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Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main ingredient in rosin?

a)

Peppermint

b)

Tree Sap

c)

Sand

d)

Sugar

2.

What is bow hair made out of?

a)

String

b)

Cotton

c)

Cat guts

d)

Horse Hair

3.

What is Pizzicato?

a)

Plucking the strings

b)

Short bows

c)

Bouncing bows

d)

A spicy Italian meatball

4.

Which symbol means down bow?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

It is important to loosen your bow before putting it away

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is a double stop?

a)

A half rest followed by a quarter rest

b)

Looking at your stand partner when he or she makes a mistake

c)

Playing two notes together at one time

d)

Plucking the strings

7.

Which of the following is a famous violinist?

a)

Yo Yo Ma

b)

Itzhak Perlman

c)

Beyonce

d)

Professor X

8.
What family is this instrument from
a)
String
b)
Woodwind
c)
Percussion
d)
Brass
9.
What family is this instrument from
a)
String
b)
Woodwind
c)
Percussion
d)
Brass
10.
What is this instrument
a)
Violin 
b)
Viola
c)
Cello
d)
Double Bass
11.
Which of these means loud/strong dynamic
a)
Forte
b)
Piano
c)
Forto
d)
Guitar
12.
Which of these means Fast tempo
a)
Adagio
b)
Yojimbo
c)
Allegro
d)
Aller
13.
What is the term that means to gradually get louder?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo
c)
allegro
d)
accelerando
14.
What is the term that means to gradually get softer?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo or diminuendo
c)
piano
d)
ritardando
15.
What is the term that means to gradually slow down?
a)
decrescendo
b)
diminuendo
c)
accelerando
d)
ritardando or rallantando
16.
What is the term that means to gradually get faster? 
a)
ritardando
b)
rallantando
c)
accelerando
d)
crescendo
17.
What does the fermata tell us to do?
a)
Gradually speed up
b)
Gradually slow down
c)
Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
d)
Play the note really short.
18.
What does the caesura tell us to do?
a)
break/ pause between phrases
b)
hold the note out
c)
slow down
d)
lift the bow
19.
What does the lift sign tell us to do? Check the BEST answer.
a)
lift the bow from tip to frog
b)
lift the bow to the correct placement for the next bowing
c)
lift the bow from frog to tip
d)
break/ pause until the conductor says to play
20.
What does D.C. al Fine mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end.
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
d)
Go back to the sign and play to the coda.
21.
What does D.S. al coda mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the fine
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda
d)
 Go back to the segno (sign), play to the coda sign, jump to the coda
22.

A large instrumental ensamble?

a)

orchestra

b)

chamber music

23.

What is this

a)

Hashtag

b)

Cello

c)

Viola

d)

Sharp

24.

What is this

a)

flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Trebble clef

d)

Base clef

25.

What is this symbol?

a)

Up Bow

b)

Slurred Bow

c)

Down Bow

d)

Staccato Bow

26.

What volume is forte?

a)

Very loud

b)

Loud

c)

Soft

d)

Very Soft

27.

When you play an upbow, you are...

a)

Pulling your bow away from your instrument

b)

Pushing your bow into your instrument

c)

Not using your bow at all

28.

How would you count these

a)

1 2 3 4

b)

1 + 2 +

c)

1 e + a

d)

4 3 2 1

29.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

30.

What is this curved line called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Smiley Face

31.

When you play a downbow, you are...

a)

Pulling your bow away from your instrument

b)

Pushing your bow into your instrument

c)

Not using your bow at all

32.

What type of notes are these

a)

Quarter notes

b)

Eighth notes

c)

Sixteenth notes

d)

Eighth note - two sixteenth notes

33.

What does the key signature tell you?

a)

How many beats are in the measure

b)

How many sharps and flats are in the piece

c)

Who wrote the piece

d)

What time school is over

34.

What is this called?

a)

Time signature

b)

Key signature

c)

How many people should play the viola

d)

A fraction

35.

What instrument reads music using this clef

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

Bass

36.

What instrument reads music using this clef

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

Bass

37.

What instrument reads music using this clef

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

Bass

38.
What Key Signature has 0 sharps or flats
a)
C major
b)
G major
c)
D major
d)
A major
39.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Eighth Rest
b)
Sixteenth Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Half Rest
40.
Common time is represented by what letter?
a)
C
b)
T
c)
4/4
d)
C with a vertical line through it
41.
The top number in the time signature (4/4) tells:
a)
how many measures per line
b)
how many beats per measure
c)
the type of note that keeps the steady beat
d)
number of notes per measure
42.
A slur connects:
a)
two different pitches
b)
two of the same pitches
c)
two notes of equal value
d)
none of these
43.
Which is NOT one of the three factors that best contribute to good tone quality?
a)
Bow speed
b)
Bow weight
c)
Bow placement
d)
Really tight bow with lots of rosin!
44.
Which articulation is smooth and connected?
a)
Staccato
b)
Legato
c)
Marcato
d)
Detache
45.
Which articulation is separated?
a)
Legato
b)
Staccato
c)
Marcato
d)
Stringendo