MUSIC THEORY QUIZ GRADE 1

Identify true/false:

A tie is used for notes at different pitches

• True

• False

These notes are worth...

• A quaver

• A minim

• A crotchet

• A semibreve

A slur is played...

• detached

• smoothly

• accented

• loudly

Choose the correct letter name:

• D

• A

• G

• C

When there are no notes in a bar (a complete silent bar), which rest should we add?

• A semibreve rest

• A minim rest

• The rest according to the time signature

• A dotted minim rest

When do we use the down stem when drawing stems on a note?

• When it looks right

• When the note is on/below the middle line

• Only when the note is above the middle line

• When the note is on/above the middle line

Choose the most suitable function of ledger lines:

• To make it hard for us to read the notes

• It acts as an accessory for the notes

• It has no purpose

• It acts as a helper to draw notes below or above the stave

What is this?

• The tonic triad of D major

• The tonic triad of C major

• The tonic triad of G major

• The tonic triad of F major

Order these dynamics from the softest to loudest:

mp, f, p, mf pp, ff

(a)  

A dotted minim is worth...
A dotted crotchet is worth...

(answer in correct order)

• 1.5 counts, 3 counts

• 1 count, 3.5 counts

• 3 counts, 1.5 counts

• 4 counts, 2 counts