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Measures, Starting notes, Time Signatures

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many beats are in each measure of music?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
8
2.
How many beats are in each measure of music?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
8
d)
3
3.
how many beats are in each measure of music?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
8
4.
The top number in a time signature tells us-
a)
nothing
b)
what kind of note gets a beat
c)
the number of beats per measure
d)
the number of measures in the song
5.
If a song has three beats per measure, the top number is-
a)
4
b)
could be anything
c)
3
d)
6
6.
Is a time signature a fraction?
a)
yes
b)
no
7.

How many numbers are there in a time signature?

a)

1 (Just one big one)

b)

2 ( a top and a bottom number)

c)

3 ( Like a pyramid)

8.

What does the bottom number mean in time signatures?

a)

How many beats per measure.

b)

What numbers are going into the song.

c)

What note gets 1 beat.

d)

The speed of the song.

9.

What does the bottom number mean in this example of a time signature?

a)

There are 4 beats in each measure.

b)

An eighth note gets 1 beat.

c)

A quarter note gets 1 beat.

d)

A half note gets 1 beat.

10.

How many beats are in each measure if this is the time signature?

a)

2 beats per measure

b)

3 beats per measure

c)

4 beats per measure

d)

6 beats per measure

11.

What does the bottom number mean in this example of a time signature?

a)

There are 3 beats per measure.

b)

A half note gets 1 beat.

c)

A quarter note gets 1 beat.

d)

An eighth note gets 1 beat.

12.

Which of the following time signatures is the most common time signature we see?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

How many beats are in a 3/4 Time Signature?

a)

2 beats

b)

3 beats

c)

4 beats

d)

1 beat

14.

How many beats are in a 5/4 Time Signature?

a)

3 beats

b)

4 beats

c)

5 beats

d)

6 beats

15.

How many beats are in a 6/8 Time Signature?

a)

4 beats

b)

5 beats

c)

6 beats

d)

8 beats

16.

How many beats are in a 2/1 Time Signature?

a)

1 beat

b)

2 beats

c)

3 beats

d)

4 beats

17.

How many beats are in a 4/8 Time Signature?

a)

4 beats

b)

5 beats

c)

6 beats

d)

8 beats

18.

How many beats in 8/4 Time Signature?

a)

4 beats

b)

5 beats

c)

7 beats

d)

8 beats

19.
What is this symbol?
a)
a fraction
b)
a time signature
c)
a key signature
d)
one
20.
When using time signatures, what does the top number tell you?
a)
How fast or slow you should play your music
b)
How many beats should be in each measure
c)
What note receives the beat 
d)
How loud you should play your music
21.
In any time signature, what does the number on the bottom tell you?
a)
How many beats per measure
b)
How many seconds per measure
c)
What type of note gets the beat
d)
The denominator
22.

What symbol comes between 2 measures?

a)

Bar Line

b)

Repeat Sign

c)

Double Bar Line

d)

Finish Line

23.

A measure

a)

Part of the melody of the song

b)

The space between 2 bar lines where notes are written

c)

The end of the song

d)

The distance between two different objects

24.

These numbers tell you how many beats are in a measure

a)

Half Notes

b)

Accent

c)

Time Signature

d)

Paradiddle

25.
Name this note:
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Eighth note
d)
Quarter Rest
26.
Name this note:
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Sixteenth Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Whole Rest
27.
Name this note:
a)
Whole Note
b)
Quarter Rest
c)
Half Note
d)
Half Rest
28.
Name this note:
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Eighth Note
d)
Dotted Half Note
29.
Name this note:
a)
Sixteenth Note
b)
Eighth Rest
c)
Eighth Note
d)
Flag Note
30.
Name this rest:
a)
Squiggle Rest
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Half Rest
31.
Name this rest:
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Whole Note
d)
Quarter Note
32.
Name this rest:
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Rest
c)
Half Rest
d)
Whole Note
33.

How many beats do these notes equal?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

1/2

34.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

1/2

d)

1/4

35.

How many beats does this rest get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

36.

How many beats does this rest get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

37.

How many beats does this rest get?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

38.

What kind of note is this?

a)

Quarter note

b)

Half note

c)

Whole note

d)

Dotted quater note

39.

What type of note is this?

a)

Quarter note

b)

Half note

c)

Quarter note rest

d)

Whole note

40.

What kind of note is this?

a)

Quarter note

b)

Half note

c)

Quarter note rest

d)

Whole note

41.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter rest

b)

Half rest

c)

Whole rest

d)

Half note

42.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter rest

b)

Half rest

c)

Whole rest

d)

Half note

43.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter note rest

b)

Half note rest

c)

Whole rest

d)

Half note

44.

How many beats?

(a)  

45.

How many beats?

(a)  

46.

How many beats?

(a)  

47.

How many beats?

(a)  

48.

How many beats?

(a)  

49.

What type of note is this?

a)

Dotted Quarter Note

b)

Dotted Half Note

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Half Note

50.

Which of these is a HALF REST?

a)
b)
c)
d)
51.

Which of these is a WHOLE REST?

a)
b)
c)
d)
52.

Which one of these is an EIGHTH REST?

a)
b)
c)
d)
53.

Which one is the QUARTER REST?

a)
b)
c)
d)
54.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

0.5

b)

1

c)

1.5

d)

3

55.

Name this note:

a)

eighth note

b)

half note

c)

sixteenth note

d)

whole note

56.

Name this rest:

a)

quarter rest

b)

eighth rest

c)

half rest

d)

sixteenth rest

57.

Name this rest:

a)

eighth rest

b)

sixteenth rest

c)

half note

d)

whole note

58.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Do Re Mi

b)

Do Re Mi Do

c)

Mi Re Do Mi

59.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Fa Sol

b)

Do Re Mi

c)

Sol Fa Mi

60.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Fa Sol

b)

Do Re Mi

c)

Sol Fa Mi

61.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Fa Sol Fa

b)

Mi Fa Sol Mi

c)

Sol Fa Mi Sol

62.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Sol Fa Mi

b)

Mi Fa Sol Mi

c)

Mi Sol Fa Sol

63.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Sol Fa Mi Sol

b)

Mi Fa Sol Mi

c)

Sol Mi Fa Sol

64.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Do Re Mi Fa Sol

b)

Mi Re Mi Fa Sol

c)

Mi Fa Mi Re Do

65.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Do Re Do Re Mi Fa

b)

Do Re Re Mi Fa Sol

c)

Do Re Do Mi Fa Sol

66.

Identify the solfege syllables. "Do" is bottom space.

a)

Mi Re Mi Fa Do

b)

Mi Re Mi Fa Mi

c)

Mi Re Mi Fa Sol

67.

Which of these is a WHOLE REST?

a)
b)
c)
d)