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8th Grade Band

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of CLEF sign is this?
a)
Bass clef
b)
Treble clef
2.
What is the name of this symbol? 
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor Clef
d)
Bass Clef
3.

What does the key signature tell you?

a)

How fast to play

b)

How many #'s or b's in the song

c)

What #'s or b's to play in the song

d)

What notes to play in the song

4.

Where is the key signature found?

a)

In front of each note

b)

At the beginning

c)

At the end of the song

d)

Before the time signature, after the clef

5.

How many beats are in a 3/4 Time Signature?

a)

2 beats

b)

3 beats

c)

4 beats

d)

1 beat

6.

How many beats are in a 6/8 Time Signature?

a)

4 beats

b)

5 beats

c)

6 beats

d)

8 beats

7.

What type of note gets the beat in 3/4 Time Signature?

a)

Whole Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Eighth Note

8.

What type of note gets the beat in 4/4 Time Signature?

a)

Sixteenth Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Eighth Note

9.

The Time Signature tells...

a)

how many beats are in the measure and what note gets the beat

b)

how many times you sing a note

c)

what time to start the song

d)

the tempo of the piece

10.
The symbol shown here lowers a note by a half step.  It is called a?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
d)
None of the Above
11.
a)
Flat
b)
Natural
c)
Sharp
d)
None of the Above
12.
Name this instrument.
a)
Saxophone
b)
French Horn
c)
Tuba
d)
Flute
13.
Name the brass instrument that does not use valves.
a)
Tuba
b)
Trumpet
c)
French Horn
d)
Trombone
14.
What is the largest sounding brass instrument?
a)
String Bass
b)
Bassoon
c)
Tuba
d)
Bass Drum
15.
Name this instrument.
a)
Snare Drum
b)
Bass Drum
16.
What is articulation?
a)
How you start and stop a note
b)
type of singing
c)
notes
17.
What is intonation?
a)
Playing together
b)
Playing in tune
c)
listening
18.
What is sightreading?
a)
looking at stuff
b)
musical things
c)
Looking at a piece of music for the first time and playing it
19.
How many beats is a dotted half note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
20.
How many beats is a dotted quarter note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
1 1/2
21.
How do you count this rhythm?
a)
1-2 and 3-4 and
b)
1 2 3 4
c)
1-4
d)
1 3 5 7
22.
How do you count this 16th note rhythm?
a)
1-4
b)
1e&a
c)
1 2
23.
How many beats is a whole note
a)
30 seconds
b)
a whole one
c)
two 
d)
four
24.

Which of the following describes the above?

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Accidental

d)

None of the above

25.

Which of the following describes the above?

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Accidental

d)

None of the above

26.

How many sixteenth notes equal two quarter notes?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

12

d)

4

27.

Two sixteenth notes equal how many eighth notes?

a)

1/2

b)

1

c)

1.5

d)

2

28.
The marking over this note is
a)
Staccato; play it short
b)
Staccato; play it long
c)
Marcato; play it short and accented
d)
Accent; play it with emphasis
29.
Allargando means
a)
Slow down
b)
Slow down AND lengthen your notes
c)
speed up
d)
Fast
30.
What is the opposite of staccato? 
a)
con spirito
b)
meno mosso
c)
legato
d)
andante
31.

which rest completes the measure?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Which dynamic marking is the softest in this list?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.
What word in music describes what style to play the notes?
a)
articulation
b)
dynamics
c)
phrasing
d)
tempo

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