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Music - Notes and Symbols

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this symbol called?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Staff
c)
Treble Clef
d)
F Clef
2.
What is this symbol called?
a)
Slur
b)
Tie
c)
Smiley
d)
Half Note
3.
What is this note?
a)
G
b)
F
c)
B
d)
E
4.
What are these called?
a)
Beat
b)
Macrobeat
c)
Time Signatures
d)
Fractions
5.
What is this note?
a)
A
b)
F
c)
E
d)
G
6.
What type of notes are these?
a)
Eighth Notes
b)
Quarter Notes
c)
Half Notes
d)
Sixteenth Notes
7.
What type of notes are these?
a)
Sixteenth Notes
b)
Quarter Notes
c)
Eighth Notes
d)
Whole Notes
8.
What is this note?
a)
E
b)
A
c)
G
d)
B
9.
What note is this?
a)
D
b)
F
c)
B
d)
A
10.
What is this note?
a)
F
b)
C
c)
E
d)
A
11.
What does this symbol mean?
a)
loud
b)
soft
c)
really loud
d)
medium
12.
What is this symbol called?
a)
play
b)
presto
c)
pizza
d)
piano
13.
What does "D.C. al Fine" mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning of the song
b)
Go back to the sign
c)
Go to the next song
d)
Dance country all night
14.
What does this symbol (called a fermata) tell us to do?
a)
Play short, separated notes
b)
Play smoothly
c)
Hold the note
d)
Take a break
15.
This symbol is called ________. It cancels out any other accidentals that occur before it. 
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Forte
d)
Natural
16.
What does the tempo word "Ritardando" tell us to do?
a)
Slow down gradually
b)
Slow down immediately
c)
Speed up 
d)
Take a nap
17.
What note is this?
a)
G
b)
Q
c)
B
d)
E
18.
What type of note is this?
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Whole Note
c)
Half Note
d)
Dotted Half Note
19.
What type of note is this?
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Donut
20.
How many beats of silence does this rest get?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
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21.
What type of rest is this?
a)
Half
b)
Whole
c)
Eighth
d)
Quarter
22.
How many beats does this quarter note receive?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
567
d)
4
23.
What note is this?
a)
C
b)
F
c)
E
d)
D
24.
What kind of rest is this?
a)
Whole
b)
Eighth
c)
Quarter
d)
Half
25.
What do we call this type of note, which receives 3 beats?
a)
Dotted Quarter note
b)
Whole note
c)
Eighth note
d)
Dotted half note
26.
What note is this?
a)
G
b)
E
c)
D
d)
A
27.
What is this symbol, which means to play/sing medium soft, called?
a)
mezzo forte
b)
piano
c)
moderate piano
d)
mezzo piano
28.
What does an accent symbol tell us to do?
a)
Play smoothly
b)
Play quietly
c)
Play loudly
d)
Buy a pet rabbit
29.
What volume does this fortissimo symbol mean to play?
a)
Loud
b)
Medium loud
c)
Soft
d)
Like, really loud
30.
What note is this?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
C
31.
This music symbol, which causes the note to be played a half step lower, is called a what?
a)
Natural
b)
Sharp
c)
Flat
d)
A weird looking b
32.
What note is this?
a)
G
b)
B
c)
E
d)
Z
33.
This symbol, which causes a note to be played/sung a half step higher, is called a what?
a)
Sharp
b)
Natural
c)
Flat
d)
Hashtag (guys don't pick this one, it's the WRONG ANSWER)
34.
A staccato dot placed above or below the notehead causes the note to be played
a)
longer
b)
shorter
c)
faster
d)
in Texas
35.
A decrescendo (or diminuendo) causes the music to get
a)
graudually softer
b)
immediately softer
c)
graudally louder
d)
salty
36.
The music symbol crescendo causes the music to 
a)
get gradually softer
b)
get immediately louder
c)
get gradually louder
d)
speed up
37.
This curvy line, which causes the music to be played smoothly and connected, is called a 
a)
fermata
b)
tie
c)
accent
d)
slur
38.
This symbol means to play very softly and is called a
a)
pianissimo
b)
mezzo piano
c)
piano
d)
pernano
39.
Mezzo forte means to play/sing
a)
loud
b)
soft
c)
medium loud
d)
in France
40.
Where would you find this symbol (a double bar line) in a song?
a)
The beginning
b)
The end
c)
The middle
d)
Gorilla
41.
Low notes are played on a staff marked with this symbol
a)
treble clef
b)
alto clef
c)
tenor clef
d)
bass clef
42.
What is this symbol called?
a)
Repeat sign
b)
Double bar line
c)
Earl
d)
Repeat barline 
43.
There are 5 lines and 4 spaces in the 
a)
world
b)
universe
c)
school
d)
music staff