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Music- Sight Reading quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the acronym for our sight reading strategy?

a)

B.A.N.D

b)

S.T.A.R.S

c)

M.U.S.I.C

d)

G.A.L.A.X.Y

2.

What does the first 'S' stand for?

a)

Signatures

b)

Time Signature and Tempo.

c)

Accidentals.

d)

Rhythms.

e)

Signs.

3.

What does the 'T' stand for?

a)

Time signature

b)

Tempo.

c)

Accidentals.

d)

Rhythms.

e)

Signs.

4.

What does the 'A' stand for?

a)

Articulations

b)

Addition endings

c)

Accidentals.

d)

Rhythms.

e)

Signs.

5.

What does the 'R' stand for?

a)

Sharps or flats in the key signature.

b)

Releases

c)

Rests

d)

Rhythms.

e)

Signs.

6.

What does the last 'S' stand for?

a)

Signs

b)

Signatures

c)

Accidentals.

d)

Rhythms.

e)

Style

7.

What are the 5 horizontal lines on which music is written called?

a)

Staff

b)

Notes

c)

Time Signature

d)

Clef

8.

What is this called?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Time Signature

d)

Note

9.

What is this called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Note

d)

Time Signature

10.

What are the vertical lines that divide the staff called?

a)

Measure/bar lines

b)

Time signature

c)

Clef

d)

Note

11.

What are the spaces between the measure/bar lines called?

a)

Measures/bars

b)

Notes

c)

Clefs

d)

Ledger Lines

12.

What are the two numbers stacked on top of each other called?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Measure Lines

c)

Clef

d)

Notes

13.

What does the time signature tell the musician?

a)

How many counts/beats each note gets.

b)

How high to play.

c)

What instrument to play.

d)

How fast to play.

14.
How many lines are on a staff?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
15.
How many spaces are on a staff?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
7
16.
What is this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
17.
What is this rest called?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Sixteenth Rest
18.

What is this symbol and what does it do?

a)

flat lowers by 1/2 step

b)

flat raises by 1/2 step

c)

sharp lowers by 1/2 step

d)

sharp raises by 1/2 step

19.

What is this symbol and what does it do?

a)

flat lowers by 1/2 step

b)

flat raises by 1/2 step

c)

sharp lowers by 1/2 step

d)

sharp raises by 1/2 step

20.

What is this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

21.

Choose the correct way to

count this rhythm.

a)

1 2 3 4

b)

1 + 2,3,4

c)

2,2,3,4

d)

1_3_

22.

Choose the correct way to

count this rhythm.

a)

1 2 3 4

b)

1 + 3 4

c)

1 2 3+ 4

d)

1 _ _ _

23.

Check all the Music Elements

a)

Pitch

b)

Duration

c)

Emotion

d)

Dynamics

e)

Timbre

24.

Pitch:

a)

Soft or loud

b)

High or low

c)

Long or short

d)

Beautiful or ugly

25.

Listening 1

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.
How many beats does this note get?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
27.
How many beats does this rest get?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/4
28.
How many sixteenth notes equal one beat?
a)
4
b)
16
c)
8
d)
0
29.
________ is the speed of a song.
a)
Timbre
b)
Pitch
c)
Dynamics
d)
Tempo
30.

How many beats is this rhythm worth?

a)

1/3

b)

1/4

c)

1/2

d)

1

31.

In 4/4 time, how many beats does a whole rest get?

a)

1 Beat

b)

2 Beats

c)

4 Beats

d)

3 Beats

32.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Quarter Rest
b)
Eighth Rest
c)
Sixteenth Rest
d)
Half Rest
33.

Which rest is an eighth rest?

a)
b)
c)
d)