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Gr. 2Music Vocabulary Terms

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Pianissimo
a)
Very Soft
b)
Soft
c)
Medium Soft
d)
Suddenly; at once; immediately.
2.
Piano
a)
Very Soft
b)
Soft
c)
Medium Soft
d)
Medium Loud
3.
Forte
a)
Loud
b)
Medium Loud
c)
Very Loud
d)
Soft
4.
Fortissimo
a)
Loud
b)
Medium Loud
c)
Very Loud
d)
Soft
5.
What is this an image of?
a)
Note
b)
Staff
c)
Measure
d)
Barline
6.
What is the vertical line that divides the staff into measures called?
a)
Staff
b)
Note
c)
Barline
d)
Rest
7.
What does fortissimo mean?
a)
Loud
b)
Very Soft
c)
Very Loud
d)
Soft
8.
Time signature has three numbers in it.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
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
10.
What clef is this?
a)
Bass clef
b)
Treble clef
c)
Whole note
d)
Not a clef
11.
What clef is this?
a)
Bass clef
b)
Treble clef
c)
Whole note
d)
Not a clef
12.
How many beats are in each measure when the time signature is 3/4?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
6
d)
42
13.
How man beats are there in a measure with a 4/4 time signature?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
900
14.
What instrument family does this instrument belong to?
a)
Percussion
b)
Strings
c)
Brass
d)
Woodwind
15.
What is not true about this instrument?
a)
Woodwind Family
b)
Uses air
c)
Uses keys
d)
Brass Family
16.
What is this instrument called?
a)
Trumpet
b)
Trombone
c)
French Horn
d)
Tuba
17.
What is used to play this instrument?
a)
Bow
b)
Reed
c)
Keys
d)
Hammer
18.
What instrument family does this belong to?
a)
String
b)
Brass
c)
Woodwind
d)
Percussion
19.
How is this instrument played?
a)
Mallet
b)
Hammer
c)
Reed
d)
Keys
20.
How is this instrument played?
a)
Reed
b)
Mallet
c)
Buzzing lips
d)
Bow
21.
What instrument family does this belong to?
a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Strings
d)
Percussion
22.
What instrument family does this belong to?
a)
Percussion
b)
Brass
c)
Woodwind
d)
Strings
23.
What does fine mean?
a)
The beginning
b)
The sign
c)
The end
d)
The middle
24.
What is singing without any instrumental accompaniment?
a)
Octavo
b)
Falsetto
c)
Subito
d)
A cappella
25.
What are 2 or more tones sounded together at the same time to create texture?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Subito 
d)
Tutti
26.
What is the rate of speed of a song?
a)
Tutti
b)
Ritardando
c)
Tempo
d)
Accelerando
27.
What is everyone singing at the same time on the same pitch?
a)
Unison
b)
Octavo
c)
Together
d)
Falsetto
28.
What is pianissimo?
a)
Very Loud
b)
Soft
c)
Very Soft
d)
Moderately soft
29.
What is the symbol for forte?
a)
mf
b)
f
c)
ff
d)
fe
30.
The ______ of a note is how high or low it sounds.
a)
tempo
b)
pitch
c)
volume
d)
meter
31.
The ________ is the lines and spaces upon which music is written.  
a)
clef
b)
staff
c)
bass
d)
treble
32.
What is a bar or measure? 
a)
the space between a bar line
b)
the line that seperates the space
c)
the end
d)
how fast of slow music is sung
33.
What is this symbol?
a)
A fraction
b)
A time signature
c)
A key signature
d)
One
34.
Pitch
a)
speed of a song
b)
musical sound
c)
to sing without music
d)
to become louder
35.
Fine
a)
the end
b)
the beginning
36.
measure
a)
the space between a bar line
b)
the line that seperates the space
c)
the end
d)
how fast of slow music is sung
37.
Pianissimo
a)
Very Soft
b)
Soft
c)
Medium Soft
d)
Suddenly; at once; immediately.
38.
treble clef
a)
the clef in the higher pitch range
b)
The clef in the lower pitch range
39.
bass clef
a)
the clef in the higher pitch range
b)
The clef in the lower pitch range
40.
What clef is this?
a)
Treble clef
b)
Alto clef
c)
Bass note
d)
High clef
41.
How many beats are in each measure when the time signature is 3/4?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
42.
What note on the treble clef is this?
a)
G
b)
B
c)
Z
d)
A
43.
The ________ is the lines and spaces upon which music is written.  
a)
clef
b)
staff
c)
bass
d)
treble
44.
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
45.
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
46.
The measurement of tempo is 
a)
RIT- rhythm in time
b)
MPB- minutes per beat
c)
BPM- beats per minutes
47.
andante 
a)
walking tempo
b)
fast 
c)
slow 
d)
gradually get slower
48.
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.
49.
What note is this?
a)
Half Note
b)
Whole Note
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Note
50.
The space between one bar line and the next is called
a)
Pick me
b)
Interval
c)
Measure
d)
Dynamics
51.
Moderato means
a)
Very fast
b)
Medium Tempo
c)
Presto
d)
Extremely fast
52.
The underlying pulse of the music is...
a)
Steady Beat
b)
Rhythm
c)
Melody
d)
Texture
53.
Long and short sounds measured according to the beat is...
a)
Texture
b)
Steady Beat
c)
Rhythm
d)
Melody
54.
The main tune of the song that goes up down and stays the same in a single line is...
a)
Harmony
b)
Melody
c)
Rhythm
d)
Tone Color
55.
Putting beats into groups is...
a)
Texture
b)
Tone Color
c)
Rhythm
d)
Meter
56.
Two or more sounds played at the same time is ...
a)
Melody
b)
Rhythm
c)
Polyphonic
d)
Harmony
57.
How the music is organized into sections is called... 
a)
Fermata
b)
Melisma
c)
Form
d)
Harmony
58.
The melody is the _____ of a song.
a)
speed
b)
volume
c)
tune
59.
a musical sentence. it expresses a complete musical idea
a)
phrase
b)
musical
c)
ideas
d)
beat
60.
what does this mean?
a)
4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat
b)
4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat
c)
4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day
d)
4 measures equal 4 beats
61.
This is........
a)
called an eighth note
b)
called a whole note
c)
called a quarter note
d)
called a sixteenth note
62.
What is the musical alphabet?
a)
ABC
b)
ABCDE
c)
ABCDEFGA
d)
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
63.
What is this symbol?
a)
A fraction
b)
A time signature
c)
A key signature
d)
One
64.
What is rhythm?
a)
The sound a drummer makes.
b)
A band on a tropical island.
c)
How long a note is. Duration.
d)
The letter name of a note. How high or low it sounds.
65.
What is the musical term that deals with the main musical theme of a song?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Tempo
d)
Dynamics