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WorksheetsChapter One: Elements of Pitch
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which term is the highness or lowness of sound?
a)
Pitch
b)
Timbre
c)
Rhythm
d)
Beat
2.
The distance from any note name up to or down to the next note name is called: ___________
a)
An interval
b)
An octave
c)
A leap
d)
A skip
3.
The space from any C up to the next B is called: ____________________
a)
An octave register
b)
A scale
c)
An octave
d)
An anacrusis
4.
Middle C is labeled as ______
a)
C3
b)
C5
c)
C4
d)
C3P0
5.
A musical staff is...
a)
an arrangement of five lines and four spaces
b)
where magic happens
c)
made of wood
d)
what the orchestra is made up of
6.
This device is used to extend the staff.
a)
Ledger line
b)
Extension line
7.
The musical alphabet is made up of which letters?
a)
ABCDEFG
b)
ABCDEFGH
c)
ABCEFG
d)
ABCDEG
8.
The symbol that determines exactly what pitch is represented by each line or space on the staff
a)
Fermata
b)
Clef
c)
Key signature
d)
Accidental
9.
This is the combination of two staves joined by a brace, with a treble clef on the top staff and a bass clef on the bottom staff
a)
Measure
b)
Grand Staff
c)
System
d)
Caesura
10.
What is this symbol?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Soprano Clef
d)
Treble Clef
11.
What is this symbol?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Treble Clef
d)
Soprano Clef
12.
What is this symbol?
a)
Tenor Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
C Clef
d)
Tenor Clef
13.
Which scale uses the specific pattern of half steps and whole steps that span an octave WWHWWWH?
a)
Natural minor
b)
Harmonic minor
c)
Melodic minor
d)
Major
14.
A _____________ is the distance from a key on the piano to the very next key, white or black
a)
Whole step
b)
Half step
15.
A ___________________ is the distance from a key on the piano that skips the very next key and goes to the following one.
a)
Whole step
b)
Half step
16.
A ___________ is a four-note pattern that spans a perfect fourth.
a)
Tetrachord
b)
Pentachord
17.
What is this image of?
a)
Piano keyboard
b)
Recorder
c)
Ukulele
d)
Accordian
18.
What is a symbol that raises or lowers a pitch by a half or whole step?
a)
Sharp
b)
Accidental
c)
Flat
d)
Natural
19.
This raises a pitch a half step.
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Double sharp
d)
Double flat
20.
This lowers a pitch a half step.
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Double sharp
d)
Double flat
21.
This raises a pitch a whole step.
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Double sharp
d)
Double flat
22.
This lowers a pitch a whole step.
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Double sharp
d)
Double flat
23.
This cancels a previous accidental.
a)
Sharp
b)
Accidental
c)
Flat
d)
Natural
24.
The ______ identifies the first degree of a scale.
a)
Tonality
b)
Timbre
c)
Key
d)
Scale degree
25.
The _______________________ is a pattern of sharps or flats that appears at the beginning of a staff and indicates that certain notes are to be consistently raised or lowered.
a)
Key
b)
Tonality
c)
Time signature
d)
Key signature
26.
Notes that are spelled differently but sound the same are called ___________
a)
Enharmonic
b)
Inverted
c)
Natural
d)
Anacrusis
27.
To _________________ music is to write or play music in some key other than the original
a)
adjust
b)
transpose
c)
al fine
d)
appoggiatura
28.
The ____________________ is a diagram like the face of a clock that helps identify key signatures.
a)
Anacrusis
b)
Diatonic Chord Progression
c)
Circle of Fifths
d)
Secondary function
29.
Which is the lowest C on the piano?
a)
C1
b)
C0
30.
The ______________________ is a scale with lowered 3, 6, and 7 scale degrees.
a)
Natural minor
b)
Harmonic minor
c)
Melodic minor
d)
Chromatic minor
31.
The ______________________ is a scale with lowered 3 and 6 scale degrees.
a)
Natural minor
b)
Harmonic minor
c)
Melodic minor
d)
Chromatic minor
32.
