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Elements of Music HMS

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which element of music uses the terms loud and soft?

a)

Timbre

b)

Duration

c)

Pitch

d)

Dynamics

2.

Define piano.

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Gradually getting louder

d)

Gradually getting softer

3.

Define forte.

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Gradually getting louder

d)

Gradually getting softer

4.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

5.

Define Adagio.

a)

Slow

b)

Walking Pace

c)

Fast

d)

Very fast

6.

Define Andante.

a)

Slow

b)

Walking pace

c)

Walking past

d)

Fast

7.

Define Allegro.

a)

Slow

b)

Walking Pace

c)

Fast

d)

Very fast

8.

Which element of music refers to the sound quality of an instrument or voice?

a)

Texture

b)

Articulation

c)

Timbre

d)

Tempo

9.

Which element of music uses the term high and low?

a)

Pitch

b)

Texture

c)

Dynamics

d)

Duration

10.

Which element in music uses the terms thick and thin?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Texture

d)

Tonality

11.

Which element of music uses the terms smooth and detached?

a)

Articulation

b)

Duration

c)

Timbre

d)

Tonality

12.

Which element of music uses the terms happy and sad?

a)

Tonality

b)

Timbre

c)

Tempo

d)

Texture

13.

What two words can be used to describe dynamics?

a)

Loud or soft

b)

Fast or slow

c)

High or low

d)

Think or thin

14.

What two words can be used to describe tempo?

a)

Loud or soft

b)

Fast or slow

c)

Long or short

d)

Smooth or detached

15.

Define timbre.

a)

The volume of music

b)

The sound quality of a voice or instrument

c)

How many people are playing different parts

d)

Major or minor

16.

What two words can be used to describe pitch?

a)

Fast or slow

b)

High or low

c)

Thick or thin

d)

Long or short

17.

What two words can be used to describe texture?

a)

Loud or soft

b)

Fast or slow

c)

Happy or sad

d)

Think or thin

18.

what two words can be used to describe duration?

a)

Long or short

b)

Smooth or detached

c)

High or low

d)

Thick or thin

19.

What two words can be used to describe articulation?

a)

Long or short

b)

Smooth or detached

c)

Think or thin

d)

Fast or slow

20.

What two words can be used to describe tonality?

a)

Happy or sad

b)

Loud or soft

c)

High or low

d)

Long or short

21.

How music flows through time is the definition of...

a)

Rythm

b)

Rhythem

c)

Rhythym

d)

Rhythm

22.

Tempo is:

a)

How long a piece of music is.

b)

How loud a piece of music is.

c)

How fast a piece of music is.

d)

How low a piece of music is.

23.

Melody is...

a)

The tone of a song.

b)

The background part.

c)

The main tune of a song.

d)

Not the most important part.

24.

Very very loud

a)

ff

b)

fff

c)

f

d)

mf

25.

Fermata

a)

Play as long as you want

b)

play as long as conductor

c)

play as long as your friend wants

26.

Mf

a)

Medium soft

b)

Forte

c)

Medium loud

d)

quiet

27.
The distance between two notes
a)
Form
b)
Interval
c)
Timbre
d)
Time
28.
The distance of 8 between two notes, double or half the Frequency
a)
Texture
b)
Timbre
c)
Range
d)
Octave
29.
The highest to the lowest note a person can sing or an instrument can play.
a)
Scale
b)
Octave
c)
Pitch
d)
Range
30.
Pitch + Rhythm, this is the music that is the tune.
a)
Phrase
b)
Articculation
c)
Harmony
d)
Melody
31.
The tone color or individual distinct sound
a)
Pitch
b)
Phrase
c)
Interval
d)
Timbre
32.
The loudness and softness of music
a)
dynamics
b)
Ostinato
c)
Pitch
d)
Texture
33.
Seven different consecutive notes going up or down that end on the octave
a)
Scale
b)
Range
c)
Interval
d)
Form
34.
How notes are played (i.e. short & choppy...smooth etc.)
a)
Timbre
b)
Interval
c)
Phrase
d)
Articulation
35.
Timbre is the same thing as
a)
Sound
b)
Vibrations
c)
Dynamic Accent
d)
Tone Color
36.

