WorksheetsPES Academics Arts and Humanities Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Melody is......
a)
the arrangement of musical sounds in time
b)
the main musical idea or tune
c)
the speed of the pulse
d)
the loudness or quietness of music
2.
Tempo is.....
a)
the loudness or quietness of music
b)
the character or color of musical sound
c)
the speed of the pulse
d)
how hot it is outside
3.
________ is the speed of a song.
a)
Timbre
b)
Pitch
c)
Dynamics
d)
Tempo
4.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Piccolo
b)
Flute
c)
Clarinet
d)
Saxophone
5.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Oboe
b)
English Horn or Alto Oboe
c)
Clarinet
d)
Bassoon
6.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Trombone
b)
Tuba
c)
Trumpet
d)
English Horn
7.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Tuba
b)
Trombone
c)
Trumpet
d)
French Horn
8.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Bells
b)
Percussion
c)
Triangle
d)
Xylophone
9.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Harpsichord
b)
The Soft Loud
Guitar
Guitar
c)
Piano
Piano
Piano
d)
Xylophone
10.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Trumpet
b)
Tuba
c)
Trombone
d)
French Horn
11.
What family of instruments does this belong to?
a)
percussion
b)
woodwinds
c)
strings
d)
brass
12.
What instrument family does the guitar belong to?
a)
String
b)
Woodwind
c)
Brass
d)
Vocal
13.
What instrument is this?
a)
clarinet
b)
oboe
c)
bassoon
d)
alto saxophone
14.
The order of String instruments from highest to lowest is...
a)
Violia
Cello
Double Bass
Violin
Cello
Double Bass
Violin
b)
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
c)
Double Bass
Cello
Violin
Viola
Cello
Violin
Viola
d)
Cello
Violin
Viola
Double Bass
Violin
Viola
Double Bass
15.
A lively tempo.
a)
Andante
b)
Allegro
c)
Moderato
d)
Tempo
16.
To gradually get louder is to...
a)
Descrescendo
b)
Diminuendo
c)
Crescendo
d)
Forte Piano
17.
To play loud.
a)
Piano
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Mezza Forte
d)
Forte
18.
To play soft.
a)
Piano
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Mezza Forte
d)
Forte
19.
This composer was deaf and composed "Ode to Joy."
a)
Mozart
b)
Bach
c)
Beethoven
d)
Debussy
20.
Which one of the following IS NOT a music time period?
a)
Baroque
b)
Classical
c)
Rennaissance
d)
Pre-Medieval
21.
lowest male voice
a)
tenor
b)
counter tenor
c)
baritone
d)
bass
22.
What does LARGO mean?
a)
Short and detached
b)
Long
c)
Very Slow
d)
Loud
23.
What instruments play a symphony?
a)
An orchestra
b)
A piano and soloist
c)
An orchestra and soloist
d)
A choir
24.
what is the highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency of vibration
a)
Scream
b)
Pitch
c)
Throw
d)
Melody
25.
what is an intentionally organized succession of musical tones called?
a)
melody
b)
Song
c)
Beat
d)
Lyric
26.
what is a "question and answer" pattern in which a group responds to a leader?
a)
Call and Call
b)
Response
c)
Leave a message
d)
Call and response
27.
What is a steady recurring pulse called
a)
Slap
b)
Beat
c)
Clap
d)
Stomp
28.
What is timbre?
a)
speed at which a passage of music
b)
characterized by constant
c)
the time during which something continues
d)
character or quality of a musical sound or voice
29.
Which of the following is the best example of a change in "timbre?"
a)
A drummer repeats a rhythm while gradually getting louder.
b)
A clarinet plays a brief melody, then a trumpet repeats it.
c)
Five violin players remain silent during a flute solo.
30.
What inspired Gershwin to write this composition?
a)
His train ride & time running out
b)
Love
c)
Sadness
d)
His city
31.
One of Mozart's famous operas was called: The _______ Flute
a)
Magic
b)
Broken
c)
Married
d)
Lost
32.
Which of the following is an opera written by Mozart?
a)
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)
b)
Carmen
c)
Mamma Mia!
d)
The Barber of Seville
33.
----------- was the "Renaissance Man" ? He was a painter architect,engineer, naturalist and he painted the "Mona Lisa".
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Rodin
c)
DaVinci
d)
Goya
34.
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Wagner, Schubert and Liszt were all composers during this time period.
a)
Baroque
b)
Classical
c)
Renaissance
d)
Romantic
35.
Which two people were composers of American music during the 1920s and 1930s?
a)
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin
b)
Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie
c)
Bonnie and Clyde
d)
Woody Guthrie and Georgia O’Keeffe
36.
Which artist of the 1920s painted bright urban scenes and then changed to desert scenes of the Southwest?
a)
Georgia O’Keeffe
b)
Edward Hopper
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Winslow Homer
37.
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Arron Copland
George Gershwin
The people listed above were:
Bessie Smith
Arron Copland
George Gershwin
The people listed above were:
a)
poets
b)
painters
c)
musicians
d)
writers
38.
Which artist’s work represents the historical movement of African Americans to the North at the end of World War I?
a)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
Jacob Riis
39.
The Erlkonig poem was written by which German poet?
a)
Schiller
b)
Franklin
c)
Goethe
d)
Gomez
40.
The art song " Der Erlkonig" was written by what composer?
a)
Bach
b)
Estefan
c)
Schubert
d)
Copland
41.
When did Disco music become popular?
a)
1950s
b)
1960s
c)
1970s
d)
1980s
42.
Where is the Waltz from?
a)
VIenna
b)
Paris
c)
Hamburg
d)
London
43.
How do dancer's stand when they are performing a Waltz?
a)
Close and facing away from each other
b)
In a ballroom hold facing each other
c)
In a line
d)
On stilts
44.
Dynamics refer to...
a)
If the notes are low or high
b)
The instruments being used
c)
The texture of the piece
d)
If the notes are loud or soft
45.
Music created for weddings, religious services fulfill a ________________ purpose
a)
recreational
b)
ceremonial
c)
artistic expression
46.
Music created for weddings, religious services fulfill a ________________ purpose
a)
recreational
b)
ceremonial
c)
artistic expression
47.
Match the tempo with its appropriate definition
x. andante 1. slow and steady
y. allegretto 2. moderately fast
z. adagio 3. at a walking pace
x. andante 1. slow and steady
y. allegretto 2. moderately fast
z. adagio 3. at a walking pace
a)
x-2,y-3, z-1
b)
x-3,y-2, z-1
c)
x-3, y-1, z-2
d)
x-1,y-3,z-2
48.
This musical ornament indicates that a player is to glide, bend, or "smear" from one pitch to another. What is the term for this ornament, heard in the opening notes of the clarinet solo in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue?
a)
appoggiatura
b)
turn
c)
mordent
d)
glissando
49.
He wrote "White Christmas" and "God Bless America". Who is this American composer of Jewish heritage who wrote simple, uncomplicated music and lyrics in the vernacular?
a)
Cole Porter
b)
Stephen Foster
c)
Bing Crosby
d)
Irving Berlin
50.
Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical titled Into the Woods, the characters of which are taken from well-known fairy tales?
a)
Stephen Sondheim
b)
Cole Porter
c)
George Gershwin
d)
Richard Rodgers
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