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Music Theory Benchmark Exam

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
2.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
3.
What is this called?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Staff
c)
Treble clef
d)
Half Note
4.
How many spaces are on a staff?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
What kind of note is this?
a)
whole note
b)
half note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
6.
How many beats are in a quarter note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
How many beats are in a half rest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
8.
How many beats are in a half note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
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 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day
d)
4 measures equal 4 beats
10.
what does the top number represent?
a)
3 beats in a measure
b)
3 measures in the song
c)
3 beats per class
d)
3 teachers are great!!!
11.
What is this?
a)
half rest
b)
whole rest
c)
quarter rest
d)
eighth rest
12.
What is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
what is the name of this note?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
14.
what is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
G
d)
F
15.
What is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
16.
what is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
g
17.
How many lines are on the staff?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
18.
what is the name of this?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Treble Clef
c)
Alto Clef
d)
Soprano Clef
19.
What is another name for Treble Clef?
a)
A Clef
b)
G Clef
c)
B Clef
d)
D Clef
20.
What note lasts 2 beats in 4/4 time?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Eighth Note
21.
What note lasts 4 beats in 4/4 time?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Eighth Note
d)
Whole Note
22.
What note lasts 1 beat in 4/4 time?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
23.
Which note takes 2 to make a beat?
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Eighth Note
c)
Half Note
d)
Whole Note
24.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
25.
What is the musical term that deals with volume in music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Melody
c)
Harmony
d)
Dynamics
26.

What type of rest receives one count of silence?

a)

Whole rest

b)

Quarter rest

c)

Half rest

d)

Eighth rest

27.

How many beats of silence does a half rest receive?

a)

2 beats of silence

b)

1 beat of silence

c)

4 beats of silence

d)

3 beats of silence

28.

How many beats to a measure in 2/4 meter?

a)

one beat

b)

three beats

c)

four beats

d)

two beats

29.

How many beats to a measure in 4/4 meter?

a)

one beat

b)

three beats

c)

four beats

d)

two beats

30.

How many beats to a measure in 3/4 meter?

a)

one beat

b)

three beats

c)

four beats

d)

two beats

31.
Treble clef space notes are
a)
GBDF
b)
FACE
c)
ABCD
d)
ACEG
32.
Bass clef space notes are
a)
GBDF
b)
FACE
c)
ABCD
d)
ACEG
33.
What note is this?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
F
d)
C
34.
What note is this?
a)
C
b)
F
c)
D
d)
A
35.
What note is this?
a)
G
b)
F
c)
D
d)
B
36.
What note is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
F
d)
C
37.
What note is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
F
d)
C
38.
What note is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
F
d)
C
39.
What note is this?
a)
B
b)
E
c)
A
d)
D
40.
Identify the note by letter name.
a)
F
b)
G
c)
E
d)
D
41.
a)
C
b)
G
c)
D
d)
E
42.
What letters make up the music alphabet?
a)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
b)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
c)
A, B, C, D, E, F
d)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
43.
What is the graph called that music is written on?
a)
Staff
b)
Note
c)
Chart
d)
A bunch of lines
44.
A dot _______ a note's value by 50%
a)
Decreases
b)
Multiplies
c)
Increases
d)
Divides
45.
The circle part of a note is called the note ______.
a)
head
b)
eye
c)
stem
d)
flag
46.
The stick part of a note is called the ________.
a)
pole
b)
tree
c)
line
d)
stem
47.
What is the name of the vertical line?
a)
Staff Line
b)
Barline
c)
Measure
d)
Dividing Line
48.
This symbol tells us to raise the pitch of a note by one half step.  What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Flat
b)
Sharp
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
49.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Sharp 
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
50.

Which is correct?

a)
b)
c)
d)
51.

Which is correct?

a)
b)
c)
d)
52.
a)

sharp

b)

flat

c)

natural

53.

Name the RED note

a)

F♯

b)

F♭

c)

F♮

54.

Name the RED note

a)

F♯

b)

F♭

c)

F♮

55.

Name the RED note

a)

F♯

b)

F♭

c)

F♮

56.

Name the RED note

a)

B

b)

D♭

c)

D♮

d)

B♮

57.

Name the RED note

a)

C

b)

C♭

c)

E♭

d)

E

58.

Name the RED note

a)

B♯

b)

B♭

c)

B♮

59.

Name the RED note

a)

B

b)

B♭

c)

G♭

d)

G

60.

An accidental remains in effect for...

a)

all measures of the music

b)

Until the next bar line

c)

two measures only