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PRETEST: Music Theory

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of note is this?

a)

half note

b)

whole note

c)

quarter note

d)

no note

2.

What type of note is this?

a)

half note

b)

whole note

c)

quarter note

d)

no note

3.

Music is written on groups of 5 lines with 4 spaces. What is the group of lines & spaces called?

a)

A clef

b)

A staff

c)

A time signature

d)

A single measure

4.
What kind of note is this?
a)
whole note
b)
half note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
5.

How many beats does a quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.

What type of rest is this?

a)

Whole

b)

Half

c)

Quarter

d)

Eighth

7.

How many beats does a whole note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

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 beats in the song and the whole note gets 1 beat

d)

4 measures equal 4 beats

9.

How many eighth notes = 1 beat?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

16

10.

How many sixteenth notes = 1 beat?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

16

11.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Dotted Clef

d)

G Clef

12.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Swirled Clef

d)

Common Clef

13.

What does the top number of 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

14.

What is the symbol that shows a measure is over; all its beats have been used?

a)

Treble clef

b)

Bass clef

c)

Bar line

d)

Crescendo

15.

What does the "value" of a note mean?

a)

How loud the note is

b)

How long the note lasts

c)

How soft the note is

d)

How it is placed on the staff

16.
How many beats does this note get in 4 4 time?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
How many beats does this note get in 4 4 time?
a)
1/2
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
18.
How many beats does this note get in 4 4 time?
a)
1/2
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
19.
What symbol is connecting the 2 notes?
a)
A Tie
b)
A Slur
c)
An Accent
d)
A Crescendo
20.

Which of these describes a whole rest?

a)

It looks like a z with a curve at the bottom.

b)

It resembles a backwards "F" with dots on the points.

c)

It resembles a "7" with a dot on the point

d)

It is rectangular and sits below the line on the staff.

21.

What does the line under these notes tell us to do?

a)

Play each note separately

b)

Hold for the total beats of both notes

c)

Hold until the measures are all over completely

d)

Play one note, then play it again in the next measure.