6th Grade General Music Pre-Test

Please circle the best answer for each multiple-choice question. The following note is a (a)   : a. Half note b. Quarter note c. Eighth note d. Dotted note

• Half note

• Quarter note

• Eighth note

• Dotted note

Please circle the best answer for each multiple-choice question. A dotted half note receives (a)   beats.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

The rhythm syllables used in class for sixteenth notes are (a)   .

• 1 2 3 4

• 1+2+3+4+

• 1 2 3+ 4+

• 1 e + uh

4/4 is also known as (a)   .

• common time

• quarter time

• cut time

• lunch time

Please circle the best answer for each multiple-choice question. The following symbol is a (a)   .

• end sign

• crescendo

• D.S. al coda

• repeat sign

An ostinato is a (a)   .

• Italian food

• repeated musical pattern

• way to perform notes short and detached

• dot behind notes to make them longer

Successful Broadway shows sometimes win an award called a _______________.

• Lucy Award

• Emmy Award

• Tony Award

• Academy Award

The musical, “Hairspray,” is about _____________________.

• the 1960s, segregation, and acceptance

• hair products

• short people becoming successful

• a salesman conning Iowa residents to buy instruments

Finish this phrase: “Give my regards to __________________________.”

• My BFF

• Broadway

• the man in charge

• The Wizard of Oz

Match the songs to the musical. Place the correct letter of the musical, next to the song.

• Grease

• Hairspray

• The Music Man

• Grease

• The Pajama Game

• The Lion King

• Newsies

• Hamilton

• Hairspray

• The Pajama Game