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1st Nine Weeks Theory Review

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a quarter rest mean?

a)

Be quiet for one beat

b)

Play for three beats

c)

Be quiet for two beats

d)

Play for four beats

2.

What symbol tells you to play something over again?

a)

Flat Sign

b)

Repeat Sign

c)

Crescendo

d)

Whole Note

3.

What is tempo?

a)

The notes to play

b)

To Repeat

c)

How fast or slow to play

d)

Not to play

4.

The flats or sharps at the beginning of a line of music is called the...

a)

Key measure

b)

Key largo

c)

Key signature

d)

Key time

5.

The symbols that represents the length of silence.

a)

Note

b)

Rest

c)

Tie

d)

Flat

6.

There will be a _________________ if the music is over.

a)

Legato

b)

Double bar line

c)

Exclamation mark

d)

Happy face

7.

Tempo is the ___________________ of music.

a)

Time

b)

Beat

c)

Speed

d)

Counts

8.

Which number in the time signature tells you how many beats you have in a measure?

a)

Bottom number

b)

At the end

c)

The middle

d)

Top number

9.

The distance between two bar lines.

a)

Measure

b)

Treble clef

c)

Time signature

d)

Dynamics

10.

What is the name of the clef used for higher pitched instruments?

a)

Bass clef

b)

Cello clef

c)

Neutral clef

d)

Treble clef

11.

A _________________ is two numbers written at the beginning of every staff after the clef sign.

a)

Treble clef

b)

Time signature

c)

Key signature

d)

Bass clef

12.

A person who writes music is called a ______________________.

a)

Writer

b)

Decomposer

c)

Poet

d)

Composer

13.

How many counts does a dotted-half note receive?

a)

4

b)

1 1/2

c)

3

d)

2

14.

A _____________________ indicates the musicians are to hold a note until the conductor stops them.

a)

Vibrato

b)

Stop sign

c)

Staccato

d)

Fermata

15.

Which note gets 2 beats in 4/4 time?

a)

half note

b)

quarter note

c)

eighth note

d)

whole note

16.

How many lines and spaces are on a music staff?

a)

5 lines/3 spaces

b)

5 lines/4 spaces

c)

4 lines/5 spaces

d)

6 lines/5 spaces

17.

This word means to play loud.

a)

mezzo forte

b)

piano

c)

mezzo piano

d)

forte

18.

The main tune of a song is called the ___________________.

a)

tone

b)

harmony

c)

melody

d)

rhythm

19.

________________ are small divisions of the staff.

a)

staves

b)

measures

c)

notes

d)

rhythms

20.

Clef signs are used at the _____________________ of each staff.

a)

beginning

b)

middle

c)

end

d)

not used at all

21.

A flat lowers the sound of a note.

a)

false

b)

true

22.

The symbol that separates music into measures.

a)

fermata

b)

clef

c)

barline

d)

staff

23.

Music Math--1 whole note + 2 quarter notes + 1 half note.

a)

10

b)

8

c)

6

d)

12

24.

When music is marked with piano, or"p", it means:

a)

play loud

b)

play slow

c)

play soft

d)

find a real piano

25.

When a tie is connecting a quarter note to a whole note on the same line, you will play the note and hold it for how long?

a)

1 1/2 counts

b)

5 counts

c)

4 counts

d)

2 counts

26.

Rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds and silences.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

In 4/4 time, how many beats does an 8th note receive?

a)

1

b)

2/3

c)

2

d)

1/2

28.

A dot added to the side of a note...

a)

tells you to play staccato.

b)

gives it twice as much value.

c)

adds half the value of the note.

29.

Sound is produced by something vibrating.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

This device helps you to keep the tempo while practicing your instrument.

a)

drum stick

b)

metronome

c)

heart

d)

pulse

31.

How does music reinforce reading skills?

a)

It doesn't.

b)

You learn to read backwards.

c)

I don't know.

d)

You practice reading from left to right.

32.

A _____________________ receives 1 1/2 beats in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time.

a)

quarter note

b)

dotted-quarter note

c)

dotted-half note

d)

whole note

33.

A sharp (#) does what to a note?

a)

raises the note 1/2 step

b)

lowers the note 1/2 step

c)

shortens the note

d)

cancels the note

34.

The space between the clef sign and the time signature is the ________________.

a)

coda

b)

dynamics

c)

tempo

d)

key signature

35.

The difference between the whole rest and half rest in 4/4 time is ______________________________.

a)

the half rest is a box that sits under the line.

b)

the whole rest is the box that sits under the line.

c)

the whole rest is bigger.

d)

none of the above

36.

What happens when you see a rest sign?

a)

be quiet

b)

keep playing

c)

hold the note for two beats

d)

take a nap

37.

It takes two eighth notes to make up two beats.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Which instrument does not use bass clef?

a)

bass drum

b)

tuba

c)

bassoon

d)

trombone

39.

Which instrument does not belong?

a)

horn

b)

trumpet

c)

saxophone

d)

tuba

40.

Which instrument uses treble clef?

a)

tympani

b)

oboe

c)

euphonium

d)

bassoon

41.

Which instrument is not in the woodwind family?

a)

flute

b)

saxophone

c)

trumpet

d)

clarinet

42.

Which instrument is not in the brass family?

a)

trumpet

b)

bells

c)

horn

d)

tuba

43.

Music with a time signature of 2/4 can have a measure consisting of 4 half notes per measure.

a)

true

b)

false

44.

Which symbol indicates to play softly?

a)

forte

b)

piano

c)

crescendo

d)

mezzo forte

45.

What is the name of the five lines and four spaces on which music is written?

a)

staff

b)

measure

c)

clef

d)

barline

46.

Which note gets one beat in 4/4 time?

a)

whole note

b)

quarter note

c)

eighth note

d)

half note

47.

This image is a half rest

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Part 2 is called a

a)

Cling

b)

Stem

c)

Swoop

d)

Rib

49.

Part 1 is called a

a)

Hag

b)

Staff

c)

Flag

d)

Stem

50.

Part 3 is called a

a)

Rave

b)

Note Head

c)

Stem

d)

Stick

51.

What is this called?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Sharp sign

c)

Natural sign

d)

Flat sign

52.

What is this called?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Sharp Sign

53.

This is called a

(a)  

54.

What is this called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Time Signature

c)

Repeat Sign

d)

Treble Clef

55.

This is called a music ____.

a)

staff

b)

staph

c)

stuff

d)

stereo

56.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Barline

b)

Double Barline

c)

Measure

d)

Staff

57.

A _________________ separates the staff into measures

a)

line

b)

bar line

c)

line

d)

staff

58.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Repeat

b)

Double Bar Line

c)

Bar Line

d)

Ending Line

59.

These notes are forming a (a)   .

60.

What symbols show pitch and duration?

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Staff

61.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Fermata

62.
What is this called?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Time signature
c)
Measure
d)
Treble Clef

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