WorksheetsMusic Appreciation Unit 1: Chapter 3-4
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. This underlying "pulse" is known as the
Beat
syncopation
pitch
accent
When an accented note comes where we would normally not expect it, the effect is known as
beat
syncopation
tempo
half note
When a note is played louder than the notes around it, we call it (a)n _________________ note.
special
tempo
piano
accented
Organizing beats into regular groups is called
pitch
tempo
meter
quarter note
A group containing a fixed number of beats is called a ________________. It is located between two bar lines.
downbeat
tempo
measure
accent
The speed of the beat is known as
meter
tempo
syncopation
measure
Tempo markings are usually in what language?
Italian
Latin
Spanish
French
Which one of these terms means to gradually speed up?
accelerando
ritardando
Which one of these terms means to gradually slow down?
accelerando
ritardando
A system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated is called
treble clef
bass clef
time signature
notation
The five lines and four spaces that notes are placed on is called a
note
staff
sharp sign
flat sign
The tones used in music are named after
the seven dwarfs
the seven horsemen
the seven swans a swimming
the seven letters of the alphabet
When notating pitch, we use _____________ which is made up of 5 horizontal lines and the 4 spaces between them
note
staff
stem
rest
A note just looks like a(n)
rectangle
squiggly line
oval
square
In music, this symbol is known as a_____________sign
sharp
hashtag
number
pound
In music, this symbol is known as a _____________ sign
lower case b
sharp
squashed letter b
flat
This image is a ________________clef sign and indicates ___________ pitches
treble, lower
bass, lower
treble, higher
bass, higher
This image is a ________________clef sign and is used for ________________pitches.
treble, lower
bass, lower
treble, higher
bass, higher
This note is called a _______________note and gets ____ count(s) in 4/4 time
whole, 4
quarter note, 4
half note, 2
whole, 1
This note is called a(n) _____________ note and gets _____ count(s) in 4/4 time
whole, 4
half, 2
quarter, 1
eighth, 1/2
This symbol is known as a __________________________ and shows the meter of a piece of music. (How the beats in each measure are grouped)
Key signature
rest
time signature
rest
This note is called a(n) __________________note and gets _____beat(s)
whole, 4
half, 2
quarter, 1
eighth, 1/2
What does this image ask the performer to do?
play one beat
play two beats
rest two beats
rest four beats
When the beat is divided into 3 equal parts, it is known as a(n)
eighth note
sixteenth note
dotted half note
triplet
This note is called a ___________________note and gets ________beat(s) in 4/4 time
whole, 4
quarter, 4`
half note,2
quarter, 1
