Basic Music Theory Quiz

The five horizontal lines music is written on is called a....

• Ledger Lines

• Measure

• Staff

• Notes

Lines through the music to indicate the division of measures

• Measure

• Bar Line

• Staff

• Treble Clef

The distance between two bar lines

• Bar Line

• Treble Clef

• Measure

• Staff

What symbols show pitch and duration?

• Notes

• Rests

• Treble Clef

• Staff

What symbols show duration of silence?

• Treble Clef

• Rests

• Notes

• Staff

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

• Rests

• Notes

• Staff

• Ledger Lines

What is the name of this symbol?

• Bass Clef, F Clef

• Treble Clef, G Clef

• Tenor Clef

• Alto Clef

What is the name of this symbol?

• Treble Clef, G Clef

• Alto Clef

• Tenor Clef

• Bass Clef, F Clef

What is the name of the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us what kind of note is worth one beat, and how many beats are in a measure?

• Key Signature

• Staff

• Time Signature

• Treble Clef

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

• Flat

• Sharp

• Natural

• Double Sharp