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Music Essentials!

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does this symbol mean to do?
a)
Gradually get softer
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Be silent
d)
Be super loud
2.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Piano
3.
What Italian word is this symbol?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
4.
What does the word "dynamics" mean?
a)
Loudness
b)
Tempo
c)
Speed
d)
Volume
5.
What dynamic means medium loud?
a)
forte
b)
mezzo piano
c)
fortissimo
d)
mezzo forte
6.
What dynamic means medium soft?
a)
mezzo piano
b)
mezzo forte
c)
mezzo mezzo
d)
piano
7.
What dynamic means very loud?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
forte
d)
Fortissimo
8.
What dynamic means very soft?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
9.
What dynamic means loud?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
10.
What dynamic means soft?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
11.

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

12.

What is the correct formula for the major scale

a)

W W W H H W W

b)

W W H W W H H

c)

H W W W W W H

d)

W W H W W W H

13.

Accelerando means..

a)

that the music gets faster

b)

that the music is played slower

c)

that the music is played at a walking pace

d)

that the music is played super fast

14.
What word do the space notes on the treble clef spell out when put in order from bottom to top?
a)
FACE
b)
FADE
c)
FAKE
d)
SPACE
15.
What is the order of the line notes on the treble clef staff from bottom to top?
a)
EADGBe
b)
EGBDF
c)
GBDFA
d)
ACEG
16.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Bass Clef
c)
Alto Clef
d)
Tenor Clef
17.
what type of notes are these?
a)
sixteenth notes
b)
pair of eighth notes
c)
quarter notes
d)
whole notes
18.
What is this?
a)
half note
b)
half note rest
c)
quarter note rest
d)
quarter note
19.
what type of note is this?
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
rest
20.
What note is located one line below the treble clef
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
21.
What note is located above the top line?
a)
c
b)
b
c)
a
d)
g
22.
What note is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
Z
23.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
24.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
25.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
26.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
27.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
A
28.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
E
c)
G
d)
B
29.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
30.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
E
c)
G
d)
B
31.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
32.
The Bass Clef is used for notes in the ____________ pitch ranges.
a)
Higher
b)
Lower
33.
In the Bass Clef staff, the names of the notes on the lines from bottom to top are...
a)
FACE
b)
EGBDF
c)
GBDFA
d)
ACEG
34.
The other name of the Bass Clef is the...
a)
G Clef
b)
Treble Clef
c)
F Clef
d)
Alto Clef
35.
The 2 dots of the Bass Clef surround the _______ line on which the note F is placed.
a)
1st
b)
3rd
c)
5th
d)
4th
36.
A symbol at the beginning of the staff that assigns letter names to the individual lines and spaces of the staff.
a)
Clef
b)
Barline
c)
Measure
d)
Double Barline
37.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
A
b)
G
c)
E
d)
F
38.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
A
d)
F
39.
What is the name of this pitch
a)
D
b)
F
c)
B
d)
E
40.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
E
c)
A
d)
G
41.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
G
b)
B
c)
A
d)
D
42.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
F
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
43.

This woodwind instrument uses a single reed to make its sound.

a)

flute

b)

oboe

c)

clarinet

d)

saxophone

44.

This instrument is the lowest sounding instrument in the brass family.

a)

trumpet

b)

tuba

c)

trombone

d)

bassoon

45.

This instrument is the highest sounding instrument in the string family.

a)

guitar

b)

violin

c)

cello

d)

harp

46.

This instrument is the lowest sounding instrument in the woodwind family.

a)

oboe

b)

bassoon

c)

clarinet

d)

saxophone

47.

This instrument is the highest sounding instrument in the brass family.

a)

trumpet

b)

tuba

c)

trombone

d)

snare drum

48.
What instrument family does this instrument belong to?
a)
woodwind
b)
brass
c)
string
d)
percussion
49.

This brass instrument is the only instrument to use a slide.

a)

trombone

b)

clarinet

c)

trumpet

d)

tuba

50.
What instrument family does this instrument belong to?
a)
brass
b)
string
c)
woodwind
d)
percussion
51.

This woodwind instrument has a double reed.

a)

bassoon

b)

oboe

c)

clarinet

d)

flute

52.

What instrument family does the saxophone belong to?

a)

woodwind

b)

percussion

c)

string

d)

brass

53.
There are 4 families of the orchestra. They are ________, ________, ________, and ________.
a)
Percussion, String, Woodwind, Brass
b)
Metal, Wood, String, Piano
c)
Piano, Keyboard, Metal, Wood
d)
Percussion, Drum, Cymbal, Sticks
54.

The bow of a string instrument is made of ___________.

a)

Mrs. Wisz' hair

b)

horse hair

c)

grass

d)

Hulk's hair

55.

This percussion instrument has jingles on its sides.

a)

tambourine

b)

trumpet

c)

xylophone

d)

drums

56.

This percussion instrument is made with wooden bars and played with mallets.

a)

Vibraphone

b)

Xylophone

c)

Timpani

d)

Saxophone

57.

What percussion instrument is this?

a)

Bass drum

b)

Snare drum

c)

Timpani

d)

Xylophones.

58.

What percussion instrument is this?

a)

Bass Drum

b)

Cymbals

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Tambourine

59.
What instrument family is this?
a)
Woodwind 
b)
Brass
c)
Percussion
d)
String
60.
What instrument family is this?
a)
Woodwind
b)
Brass
c)
Percussion
d)
String
61.
What instrument family is this?
a)
Woodwind
b)
Brass
c)
Percussion
d)
String
62.
What instrument family is this?
a)
Woodwind
b)
Brass
c)
Percussion
d)
String
63.
>
a)
Accented
b)
Staccato
c)
Marcato
d)
Tenuto
64.
Marcato
a)
Accented and Seperated
b)
Smooth and Connected
c)
Emphasized
d)
Light and Seperated
65.
Tenuto
a)
Accented and Seperated
b)
Long and Connected
c)
Light and Seperated
d)
Emphasized
66.
Accented
a)
Smooth and Connected
b)
Accented and Seperated
c)
Emphasized
d)
Light and Seperated
67.
Staccato
a)
Accented and Seperated
b)
Light and Seperate
c)
Emphsized
d)
Long and Connected
68.
.
a)
Marcato
b)
Tenuto
c)
Accented
d)
Staccato
69.
-
a)
Staccato
b)
MArcato
c)
Accented
d)
Tenuto
70.
^
a)
Accented
b)
Maracato
c)
Staccato
d)
Tenuto