review

Multiple Choice

What does Timbre mean?

• The doorbell sound

• Cutting a tree

• The quality of the sound

• A ringing sound

Multiple Choice

Timbre is the ________ of the musical sound/instrument.

• Quality

• Volume

• Tempo

Multiple Select

Timbre describes the loudness of a sound.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Pick the words best describe this sound

• Soft

• Rough

• Airy

• Shrill

Let's Review!

Try your best guess for the following music questions.

Multiple Choice

Which 4 instruments belong to the string family?

• violin, cello, flute, oboe

• violin, cello, trumpet, french horn

• violin, cello, double bass, guitar

Multiple Choice

Which of these instruments is in the woodwind family?

• Trombone

• Harp

• Piano

• Oboe

Multiple Select

Select ALL the Brass instruments:

• Trumpet

• Violin

• Guitar

• Tuba

• Trombone

Multiple Choice

For all percussion instruments, you create a sound by...

• Plucking a string

• Hitting it, shaking it, or scraping it

• Blowing through a mouthpiece and/or reed

Multiple Choice

How do major chords sound?

• happy

• sad

• silly

Multiple Choice

How do minor chords sound?

• happy

• sad

• silly

Multiple Choice

Tempo is the _______ of the beat.

• volume

• dynamic

• speed

Multiple Choice

Which time signature show 2 beats in a measure?

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

Multiple Choice

Which time signature show 4 beats in a measure?

• 4/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

Multiple Choice

Which time signature show 3 beats in a measure?

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

Multiple Choice

Allegro means __________.

• fast

• very fast

• slow

• moderate

Multiple Choice

What does largo mean?

• slowly

• quickly

• moderately

Multiple Choice

What does forte mean?

• loud

• soft

• medium soft

• very, very loud

Multiple Choice

Piano means ___________.

• quiet

• loud

• very loud

Multiple Choice

What does crescendo mean?

• To gradually get slower

• To gradually bet louder

• To gradually get softer

Multiple Choice

What does decrescendo mean?

• to gradually get louder

• to gradually get softer

• to play suddenly loud

Today we learned about timbre which is the quality of the sound and we reviewed some musical terms.