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Music Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Form

a)

The pattern of the music

b)

The title of the music

c)

How loud or soft the music is

d)

What shape the music sounds like

2.

Define Tempo

a)

How loud or soft the music is

b)

How many times the music repeats

c)

The repetition pattern of the music

d)

The speed of the music

3.

Define Arrangement

a)

The call for the performer to continue playing

b)

When a written piece is changed to be performed by other instruments

c)

A song based on a poem

d)

Parts of a song or performance

4.

Define Phrase

a)

When someone plays slowly

b)

Eight notes in a specific order

c)

A complete musical thought

d)

Background music for a play, movie or television show

5.

Define Ensemble

a)

A group of musicians

b)

An instrument with a double reed

c)

A change of tone of a certain pitch

d)

A note that takes up an entire measure of music

6.

Define Syncopation

a)

Five instruments playing together

b)

A gradual increase in volume of the music

c)

Sudden changes in the rhythm and accent of the music

d)

The relationship between a series of chords

7.

Define Mute

a)

The name of different tools used to soften the tone of an instrument

b)

Melody backed up by chords

c)

A symbol put in front of a written note in a piece of music to lower it by one half step.

d)

A play set to orchestral music in which the characters sing all their lines

8.

Define Timbre

a)

A gradual slowing of the tempo

b)

The quality or color of sound that makes one voice or instrument different from another

c)

The time of a piece of music is how it is divided up

d)

A church song of praise

9.

Define Meter

a)

French for "study." A piece of music originally intended to help a practice an instrument

b)

An instrumental composition whose form and invention spring 'solely from the fantasy and skill of the author who created it

c)

The rhythmic pattern made in music by putting together strong and weak beats

d)

A performance given by one musician or by a musician or singer with piano accompaniment

10.

Define Rondo

a)

An instrumental form with a refrain that keeps coming back

b)

The notes at the end of a song

c)

A slow song that tells a story

d)

A tune for voice or instrument

11.

Define Largo

a)

A dream-like piece of music written for the piano

b)

A quick ballroom dance, similar to the polka

c)

When someone plays music slowly

d)

The rate of speed of a piece of music

12.

Define Quartet

a)

The highest natural adult male singing voice

b)

A piece of music written for four instruments

c)

A ballroom dance in 3/4 time that became very popular in 19th century Austria

d)

American-born music that uses syncopation

13.

Define Fugue

a)

A rapid succession of notes, often played on the piano or harp by sliding the fingers quickly over the keys or strings

b)

The art of composing music while performing it, without the help of a written score

c)

The tonality, or scale on which a piece of music is based. The key gets its name from the first note of the scale

d)

A composition with two or more voices or parts, in which the melody (called the subject), is played by one voice/part and then replayed and modified by the other voices/parts