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Articulation/Ornament

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this ornament?

a)

trill

b)

lower mordent

c)

upper mordent

d)

grace note

e)

glissando

2.

What is a "slur"? How do you perform it?

a)

play the notes short, detached

b)

play the notes smoothly

c)

play the notes faster

d)

none of the above

3.

What is the name of this ornament?

a)

mordent

b)

tenuto

c)

turn

d)

trill

4.

What is the name of this articulation marking? How do you perform it?

a)

staccato, short and detached

b)

fermata, emphasis of the note

c)

staccato, play the notes smoothly

d)

fermata, a dramatic pause or hold

5.

Check all the boxes that mean "emphasizing particular notes by playing them louder"

a)

staccato

b)

accent

c)

sforzando

d)

fermata

e)

slur

6.

What is the name of this ornament? How do you perform it?

a)

mordent, quick alternation of notes

b)

grace note, play the smaller note very short right before the main note

c)

turn, play a pattern that goes around the main note like this D-C-B-C (C is main note).

d)

half eighth note, play the smaller note very short right before the main note

7.

What is a "marcato"? How do you perform it?

a)

play notes smoothly

b)

play the notes as fast as possible

c)

shift alternation between certain notes

d)

play the note loud and short

8.

Name of this articulation marking is? How do you play it?

a)

slur, play the notes smoothly

b)

marcato, loud and short

c)

staccato, short and detached

d)

combined accent, combination of accent and another articulation marking

9.

What is the name of this articulation marking? How do you perform it?

a)

tenuto, emphasize the notes by playing louder

b)

slur, play the notes as connected as possible

c)

tenuto, play the note to its full value

d)

staccato, short and detached

10.

What is the name of this ornament?

a)

mordent

b)

arpeggio

c)

trill

d)

turn

11.

Which of the following shows the correct pattern when a "lower mordent" is on the note [G]?

a)

G-A-G

b)

F-G-F

c)

G-F-G

d)

A-F-G

12.

Which of the following shows the correct pattern when a "turn" is on the note [A]?

a)

B-G-A-G

b)

A-G-A-B

c)

A-B-A-G

d)

B-A-G-A

13.

Which of the following shows the correct pattern when an "upper mordent" is on the note [E]?

a)

E-F#-E

b)

F-E-D

c)

E-D-E

d)

F#-E-F#

14.

How do we perform "glissando" in music?

a)

make the note shorter

b)

create a glide from one note to another upward or downward

c)

quickly alternate between two notes

d)

play the notes smoothly

15.

Which of the following shows the correct pattern when an "lower mordent" is on the note [C]?

a)

C-D-C

b)

C-B-C

c)

C-D-E

d)

B-C-B