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WorksheetsMusic Terms
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Staccato mean?
a)
Hold the note full value
b)
Connect the notes/play smoothly
c)
Detach and lightly separate the notes
d)
Emphasize the note
2.
Define "allegro"
a)
Play light and lively at a quick tempo
b)
Tempo marking indicating slow
c)
Harsh articulation
d)
Play every note slurred.
3.
What is an octave
a)
The second note up or down from another note.
b)
The fifth note up or down from another note
c)
The eighth note up or down from any note.
d)
The tenth note up or down from any note.
4.
What do we call rhythms that places emphasis on the weak beats?
a)
Tessitura
b)
Syncopation
c)
Articulation
d)
Hemiola
5.
What is the correct order of dynamics from softest to loudest?
a)
ff, f,mf,mp,p,pp
b)
f,ff,mf,mp,pp,p
c)
f,p,ff,pp,mf,mp
d)
pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff
6.
Tempo is the.....
a)
The speed at which the beat moves
b)
The rhythm of the music
c)
how to play the music
d)
I have no idea
7.
The measurement of tempo is
a)
RIT- rhythm in time
b)
MPB- minutes per beat
c)
BPM- beats per minutes
8.
When is it called when music gradually speeds up?
a)
Increase BPM
b)
Accelerando
c)
Crescendo
d)
Ritardando
9.
What is it called when the music gradually slows down
a)
deacceleration
b)
acceleration
c)
crescendo
d)
ritardando
10.
What does the term "A Tempo" mean?
a)
Pick a tempo, any tempo.
b)
Play at the original tempo.
c)
Play as fast as you can.
d)
Play as slow as you can.
11.
What does a dot do to a note?
a)
Make it pretty.
b)
Adds a beat to any note.
c)
adds half the notes value into the note.
d)
Absolutely nothing.
12.
What is an example of enharmonic spelling?
a)
E-n-h-a-r-m-o-n-i-c
b)
F# and Gb
c)
Bb and F#
d)
your and you're
13.
What is a chord?
a)
rope
b)
two or more notes played at the same time
c)
basketball
d)
music
14.
In cut time, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
15.
In common time or 4/4, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
16.
In 6/8 time, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
17.
How many notes are in a major scale?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
3
d)
8
18.
What is the formula for a major scale?
a)
W-W-H-W-W-W-H
b)
H-W-W-H-W-W-H
c)
W-H-W-H-W-H-W
d)
H-W-H-W-H-W-H
19.
A musical statement or sentence is known as?
a)
Measure
b)
Articulation
c)
Legato
d)
Phrase
20.
Equal distribution of sound is called?
a)
Balance
b)
Blend
c)
Intonation
d)
Dynamics
21.
1. Forte means:
a)
soft
b)
loud
c)
slow
d)
fast6
22.
What is Intonation?
a)
Dynamics
b)
Playing in tune with the band
c)
Articulation
d)
Technique
23.
Softness and loudness in music is called:
a)
dynamics
b)
tempo
c)
rhythm
d)
beat
24.
Piano means:
a)
loud
b)
fast
c)
soft
d)
slow
25.
The speed of the beat is called:
a)
rhythm
b)
dynamics
c)
tempo
d)
forte
26.
Ritardando means:
a)
speed up the beat
b)
play or sing softly
c)
get gradually softer
d)
get gradually slower
27.
D.S.
a)
return to the sign
b)
return to the stage
c)
return to the beginning
d)
return of the chili pepper
28.
D.C
a)
Return to the beginning
b)
return to the sign
c)
return to Washington
d)
return to the dark side
29.
andante
a)
walking tempo
b)
fast
c)
slow
d)
gradually get slower
30.
adagio
a)
fast
b)
slow
31.
fortissimo
a)
very loud
b)
very soft
c)
very fast
d)
very slow
32.
pianissimo
a)
very loud
b)
very soft
c)
very fast
d)
very slow
33.
maestoso
a)
majestically
b)
forcefully
c)
loudly
d)
softly
34.
What is this an image of?
a)
Note
b)
Staff
c)
Measure
d)
Barline
35.
How long does a quarter rest last?
a)
4 beats
b)
2 beats
c)
1 beat
d)
3 beats
36.
What are these notes called?
a)
Sixteenth
b)
Eighth
c)
Quarter
d)
Whole
37.
What type of rest is this?
a)
Quarter
b)
Half
c)
Eighth
d)
Whole
38.
What is the vertical line that divides the staff into measures called?
a)
Staff
b)
Note
c)
Barline
d)
Rest
39.
The top number of the time signature tells us...
a)
how many dots there are
b)
what gets the beat
c)
how many beats per measure
d)
nothing
40.
The bottom number in a time signature tells us...
a)
How many beats are in the measure.
b)
What note receives the beat.
c)
When lunch is.
d)
What year I was born.
41.
The difference in pitch between two notes is
a)
Measure
b)
Dynamics
c)
Interval
d)
Note to note
42.
chromatic
a)
shiny
b)
moving in half steps
c)
a jazz idiom
d)
pretty
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