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9/4/18 - 7th grade pre-test

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What major key signature is this?
a)
G Major
b)
E Major
c)
D Major
d)
A Major
2.
How many sharps are in the key of D Major?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
3
d)
0
3.
Name the key that has no flats or sharps.
a)
G Major
b)
Bb Major
c)
C Major
d)
A Major
4.
What does "p" mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Get softer
d)
Get louder
5.
What does "mf" mean?
a)
Medium soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Soft
d)
Loud
6.
What does 'ff" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Very loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
7.
What does "f" mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Get louder
d)
Get softer
8.
What does "mp" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
9.
What does "pp" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Soft
c)
Medium soft
d)
Diminuendo
10.
What does the term forte mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Medium
d)
Very
11.
What does the term "Crescendo" mean?
a)
Get softer
b)
Get louder
c)
Suddenly
d)
With force
12.
What does the term fortissimo mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Very loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
13.

What does tempo mean?

a)

How loud or soft you sing

b)

How long you hold a note

c)

To slow down

d)

The speed of the beat

14.

What instrument uses this clef?

a)

Bass

b)

Cello

c)

Viola

d)

Violin

15.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

G

c)

C

d)

D

16.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

G

c)

B

d)

C

17.

What note is this?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

G

d)

B

18.

What note is this?

a)

C

b)

A

c)

B

d)

D

19.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

B

d)

C

20.

What note is this?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

21.

What note is this?

a)

E

b)

D

c)

F

d)

G

22.

What note is this?

a)

E

b)

G

c)

F

d)

G

23.
What are these five musical lines called?
a)
the staff
b)
time signature
c)
key signature
d)
road tracks
24.
What does this symbol mean?
a)
Up bow
b)
Bow lift
c)
Down bow
d)
Play soft
25.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Time Signature
b)
Key Signature
c)
Double bar
d)
Clefs
26.
What is this called???
a)
Time signature
b)
Key signature
c)
Clef
d)
Double Bar
27.
What is this symbol called?
 
 
 
a)
Natural
b)
Sharp
c)
Hashtag
d)
Flat
28.
What are these called?
a)
Eighth notes
b)
Half note
c)
Quarter note
d)
Whole note
29.
What is this music symbol called?
 
 
 
 
a)
Flat
b)
Natural
c)
Sharp
d)
Hashtag
30.
What does a fermata mean?
a)
stop
b)
hold the note for twice its value
c)
accent the note
31.
What symbol does the dot above the note signify?
a)
repeat
b)
staccato
c)
andante
32.
Moderato means to play the music at a 
a)
slow tempo
b)
medium tempo
c)
fast tempo
33.
The key signature is where the _____________ are located.
a)
notes and rests
b)
beats
c)
sharps and flats
34.
Legato means to play
a)
detached 
b)
smooth and connected
c)
short and accented
35.
Define this symbol
a)
tie
b)
hooked bow
c)
slur
36.
Define this symbol
a)
tie
b)
slur
c)
hooked bow
37.
A dotted quarter note gets _____ beat(s).
a)
half of one 
b)
one
c)
one and a half
d)
two
38.
An eighth note gets _____ beat(s).
a)
half
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
39.
This rest sign gets how many beats of silence?
a)
half
b)
one
c)
two
d)
four
40.
This rest sign gets how many beats of silence?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
41.
This rest sign gets how many beats of silence?
a)
half
b)
one
c)
two
d)
four
42.
This rest sign gets how many beats of silence?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
43.
How many 16th notes does it take to equal 1 beat?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
44.
How many beats are in a 4/4 measure?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
45.
What is a musical interval?
a)
the distance between two instruments.
b)
the distance between the beginning & end of a song.
c)
the distance between the keyboards.
d)
the distance bwetween two pitches.
46.
What does the caesura tell us to do?
a)
break/ pause between phrases
b)
hold the note out
c)
slow down
d)
lift the bow
47.
Which tempo means VERY SLOW
a)
Largo/Lento
b)
Adagio
c)
Presto
d)
Andante
48.
Accelerando
a)
To gradually get slower
b)
To gradually get faster
c)
Back to the original tempo
d)
A little more motion
49.
Ritardando
a)
To gradually get slower
b)
Slow with expression
c)
Very Slow
d)
A little more motion
50.
"A tempo"
a)
To gradually get slower
b)
To gradually get faster
c)
Back to the original tempo
d)
A little more motion
51.
Which tempo means FAST
a)
Largo/Lento
b)
Adagio
c)
Allegro
d)
Presto
52.
Which tempo means WALKING SPEED.
a)
Adagio
b)
Moderato
c)
Allegro
d)
Andante
53.
Tempo is known as the ________ of music.
a)
Flavor
b)
Time
c)
Beat
d)
Speed
54.
What do we call rhythms that places emphasis on the weak beats?
a)
Tessitura
b)
Syncopation
c)
Articulation
d)
Hemiola
55.
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
56.
In cut time, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
57.
In common time or 4/4, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note 
d)
eighth note
58.
In 6/8 time, what note receives the beat?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
59.
What is Intonation?
a)
Dynamics
b)
Playing in tune with the band
c)
Articulation
d)
Technique
60.
a)
C Major
b)
F Major
c)
A Major
d)
Bb Major
61.
a)
C Major
b)
F Major
c)
Bb Major
d)
Eb Major
62.
a)
Ab Major
b)
F Major
c)
Bb Major
d)
Eb Major
63.
a)
F# Major
b)
E Major
c)
D Major
d)
G Major
64.
a)
C# Major
b)
D Major
c)
A major
d)
E Major
65.
a)
G# Major
b)
D Major
c)
A# Major
d)
A Major