The ______________________ is a scale that ascends with a lowered 3 scale degree and descends with a lowered 3, 6, and 7 scale degrees.
a)
Natural minor
b)
Harmonic minor
c)
Melodic minor
d)
Chromatic minor
33.
The pattern W-H-W-W-W is called a __________.
a)
Major Pentachord
b)
Minor Pentachord
c)
Chromatic Pentachord
d)
Diatonic Pentachord
34.
______________________ keys are keys that share the same key signatures but have different names (Ex. c minor and Eb major)
a)
Parallel
b)
Relative
c)
Major
d)
Minor
35.
______________________ keys are keys that share the same 1 scale degree but are different tonalities (Ex. C Major and c minor)
a)
Parallel
b)
Relative
c)
Major
d)
Minor
36.
Tonic is scale degree ___
a)
1
b)
2
c)
5
d)
7
37.
Supertonic is scale degree ___
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
7
38.
Mediant is scale degree ___
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
39.
Subdominant is scale degree ___
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
40.
Dominant is scale degree ___
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
8
41.
Submediant is scale degree ___
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
42.
Subtonic is scale degree ___ in natural minor
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
7
43.
The leading tone is scale degree ___
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
7
44.
The distance between two notes is called a(n) ____________.
a)
Interval
b)
Half step
c)
Register
d)
Accidental
45.
A(n) _______________ interval is when two notes are performed one after the other
a)
Melodic
b)
Harmonic
c)
Unison
d)
Octave
46.
A(n) _______________ interval is when two notes are performed at the same time
a)
Melodic
b)
Harmonic
c)
Unison
d)
Octave
47.
_______________ is when the interval performed is on scale degree 1
a)
Octave (8ve)
b)
Unison
48.
_______________ is when the interval performed is on scale degree 1 and 8
a)
Octave (8ve)
b)
Unison
49.
A(n) _______________ interval is an interval smaller than an octave (8ve)
a)
Melodic
b)
Harmonic
c)
Simple
d)
Compound
50.
A(n) _______________ interval is an interval larger than an octave (8ve)
a)
Melodic
b)
Harmonic
c)
Simple
d)
Compound
51.
___________ is an interval modifier used for unisons, 4ths, 5ths, 8ves, and their compounds
a)
Perfect (P)
b)
Major/minor (M/m)
c)
Augmented (+)
d)
Diminished (°)
52.
___________ is an interval modifier used for 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths
a)
Perfect (P)
b)
Major/minor (M/m)
c)
Augmented (+)
d)
Diminished (°)
53.
___________ is an interval modifier used when a perfect or major interval is made a half step larger without changing the numerical name
a)
Perfect (P)
b)
Major/minor (M/m)
c)
Augmented (+)
d)
Diminished (°)
54.
___________ is an interval modifier used when a perfect or minor interval is made a half step smaller without changing the numerical name
a)
Perfect (P)
b)
Major/minor (M/m)
c)
Augmented (+)
d)
Diminished (°)
55.
The ____________ is an augmented 4th or diminished 5th
a)
Tritone
b)
Coda
c)
Anacrusis
d)
Appoggiatura
56.
_____________ intervals are harmonic intervals that are considered to be pleasing to the ear
a)
Consonant
b)
Dissonant
57.
_____________ intervals are harmonic intervals that are considered to not be pleasing to the ear
a)
Consonant
b)
Dissonant
58.
An interval ______________ is when an interval is re-spelled by putting the bottom pitch above the top one
a)
analysis
b)
inversion
c)
transposition
d)
realization
59.
What is the interval inversion for P4?
a)
P8
b)
P5
c)
A4
d)
P4
60.
What is the interval inversion for M3?
a)
m6
b)
M6
c)
m3
d)
M3
61.
What is the interval inversion for m7?
a)
m7
b)
M7
c)
m2
d)
M2
62.
What is the interval inversion for A4?
a)
A5
b)
P5
c)
A4
d)
d5
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