Grade IV Music and Art Quiz

What is a symbol in music that by its shape and position on the staff shows the pitch of a tone and the length of time it is to be held?

• notes

• rests

• staff

• clef

What is a symbol in music that stands for a certain period of silence in a measure?

• staff

• clef

• notes

• rests

What is a musical meter marked by four beats per measure with the quarter note receiving a single beat?

• common time

• compound time

• notes and rest

• notation

Which of the following notes received two beats in a given meter?

• whole note

• half note

• quarter note

• eighth note

A shaded, oval head with a stem that receives one beat in common time, which note is being described in the sentence?

• whole note

• half note

• quarter note

• eighth note

What are a grouping of notes and the way they are grouped in repeating patterns?

• meter

• clef

• staff

• bar line

Which of the following meters is marked by three beats per measure?

• Single

• Duple

• triple

• quadruple

Which of the following symbols in music is used to separate different kinds of notes and rests in a given meter?

• clef

• notes and rests

• staff

• bar line

What are measures in music?

• Spaces between the notes

• Divisions in music separated by bar lines

• Symbols that show how fast to play

• Notes that show how loud to play

What is the purpose of a bar line?

• To indicate the end of a piece of music

• To divide the staff into measures

• To add extra beats to a measure

• To show where to play softly