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Music Symbols and Note Value Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Eighth Rest
b)
Quarter Rest
c)
Sixteenth Rest
d)
Whole Rest
2.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Dotted Quarter Note
b)
Dotted Half Note
c)
Dotted Whole Note
d)
Half Note
3.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Eighth Rest
c)
Sixteenth Note
d)
Eighth Note
4.
How many beats is a whole note worth?
a)
4 beats
b)
2 beats
c)
1 beat
d)
1/2 of a beat
5.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Quarter Rest
c)
Half Rest
d)
Sixteenth Rest
6.
How many beats is a quarter note worth?
a)
2 beats
b)
1 beat
c)
1/4 of a beat
d)
3 beats
7.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Dotted Half Note
8.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Eighth Rest
b)
Sixteenth Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Half Rest
9.
How many beats is an Eighth note worth?
a)
1/4 of a beat
b)
1/2 of a beat
c)
1 beat
d)
2 beats
10.
How many beats is a dotted quarter note worth?
a)
1 beat
b)
3 beats
c)
1 and 1/2 beats
d)
2 beats
11.
How many beats is a half note worth?
a)
4 beats
b)
2 beats
c)
1 beat
d)
1/2 of a beat
12.
What is this called?
a)
Pair of Quarter Notes
b)
Pair of Sixteenth Notes
c)
Pair of Eighth Notes
d)
Pair of Half Notes
13.
How many beats is a quarter rest worth?
a)
1 beat
b)
2 beats
c)
4 beats
d)
3 beats
14.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Dotted Quarter Note
b)
Dotted Half Note
c)
Dotted Sixteenth Note
d)
Dotted Eighth Note
15.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Quarter Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Whole Rest
16.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Half Note
b)
Whole Note
c)
Dotted Half Note
d)
Whole Note
17.
How many beats is a whole rest worth?
a)
1 beat
b)
2 beats
c)
3 beats
d)
4 beats
18.
How many beats is a dotted half note worth?
a)
1 beat
b)
3 beats
c)
2 and 1/2 beats
d)
4 beats
19.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Half Note
d)
Eighth Note
20.
How many beats is a half note worth?
a)
4 beats
b)
1 beat
c)
3 beats
d)
2 beats
21.
Whenever you see a decrescendo it means...
a)
slow down.
b)
speed up
c)
gradually get softer
d)
gradually get louder
22.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Forte
b)
Forte Piano
c)
Mezzo Piano
Medium Soft
d)
Piano
23.
What does this symbol mean to do?
a)
Gradually get softer
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Be silent
d)
Be super loud
24.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Piano
25.
What Italian word is this symbol?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
26.
What volume is this marking?
a)
Louder
b)
Power Pressure
c)
Pianissimo
d)
Player
27.
What volume does this symbol mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Very Loud
d)
Slow
28.
What does "p" mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Get softer
d)
Get louder
29.
What does "mf" mean?
a)
Medium soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Soft
d)
Loud
30.
What does 'ff" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Very loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
31.
What does "f" mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Get louder
d)
Get softer
32.
What does "mp" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
33.
What does "pp" mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Soft
c)
Medium soft
d)
Diminuendo
34.
What does the term "Crescendo" mean?
a)
Get softer
b)
Get louder
c)
Suddenly
d)
With force
35.
What does the term forte mean?
a)
Soft
b)
Loud
c)
Medium
d)
Very
36.
What does the term fortissimo mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Very loud
c)
Medium soft
d)
Medium loud
37.
What does the term mezzo forte mean?
a)
Medium soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Soft
d)
Loud
38.
What does the word mezzo piano mean?
a)
Medium soft
b)
Medium loud
c)
Soft
d)
Loud
39.
What does the term piano mean?
a)
Soft 
b)
Loud
c)
Medium
d)
Medium soft
40.
What does pianissimo mean?
a)
Very soft
b)
Very loud
c)
Soft
d)
Loud
41.
What is the name of this musical symbol?
a)
treble clef
b)
G clef
c)
bass clef
d)
alto clef
42.
This symbol divides music into measures.  What is it?
a)
staff
b)
double bar line
c)
bar line
d)
treble clef
43.
What does this symbol mean?
a)
The end
b)
repeat
c)
keep going
d)
sing this section again
44.
How many measures are in this image?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
100
45.
What do you do when you see this symbol?
a)
Repeat the previous section of music
b)
stop the song
c)
sing louder
d)
do a dance
46.
How many lines and spaces does the staff have?
a)
3 lines and 2 spaces
b)
5 lines and seven spaces
c)
100
d)
5 lines and 4 spaces
47.
How many beats are in a measure with this time signature?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
48.
How many beats are in a measure with this time signature?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
1
d)
4
49.

What do you do if there is only one set of dots like this?

a)

End the song

b)

Stop singing loudly

c)

Skip the next 2 measures

d)

Go all the way back to the beginning and repeat

50.

What is a bar line (the line in the center of this image)?

a)

A line that separates groups of beats called measures

b)

A line between alto and soprano parts

c)

A line between tenor and bass parts

d)

Like a repeat sign, but you only repeat 1 measure

51.

What does a double bar line mean (the two lines on the right in the picture)?

a)

Slow down

b)

D.S. al Coda

c)

A repeat of 5 measures

d)

The end of the song

52.

What is the symbol to the left of the note and what does it mean in music?

a)

Sharp - 1/2 step higher than the original one

b)

Flat - 1/2 step lower than the original note

c)

Hashtag - Sing with friends

d)

Tic tac toe - Play musical games

53.

What is this symbol to the left of the note and what does it mean?

a)

Sharp - 1/2 step higher than the original note

b)

Flat - 1/2 step lower than the original note

c)

G - the letter of the note

d)

Heart - Sing this lovingly

54.

What is this symbol to the left of the note?

a)

Sharp - 1/2 step higher than the original note

b)

Flat - 1/2 step lower than the original note

c)

Divider - Sing the note half as long as written

d)

Natural - Go back to the original note

55.

What do these numbers represent?

a)

Time signature - Top number tells how many beats per measure; bottom number tells which note gets one beat

b)

Key signature - Tells which notes are sharp or flat

c)

Measure numbers - Tells how many measures are in the song

d)

Personal signature - Top number tells how many people wrote the lyrics; bottom number tells how many people wrote the music