Define fermata

a)

Gradually getting softer

b)

Gradually getting louder

c)

Holding the note less than full length

d)

Holding the note longer than full length

37.

Define fortissimo

a)

Moderately loud

b)

Loud

c)

Very loud

d)

Kind-of loud

38.

Define Forte

a)

Moderately Loud

b)

Loud

c)

Very Loud

d)

Kind-of loud

39.

Define Mezzo Forte

a)

Moderately loud

b)

Moderately soft

c)

Moderate (medium)

d)

A loud mezzo

40.

Define Mezzo Piano

a)

Moderately loud

b)

Moderately soft

c)

Moderate (medium)

d)

Soft

41.

Define Piano (hint: look at the picture)

a)

A thing you play

b)

Soft

c)

Very soft

d)

Loud

42.

Define Pianissimo

a)

Soft and then softer

b)

Soft

c)

Very Soft

d)

Gradually softer

43.

Define Crescendo

a)

Gradually louder

b)

Gradually softer

c)

Loud

d)

Moderate (medium)

44.

Define Decrescendo

a)

Gradually louder

b)

Gradually softer

c)

Loud

d)

Moderate (medium)

45.

Define sforzando

a)

Soft then loud

b)

Medium then soft

c)

Forceful sudden accent

d)

Suddenly getting soft

46.

Define Coda

a)

A passage that starts a piece

b)

A passage that brings a piece to the end

c)

A repeat

d)

Holding the note longer than full length

47.
Which dynamic marking means smoothly connected?
a)
Stacatto
b)
Legato
c)
Crescendo
d)
Decrescendo
48.
What is the name of this musical symbol?
a)
Tenuto
b)
Staccato
c)
Marcato
d)
Accent
49.
What is the name of this musical symbol?
a)
Tenuto
b)
Staccato
c)
Marcato
d)
Accent
50.
What style means to play long and connected?
a)
Legato
b)
Agitato
c)
Marked Style
d)
Musical
51.
What does a tenuto marking mean?
a)
To play the note with 50% separation.
b)
To play the note long and connected
c)
To play the note with 75% separation
d)
To play the note accented and separated
52.
What does a staccato marking mean?
a)
To play the note long and connected
b)
To play the note with 85% separation
c)
To play the note with 50% separation
d)
To play the note accented and separated
53.
What is the definition for accent 
a)
for the performers to sing as loud as they can
b)
for a mic to fall off the stand
c)
 emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord
d)
to not look at the director while you are singing
54.
what is the definition for bar line
a)
a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value and the boundaries of the bar are indicated by vertical bar lines.
b)
to stop singing for 5 minutes
c)
to have no piano  while singing
d)
to have dancers while you are singing 
55.
What is the definition for cresendo
a)
To get louder
b)
to get softer
c)
To have only soprano singing
d)
for the piano to have a solo
56.
What is the definition for diction
a)
To pronounce words and for the audience to be able to understand what you are singing
b)
To sing really quiet
c)
To sing loud
d)
For the piano to have a solo
57.
What is this symbol?
a)
flat sign
b)
sharp sign
c)
pound sign
d)
natural sign
58.
What is this symbol?
a)
Sharp Sign
b)
Natural Sign
c)
Flat Sign
d)
Letter B
59.
What is the order of all the sharps?
a)
FCGDAEB
b)
BEADGCF
c)
ABCDEFG
d)
GFEDCBA
60.
What is the order of all the flats?
a)
FCGDAEB
b)
BEADGCF
c)
ABCDEFG
d)
GFEDCBA
61.

What does a time signature tell you?

a)

How many flats or sharps in the song

b)

How many beats per measure

c)

How fast the song is

d)

How loud the song is

62.

What does a key signature tell you?

a)

How many flats or sharps in the song

b)

How fast the song is

c)

How loud the song is

d)

How many beats per measure

63.

How long does the key signature apply in a song?

a)

1 measure

b)

The whole song

64.

How long does an accidental apply in a song?

a)

1 measure

b)

The whole song

65.

What are accidentals (select ALL)

a)

flats

b)

louds

c)

sharps

d)

naturals

66.

What is the symbol that shows a measure is over?

a)

Treble clef

b)

Bass clef

c)

Bar line

d)

mf

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