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Music Vocab Weeks 1-9

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An arched line that connects two notes of the same pitch so the musician plays only one sustained note.

a)

Tie

b)

Tenuto

c)

Legato

d)

Slur

2.

An arched line between/over two notes with different pitches that tells the musician to play the notes without separation

a)

D.C. Al Coda

b)

Accelerando

c)

Slur

d)

Unison

3.

Symbol that tells a musician to play the note for its full value

a)

System

b)

Tenuto

c)

Unison

d)

Fortissimo

4.

Dynamic telling the musician to play very soft.

a)

Pianissimo

b)

Fortissimo

c)

System

d)

Slur

5.

Dynamic telling the musician to play very loud.

a)

Pianissimo

b)

D.C. Al Coda

c)

Legato

d)

Fortissimo

6.

What is the sign at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us how many beats are in each measure and which note value is equal to one beat?

a)

Key Signature

b)

Time Signature

c)

Measure

d)

Repeat Sign

7.

What is a single vertical line that is used to divide a musical staff into measures.

a)

Barline

b)

Measure

c)

Time Signature

d)

Double Barline

8.

What is a symbol that indicates a section of music to be repeated?

a)

Measure

b)

Time Signature

c)

Repeat Sign

d)

Barline

9.

What is a group of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music?

a)

Barline

b)

Key Signature

c)

Time Signature

d)

Repeat Sign

10.

What is a single segment of music?

a)

Staff

b)

Double Barline

c)

Barline

d)

Measure

11.

These symbols tell a musician the loudness or softness of a sound.

a)

Dynamics

b)

Beat

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Tempo

12.

The way time is organized in a piece; combinations and divisions of beats to create long and short sounds.

a)

Staff

b)

Rhythm

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Dynamics

13.

The steady pulse of a piece of music; equal segments of time into which music is divided

a)

Pitch

b)

Key Signature

c)

Beat

d)

Interval

14.

The highness or lowness of a sound

a)

Dynamics

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Key Signature

d)

Pitch

15.

The distance between two pitches

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Interval

c)

Staff

d)

Tempo

16.

What is the pace or speed of music?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Bass Clef

17.

What is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch?

a)

Staff

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Key Signature

d)

Double Barline

18.

What is a symbol placed at the beginning of a staff for notes sounding higher than "middle" c?

a)

Staff

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Measure

d)

Bass Clef

19.

What are two vertical lines that indicate the end of the piece?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Repeat Sign

c)

Barline

d)

Double Barline

20.

What is a symbol placed at the beginning of a staff for notes sounding lower than "middle" c?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Staff

d)

Measure

21.

What is an abbreviation telling the musician to go back to the beginning and play until the end?

a)

D.C. Al Fine

b)

D.C. Al Coda

c)

Harmony

d)

Repeat Sign

22.

What is an abbreviation telling the musician to go back to the beginning, play until the Coda, and then play the coda/ending portion?

a)

Flat

b)

D.C. Al Coda

c)

D.C. Al Fine

d)

Natural

23.

What is a sign that indicates a note should be held longer than its written value?

a)

Beat

b)

Melody

c)

Fermata

d)

Harmony

24.

What is it when two or more notes sound at the same time; the complementary line or lines in a song?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Pitch

c)

Melody

d)

Harmony

25.

What is a line of notes that move upward, downward, or repeats; the main most recognizable line of a song?

a)

Contour

b)

Melody

c)

Harmony

d)

Pitch

26.

What is a symbol that tells the musician to play the pitches' original sound; cancels out a sharp or flat

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Sharp

d)

Contour

27.

What is the "shape" of a melody; made by the way it moves up or down by steps, leaps or repeated notes?

a)

Melody

b)

Interval

c)

Contour

d)

Harmony

28.

What is a symbol that raises the sound of a pitch a half step?

a)

Pitch

b)

Natural

c)

Flat

d)

Sharp

29.

What is a symbol that lowers the sound of a pitch a half step?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Sharp

d)

Pitch

30.

What is it when you read or perform a piece of music at "first sight" or with very little practice?

a)

Measure

b)

Sight Reading

c)

Melody

d)

Harmony

31.

What does it mean to play or sing soft?

a)

Piano

b)

Forte

c)

Mezzo-piano

d)

Flat

32.

What does it mean to start louder, and get softer?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

33.

What does it mean to play or sing medium-soft?

a)

Sharp

b)

Piano

c)

Mezzo-piano

d)

Forte

34.

What does it mean to start quietly, and get louder?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

35.

What does it mean to play or sing loud?

a)

Natural

b)

Piano

c)

Mezzo- Piano

d)

Forte

36.

What is a dynamic telling the musician to play or sing medium-loud?

a)

Mezzo-Piano

b)

Mezzo-Forte

c)

Piano

d)

Forte

37.

What tells the musician to play or sing the line of notes short and detached; sometimes notated by dots above each note?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Legato

c)

Fermata

d)

Staccato

38.

What tells the musician to sing or play smoothly; sometimes notated by an arching line over notes?

a)

Staccato

b)

Fermata

c)

Legato

d)

Piano

39.

What tells the musician to slow down while singing or playing; often abbreviated: rit. ?

a)

Ritardando

b)

Accelerando

c)

Crescendo

d)

Decrescendo

40.

What tells the musician to speed up while singing or playing; often abbreviated accel. ?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Ritardando

d)

Accelerando

41.

What is a symbol telling the musician to play or sing the notes stronger or louder than those around it?

a)

Accent

b)

Staccato

c)

Legato

d)

Forte

42.

What is the term used to describe a scale or key that contains a major third from its first to third note; also is "Happy sounding"?

a)

Unison

b)

System

c)

Major

d)

Minor

43.

What is the term used to describe a scale or key that contains a minor (or lowered) third from its first to third note; also is "Sad sounding" ?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Unison

d)

System

44.

What is it when multiple instruments or voices play or sing the same thing at the same time?

a)

Unison

b)

System

c)

Melody

d)

Harmony

45.

What is a group of 2 or more staves connected by a vertical line on the left indicating that each line is to be played or sung at the same time?

a)

Barline

b)

Double Barline

c)

Staff

d)

System