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Bar Lines and Time Signatures

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a time signature?

a)

Time signatures are used to tell how many time you have to play each music.

b)

Time signatures are used to tell how many beats each measure of music will get.

c)

Time signatures are used to tell how many times you have to play each measure.

d)

Time signatures are used to tell how many beats the entire song will get.

2.

what does the bottom number of a time signature tells you?

a)

The bottom number tells the number of beats are in a song

b)

The bottom number tells the number of beats are in each measure

c)

The bottom number tells you what type of note to be written in each measure

d)

The bottom number tells you what type of note receives one beat.

3.

What does the top number in a time signature tells you?

a)

The top number tells what type of note receives one beat.

b)

The top number tells the number of beats are in a song

c)

The top number tells the number of beats are in each measure

d)

The top number tells what type of note is to be played in a song

4.

How many beats are in each measure of music?

a)

8

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

5.

If i have a a dotted half note in the last measure, what time signature am i?

a)
b)
c)
6.

What is the function of a bar-line? Select all the correct answers

a)

Bar lines break up the musical section into reduced, measurable groups of notes and rests.

b)

A bar line separates notes into readable measures.

c)

Bar lines are used as guidelines for you to follow.

d)

A bar line separates music into measures (also called bars)

7.

What is the function of a double bar-line?

a)

A double bar line allows you to go on to the next measure

b)

A double bar line at the end of a measure means that song is to be repeated

c)

A double bar line allows you to see the end of the music

d)

A double bar line indicates to a musician it's the end of the song

8.

If a song has four beats per measure, what is the time signature ?

a)
b)
c)
9.

What is the name of the note with the longest count in bar 6?

a)

whole note

b)

quarter note

c)

eighth note

d)

half note

10.

This bar-line separate measures and allows you to go on to the next measure. Which bar-line is it?

a)

repeat sign

b)

double bar-line

c)

single bar-line

11.

How many numbers are there in a time signature?

a)

1 (Just one big one)

b)

3 ( Like a pyramid)

c)

2 ( a top and a bottom number)

12.

Which time signature is also called "common time"?

a)
b)
c)
13.

What type of note gets one beat in 3/4 Time Signature?

a)

Eighth Note

b)

Quarter Note

c)

Half Note

d)

Whole Note

14.
Musical symbol that indicates the end of a song  
a)
Bar Line
b)
Double Bar Line
c)
Repeat Sign
d)
Time Signature
15.

A waltz has 3 beats per measure- which could be a time signature for a waltz?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

How many quarter-notes can be contained in one measure of this time signature?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

How many quarter-notes can be contained in one measure of this time signature?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

How many quarter-notes can be contained in one measure of this time signature?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

A piece of music with a 2/4 Time Signature has how many beats in each measure?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

20.

What are these called?

a)

Time Signatures

b)

Measures

c)

Bar Lines

d)

Notes