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Music Theory Exam Review

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this clef?
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor clef
d)
Bass Clef
2.
What is the name of this clef?
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor Clef
d)
Bass Clef
3.
This symbol tells us to gradually get softer.  What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Decrescendo
b)
Ritardando
c)
Crescendo
4.
What is the name of the vertical line?
a)
Staff Line
b)
Barline
c)
Measure
d)
Dividing Line
5.
These are _______________notes.
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Quarter
d)
Eighth
6.
This symbol tells us to gradually get louder.  What is the name of the symbol?
a)
Decrescendo
b)
Ritardando
c)
Crescendo
d)
Diminduendo
7.
What is the name of the lines that appear at the end of the staff?
a)
Barline
b)
Repeat
c)
Double Barline
d)
Measure
8.
What type of note is pictured?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
9.
This symbol tells us to lower the pitch of a note one half step.  What is the name of the symbol?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
10.
What is the name of this symbol
a)
Piano
b)
Forte
c)
Flat
d)
Fermata
11.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Forte
b)
Fermata
c)
Fortissimo
d)
Flat
12.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
13.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
14.
What is pictured right next to the clef?
a)
Time Signature
b)
Hashtags
c)
Key Signature
15.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Hashtag
b)
Sharp
c)
Flat
d)
Natural
16.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Piano
b)
Pianissimo
c)
Premissimo
17.
What type of note is this?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
18.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
19.
What is pictured?
a)
A fraction
b)
Time Signature
c)
Key Signature
20.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
21.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
22.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
23.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
24.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
25.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
26.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
27.
This symbol tells us to raise the pitch of a note by one half step.  What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Flat
b)
Sharp
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
28.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Sharp 
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
29.
What is this called?
a)
Stave/Staff
b)
Some lines
c)
Stavual
d)
Staffit
30.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
31.
What is the musical term that deals with volume in music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Melody
c)
Harmony
d)
Dynamics
32.
What is the musical term that deals with the main musical theme of a song?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Tempo
d)
Dynamics
33.
What is the musical term that deals with the part of music that supports the main musical theme in a song?
a)
Melody
b)
Dynamics
c)
Tempo
d)
Harmony
34.
What are the names of the lines above and below the staff?
a)
Note Lines
b)
Skip Lines
c)
Ledger Lines
d)
I don't know
35.
A whole note gets _____ beat(s) of music. 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
36.
A time signature tells you how many _______________ per measure. 
a)
beats
b)
notes
c)
letters
d)
rests
37.
A half rest gets _________ beats(s) of silence. 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
38.
A flat sign ___________ the note. 
a)
raises
b)
lowers
c)
cancels
d)
doubles
39.
A quarter note gets ____________ beat(s) of music. 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
40.
A repeat sign tells you to _____________. 
a)
do it again
b)
stop playing
c)
sing
d)
dance
41.
A natural sign _____________. 
a)
raises
b)
lowers
c)
cancels
d)
doubles
42.
A half note gets ________ beats of music. 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
43.
A sharp sign _______ the note. 
a)
raises
b)
lowers
c)
cancels
d)
doubles
44.
A double bar line tells you to ________. 
a)
do it again
b)
stop
c)
sing
d)
dance
45.
A quarter rest gets ____ beat(s) of silence. 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
46.
What saying is used for TREBLE clef LINES?
a)
Every Good Boy Does Fine
b)
FACE
c)
Good Boys Do Fine Always
d)
All Cows Eat Grass
47.
What saying is used for TREBLE clef SPACES?
a)
Every Good Boy Does Fine
b)
FACE
c)
Good Boys Do Fine Always
d)
All Cows Eat Grass
48.
What saying is used for BASS clef LINES?
a)
Every Good Boy Does Fine
b)
FACE
c)
Good Boys Do Fine Always
d)
All Cows Eat Grass
49.
What saying is used for BASS clef SPACES?
a)
Every Good Boy Does Fine
b)
FACE
c)
Good Boys Do Fine Always
d)
All Cows Eat Grass
50.
What is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
51.
what is the name of this note?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
52.
what is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
G
d)
F
53.
What is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
54.
what is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
g
55.
How many lines are on the staff?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
56.
What does a tie do in music?
a)
A tie combines notes of the same pitch
b)
A tie combines notes of different pitches
c)
A tie raised a pitch 
d)
A tie lowers a pitch
57.
What music symbol looks just like a hashtag?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
58.
The word forte means...
a)
Soft
b)
Fast
c)
Loud
d)
Slow
59.
The word piano means...
a)
Loud
b)
Fast
c)
Slow
d)
Soft
60.
What note in Treble Clef is this?
a)
F
b)
A
c)
G
d)
B
61.
What note in Treble Clef is this?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
A
d)
D
62.
What note in Treble Clef is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
G
d)
F
63.
What is this note letter name?
a)
C
b)
G
c)
D
d)
E
64.
What is this note letter name?
a)
G
b)
A
c)
F
d)
E
65.
What is this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Two Eighth Notes
d)
Dotted Half Note
66.
What is this note?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
67.
What is this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Dotted Half Note
d)
Eighth Note
68.
What is the symbol above the note?
a)
Staccato
b)
Accent
c)
Dot
d)
Forte
69.
What are the singing syllables for a major scale?
a)
la-ti-do-re-mi-fa-so-la
b)
do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
c)
do-mi-so
d)
la-do-mi
70.
How many notes are in a major scale?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
3
d)
7
71.
How many notes are in a triad?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
8
72.
What is the Major key with 4 sharps?
a)
A major
b)
F major
c)
A flat major
d)
E major
73.
The staff is a group of how many lines and spaces?
a)
3 and 2
b)
4 and 3
c)
5 and 4
d)
I don't know
74.
What are the names of these symbols?
a)
Numbers
b)
Time Signatures
c)
Beat Values
d)
Time Numbers
75.
A ___________ has the longest note duration.
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Quarter
d)
Eighth
76.
The length of time that a note is played or sung is called its note _____________.
a)
Beat
b)
Letter
c)
Duration
d)
Size
77.
The duration of 1 eighth note is equal to the duration of  _____ sixteenth note(s)
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
78.
Identify the type of rest 
a)
whole 
b)
half
c)
eighth
d)
sixteenth
79.
Four sixteenth notes equal the same amount of time as one ________ note.
a)
half
b)
eighth
c)
quarter
d)
whole
80.
A ________ note has half the duration of a whole note
a)
eighth
b)
sixteeenth
c)
half
d)
quarter
81.
Identify the type of rest
a)
half
b)
whole
c)
quarter
d)
eighth
82.
Identify the type of rest 
a)
whole 
b)
sixteenth
c)
half
d)
quarter
83.
_____ quarter note(s) equals the same duration as 1 whole note.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
2000002348748
84.
2 Half Notes = ____ Whole Note(s)
a)
1
b)
1/4
c)
1/2
d)
4
85.
The quarter note is ___ of a whole note
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
1/3
d)
1/8
86.
A quarter note receives ____ beat(s) in music.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
1/4
87.
Two ______ notes equal the duration of a half note.
a)
eighth
b)
sixteenth
c)
whole
d)
quarter
88.
Notes smaller in duration than a quarter note have ______.
a)
cooties
b)
flags
c)
cookies 
d)
Beyonce
89.
This type of note has 1 flag:
a)
sixteenth
b)
quarter
c)
eighth
d)
half
90.
This type of note has 2 flags:
a)
eighth
b)
half
c)
sixteenth
d)
quarter
91.
Identify the type of rest 
a)
half 
b)
whole 
c)
eighth
d)
quarter 

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