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Q1 Music Theory Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What note lasts 2 beats in 4/4 time?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Eighth Note
2.
What note lasts 4 beats in 4/4 time?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Eighth Note
d)
Whole Note
3.
What note lasts 1 beat in 4/4 time?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
4.

Which note takes 2 to make one beat (lasts 1/2 beat)?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Eighth Note

c)

Half Note

d)

Whole Note

5.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
6.

Musical term referring to loud and soft in music:

a)

Tempo

b)

Melody

c)

Harmony

d)

Dynamics

7.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
8.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
9.
What kind of note is this?
a)
whole note
b)
half note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
10.
How many beats are in a half rest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
11.
How many beats are in a half note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
what does this mean?
a)
4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat
b)
4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat
c)
4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day
d)
4 measures equal 4 beats
13.
what does the top number represent?
a)
3 beats in a measure
b)
3 measures in the song
c)
3 beats per class
d)
3 teachers are great!!!
14.
What is this?
a)
half rest
b)
whole rest
c)
quarter rest
d)
eighth rest
15.

The distance between two notes is called a/an...

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Interval

d)

Ledger Line

16.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

Double Sharp

17.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step higher than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Double Sharp

c)

Sharp

d)

Natural

18.

What is the name of the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us what kind of note is worth one beat, and how many beats are in a measure?

a)

Key Signature

b)

Staff

c)

Time Signature

d)

Treble Clef

19.

Indication at the beginning of a song that tells how many sharps or flats ("black keys") are in it:

a)

time signature

b)

tempo

c)

key signature

d)

pitch

20.

The smallest interval in Western music:

a)

whole step

b)

flat

c)

major second

d)

half step

21.

General term referring to the number of beats per measure in music:

a)

dynamics

b)

a cappella

c)

time signature

d)

meter

22.

Meter in which the beat is divided into three equal parts:

a)

compound

b)

dancing

c)

syncopated

d)

reggae

23.

Type of music which uses compound meter exclusively:

a)

jazz

b)

reggae

c)

country

d)

swing

24.

Two notes that have one note in between them:

a)

fifth

b)

whole step

c)

octave

d)

half step

25.

Pattern of steps used to build a major scale:

a)

W W H, W W W H

b)

W W H, W H W H

c)

W H W H W H W H

d)

H H H, W W W W

26.

Name the note

a)

C

b)

D sharp

c)

E

d)

F

27.

Name the note

a)

G

b)

F

c)

D

d)

A flat

28.

Name the note

a)

A flat

b)

E sharp

c)

D sharp

d)

D flat

29.

Interval from C to E:

a)

second

b)

fifth

c)

octave

d)

third

30.

A series of eight notes occupying the

interval between (and including) two notes,

one having twice or half the frequency

of vibration of the other:

a)

octave

b)

whole step

c)

frequency

d)

scale

31.

Number of keys on a piano:

a)

72

b)

88

c)

61

d)

112

32.

Number of octaves on a piano:

a)

8

b)

11

c)

7

d)

5

33.

The number of individual notes (including sharps and flats) within one octave in Western music:

a)

8

b)

24

c)

5

d)

12

34.

To play a major scale on the piano using all white keys, you would have to start on:

a)

C

b)

F

c)

E

d)

G

35.

If you were to turn off all other sound sources so that you could focus on hearing a song, you would be engaging in ________________ listening.

a)

OCD

b)

serious

c)

active

d)

passive