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Rhythm Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the top number of a time signature tell you?

a)

How many minutes the song lasts.

b)

How many people are playing the song.

c)

How many beats for each measure.

d)

How much it costs to play the song.

2.

Why is it important to draw the bar lines on the staff?

a)

Lines are fun to draw.

b)

It divides the music into measures which makes the music way easier to read.

c)

It makes the music go faster.

d)

It makes the music go slower.

3.

In America, what do we usually call the space between the bar lines in music?

a)

Spacy things

b)

Big Holes

c)

Spaces

d)

Measures

4.

What do you call the double bar line at the end of a piece of music?

a)

An eagle.

b)

Thin line thick line

c)

Ending thingy.

d)

A double bar line.

5.

What is the other name for a crotchet?

a)

A crutch

b)

A quarter note

c)

A tennis racket

d)

A rocket

6.

What type of note lasts as long as a quarter rest?

a)

A whole note

b)

A half note

c)

A quarter note

d)

An eighth note

7.

What is the other (kind of strange) name for the half note?

a)

A minum

b)

A minimum

c)

A miny

d)

Minny Mouse

8.

Which rest sort of looks like a hat?

a)

A Whole rest

b)

A Half rest

c)

A Quarter rest

d)

An Eighth rest

9.

Which rhythm is also called a Semibreve?

a)

A Whole note

b)

A Half note

c)

A Quarter note

d)

A Sixteenth note

10.

Which line on the staff does a whole rest hang down from?

a)

The Third line

b)

The Fourth line

c)

The Bottom line

d)

The Top line

11.

The marking that comes off the top of the stem on a single eighth note is called a ____________.

a)

Blade

b)

Finger

c)

Flower

d)

Flag

12.

An eighth rest lasts for one half beat of ________________.

a)

sound

b)

silence

c)

ice cream

d)

paint

13.

True or False: All music uses a 4/4 time signature.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

When you see a C in the place of the time signature, what does it mean?

a)

Cat's won't like this song.

b)

Play only C's in this song.

c)

Don't play any C's in this song.

d)

Common Time = 4/4

15.

Which one of these time signatures means there will be exactly 3 beats in each measure?

a)

4/4

b)

3/4

c)

2/4