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Major Scales

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this Major Key

a)

B

b)

C

c)

E

d)

A

2.

Name this Major Key

a)

Bb

b)

Ab

c)

Db

d)

G#

3.

How many flats are in Bb Major?

a)

2; Bb, Eb

b)

2; Eb,Ab

c)

4; Bb,Eb,Ab,Db

d)

3; Eb, Ab,Db

4.

Name the sharps in D Major

a)

G#, D#

b)

F#, G#

c)

F#, C#

d)

F#, A#

5.

Name this Major Key

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

C

6.

How many sharps are in G major?

a)

2; F#, C#

b)

1; F#

c)

3; F#,C#,D#

d)

1; C#

7.

Name this Major Key

a)

A

b)

Bb

c)

Db

d)

Eb

8.

F Major has...

a)

1 flat

b)

3 flats

c)

1 sharp

d)

3 sharps

9.

Name this Major Key

a)

C#

b)

B

c)

E

d)

F#

10.

What is a semitone?

a)

The smallest distance between 2 notes

b)

Two tones

c)

Black notes on the piano

d)

A small woodwind instrument

11.

What is a tone?

a)

Two semitones

b)

The smallest distance between two notes

c)

A symbol that raises the note by a semitone

d)

A symbol that lowers the note by a semitone

12.

How would you describe the term accidental in music?

a)

The lines on the page

b)

The notes written in the scale

c)

The treble and bass clef

d)

Sharps and flats notes written, that may not be in the written key signature

13.

What does this symbol do?

a)

raises the note by a semitone (half-step)

b)

lowers the note by a semitone (half-step)

c)

hashtag

d)

play faster

14.

What does this symbol do?

a)

Raises the note by 1 semitone (half-step)

b)

Lowers the note by 1 semitone (half-step)

c)

Tells you to play slower

d)

Tells you to get louder

15.

What's the formula for a Major scale

a)

Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone

b)

Tone, Semitone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Semitone

c)

Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone Semitone

d)

Semitone, Tone, Tone Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone,

16.

What is the order of letters for the D Major Scale?

a)

DEF#G#ABC#D

b)

DEF#GABCD

c)

DEF#GABC#D

d)

DEFGABC#D

17.

What is the name of this scale?

a)

G Major

b)

C Major

c)

F Major

d)

D Major

18.

What is the name of this scale?

a)

C Major

b)

G Major

c)

F Major

d)

D Major

19.

What is the name of this scale?

a)

Bb Major

b)

F Major

c)

Eb Major

d)

D Major

20.

What is the name of this key?

a)

G Major

b)

F Major

c)

E Major

d)

C Minor

21.

People tend to hear major scales as sounding...

a)

"happy" or "bright"

b)

"dark" or "gloomy"

c)

"windy" or "cold"

d)

"scared" or "worried"

22.

The term interval in music refers to the distance between two pitches.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Scales are built by adding notes at specific ___________ above the ___________ note of the scale

a)

addresses, tonic

b)

places, first

c)

times, clock

d)

intervals, tonic

24.

The note that sounds like the home note in a song is called the

a)

bottom note

b)

tonic note

c)

leading tone

d)

melody

25.

The seventh note of the G major scale is

a)

F

b)

E

c)

F#

d)

D

26.

A Major Scale consists of _______ notes.

a)

8

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

27.

What is the 4th note in the A Major Scale

a)

C#

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F#

28.

What is the other name for a Tone?

a)

Half Step

b)

Whole Step

c)

Half Note

d)

Whole Note

29.

How many semitones are in a Major Scale?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

30.

The distance between two notes is called __________.

a)

A space

b)

The Scale

c)

An Interval

d)

A note

31.

The distance between the 3rd and 4th notes of a Major Scale is

a)

a tone

b)

a semibreve

c)

a tonic

d)

a semitone

32.

The F Major Scale starts on

a)

F

b)

G

c)

C

d)

A

33.

What is the third note in the D Major scale?

a)

F

b)

F#

c)

G

d)

G#

34.
How many sharps are there in the A Major scale?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
1
35.
Which key has 4 sharps?
a)
E Major
b)
A Major
c)
Ab Major
d)
B Major
36.

The semitones and slurs are drawn on the ________?

a)

1,4 & 7,8 degree

b)

2,3 & 7,8 degree

c)

3,4 & 7,8 degree

d)

7,8 & 5,6 degree

37.

Where are the half steps on the white keys of a piano?

a)

Between B-C and F-G

b)

Between E-F and B-C

c)

Between D-E and A-B

d)

Between E-F and C-D

38.

G Major and G minor are:

a)

Parallel Keys

b)

Relative Keys

c)

Dorian Keys

d)

Car Keys

39.

What scale is this?

a)

A Major

b)

A Harmonic minor

c)

A Melodic minor

d)

A Natural minor

40.

A scale ordered by increasing pitch is?

a)

Notes

b)

Pause

c)

Descending

d)

Ascending