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Musical Structure

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

Name the three major areas in musical structure.

(a)  

2.

What is another name for the treble clef?

a)

The 'F' Clef

b)

The 'O' clef

c)

The 'A' Clef

d)

The 'G' Clef

3.

What is melody?

a)

Tune

b)

Notes arranged in a meaningful manner

c)

When musical voices are together

d)

Moosic

4.

What identifies music for higher voices?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Alto Clef

d)

Soprano Clef

5.

What identifies music for lower voices?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Alto Clef

d)

Soprano Clef

6.

What tells the performer the meter of a song?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Key Signature

c)

Tempo Marking

d)

Celebrity Signature

7.

What symbol identifies a new measure?

a)

Bar Line

b)

Repeat Sign

c)

Double Bar Line

d)

Measure Line

8.

The five lines and four spaces that music is written is called what?

a)

Staff

b)

System

c)

Bar Lines

d)

Measures

9.

What is tempo?

a)

Speed of a sound

b)

Length of a sound

c)

Structure of the music

d)

Unique sounds made by objects

10.

What is tone?

a)

Structure of music

b)

Speed of music

c)

A nice beep boop

d)

Unique sound made by each instrument

11.

What is another word for tone color?

a)

Unicorns

b)

Timbre

c)

Tone

d)

Pitch

12.

The music line that is played along with the melody

a)

Bass

b)

Rhythm

c)

Harmony

d)

Chords

13.

What music element is demonstrated?

a)

Meter

b)

Dynamics

c)

Harmony

d)

Tempo

14.

What is HARMONY?

a)

Volume

b)

Speed of the beat

c)

More than one sound played together

d)

Division of the beat

15.

Shows pattern of Rhythm or Pitch

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Value

d)

Dynamic

16.

How long a note or rest is held for

a)

Tempo

b)

Lyric

c)

Duration

d)

Phrase

17.

Silence in music

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Lyrics

d)

Tempo

18.

The “heartbeat” or steady reoccurring pulse In music

a)

Beat

b)

Rhythm

c)

Duration

d)

Dynamic

19.

A staff that is created when two staves are joined together

a)

Barline

b)

Double Barline

c)

Grand Staff

d)

Phrase

20.

The sound given when a note is placed on the staff

a)

Pitch

b)

Slur

c)

Note

d)

Style

21.

A pattern of sound or silence that can be felt or heard

a)

Beat

b)

Rhythm

c)

Dynamic

d)

Mood

22.

A series of five horizontal lines on which notes are written

a)

Staff

b)

Grand Staff

c)

Bar line

d)

Double Barline

23.

The rate or speed of a piece of music

a)

Tempo

b)

Duration

c)

Beat

d)

Rhythm

24.

Indicates the key of a composition

a)

Key Signature

b)

Dynamics

c)

Tone

d)

Mood

25.

What is the Tempo in music?

a)

The form

b)

The speed

c)

The volume

d)

The era in which it was written

26.

What does Pitch mean?

a)

How many beats in a bar

b)

How fast or slow

c)

How high or low

d)

How the music is played

27.

Which of these terms refers to Dynamics?

a)

legato

b)

accelerando

c)

ternary

d)

pianissimo

28.

What does Rhythm refer to?

a)

The number of beats in each bar

b)

The speed of the music

c)

The length of the notes and the patterns that they make

d)

The number of layers or parts

29.

Which of these terms concerns Texture?

a)

piano

b)

rondo

c)

percussive

d)

homophonic

30.

Timbre means ...

a)

the sound quality

b)

the way that the music is played

c)

the texture

d)

a piece of wood

31.
TEXTURE is......
a)
The main musical idea or tune
b)
The organizing principle in music; Repetition, Contrast, and Variation
c)
The loudness or quietness of music
d)
How the Melodic, Rhythmic, and Harmonic elements are combined in a composition
32.

What is the definition of music?

Multiple response.

a)

Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

b)

Sounds that are produced

c)

Pressure in the air

d)

Written or printed signs

33.

This is where the intervals between low and high parts of the melody are Attainable is called_________.

a)

Conjunct

b)

Disjunct

c)

Function

d)

Harmony

34.

This is the count or beats that are grouped together to formed on the staff that are separated by bar lines.

a)

D.S. la Coda

b)

Measure

c)

Double Bar

d)

Time signature

35.

This is where the intervals between low and high parts are great and hard to attain.

a)

Disjunct

b)

Conjunct

c)

Function

d)

Sound Wave