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music fundamentals 4

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a beat?

a)

Pulse of music

b)

quarter note

c)

rest

2.

How many beats does a quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

3.

How many beats does a half note get?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

4.

Name this figure

a)

half rest

b)

quarter rest

c)

whole note

5.

Name this figure

a)

quarter note

b)

half rest

c)

Eighth rest

6.

How many beats for this rest?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

1

7.

Symbols that represent musical sound

a)

Rests

b)

Fermata

c)

Notes

d)

Bar Lines

8.

Symbols that represent musical silence

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Staff

d)

Treble Clef

9.

Vertical Lines that separate a staff into measures

a)

Measure Lines

b)

Bar Lines

c)

Line Notes

d)

Ledger Lines

10.

What are the space notes of the Treble clef staff?

a)

FACE

b)

ACEG

c)

GBDFA

d)

EGBDF

11.

In Time signature, the top number tells you:

a)

How many beats per measure.

b)

What type of note gets the beat.

c)

How many notes you sing

d)

How long the song is

12.

In Time Signature, the bottom number tells you:

a)

How many beats per measure

b)

What type of note gets the beat

c)

How many fingers I'm holding up

d)

When lunch is

13.

Divisions of the staff, also the space between the bar lines.

a)

Staff Half

b)

Form

c)

Measures

d)

Double Bar Line

14.

Symbol that tells you the music is over, two vertical lines through a staff.

a)

Measure

b)

Double Bar Line

c)

Repeat Sign

d)

Do

15.

What is the name of this clef?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Alto Clef

c)

Tenor Clef

d)

Bass Clef

16.

Which of these sounds has a steady beat?

a)

Air Conditioner Blowing

b)

Dogs Howling

c)

Bees Buzzing

d)

Clock Ticking

17.

Which of these is the correct order, starting from the bottom, of the lines on the treble clef

a)

G B D F A

b)

E G B D F

c)

B D F E G

d)

E B G G A

18.

Which of these is an eighth note?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which of these notes lasts 2 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

In music, what is the meaning of the word "beat"?

a)

Patterns of sound and silence over a steady pulse

b)

A constant, steady pulse

c)

An instrument

d)

How high or low a note sounds

21.

What is a time signature?

a)

A constant, steady pulse

b)

A chunk of music separated by bar lines

c)

A line separating chunks of music from each other

d)

Two numbers on top of each other telling you how many beats are in a measure

22.

How many letters are in the musical alphabet?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

23.

How many beats is a dotted crotchet?

a)

1 beat

b)

2 beats

c)

1 and a half beats

d)

2 and a half beats

24.

How many beats do you hold this note for?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

25.

How many beats do you hold this note for?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

26.

How many beats is a dotted minim?

a)

1 beat

b)

2 beats

c)

3 beats

27.

Identify this symbol

a)

Dal Segno Symbol

b)

Coda SYmbol

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Bass Clef

28.
a)
Quarter Rest
b)
Whole Rest
c)
Half Rest
d)
8th Rest
29.

Identify the sharp sign.

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Identify the flat sign.

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Identify the natural sign.

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.
  1. What are slurs?
a)

Slurs are signs over or under a note or rest which means to pause on the note or rest.

b)

Slurs are time values with the same pitch.

c)

Slurs are signs over a group of different/various notes which means connected notes smoothly joined together.

d)

Slurs are accidentals:(the sharp-# , flat-(b) and natural (G) signs.

33.

What are ties?

a)

Ties are signs which separate notes that are next to each other and also have the same pitch.

b)

Ties are signs which mean to repeat a piece of music from the beginning.

c)

Ties are notes of varying/different pitch.

d)

Ties are signs which mean to join notes that are next to each other and also have the same pitch.

34.

What does this symbol mean?

a)

Accent- play with emphasis

b)

Fermata- hold until the conductor cuts off

c)

Staccato- play separated (short)

d)

Slur- tongue the first note of the curved line and then play the remaining notes within the curved line without tonguing.

35.

Add the tied notes together and determine how many beats you would hold that note out for.

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

36.
a)

1

b)

2.5

c)

3

d)

3.5