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VIOLIN BASICS QUIZ

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What symbol is this and what does it mean?

a)

Alligator mouth - feed it now before it eats you

b)

Crescendo - gradually play louder

c)

Decrescendo - gradually play softer

d)

Forte - play loudly

2.

What is the name of this symbol and what does it mean?

a)

Crescendo - gradually get louder

b)

Decrescendo - gradually get softer

c)

Slow down - gradually slow down

d)

Boo

3.

What are the dots above the notes called, and how do you play them?

a)

Fortes - Loud

b)

Staccatos - disconnected

c)

Fast dots - fast

4.

What does legato mean?

a)

Play your notes softly.

b)

Play your notes quickly.

c)

Play with short bows.

d)

Play with smooth, connected bows.

5.

This is called a _____.

It has 5 lines and 4 spaces.

a)

Slave or Slop

b)

Slope or Snake

c)

Staff or Stave

6.

What is this called?

a)

Squiggle

b)

G Clef or Treble Clef

c)

C Clef or Bass Clef

7.

What part of the violin is this?

a)

Nut

b)

Fine Tuners

c)

Scroll

8.

What part of the violin are these?

a)

Fine tuners

b)

Pegs

c)

Bridge

9.
a)

Tunnel

b)

Bridge

c)

Fine tuners

10.

a)

Holes

b)

Sound slots

c)

F holes

11.

What part of the violin is this called?

a)

Peg

b)

Baseboard

c)

Nut

d)

String strip

12.

What is the long black part on the violin?

a)

The neck

b)

The fingerboard

c)

The road to home

13.

What is the long wooden part underneath the fingerboard called?

a)

The neck

b)

The stick

14.

What is the curved black piece on the violin called?

a)

The chin rest

b)

The shoulder rest

c)

The chin piece

15.

What part of the bow is this called?

a)

Tub

b)

Tip

c)

Top

16.

What is the long wooden part of the bow called?

a)

Trunk

b)

Wood

c)

Stick

17.

What is this part called on the violin?

a)

Frog

b)

Base

c)

Alligator

18.

What is this symbol and what does it mean?

a)

Whole rest - rest for 4 beats

b)

Half rest - rest for 2 beats

c)

Up bow - Move your bow in an upward motion

d)

Down bow - Move your bow in a downward motion

19.

What does the arrow above the staff mean?

a)

Down bow - play the note with your bow going down to the floor

b)

Up bow - play the note with your bow going up to the sky

20.

What note is this and how many beats does it get?

a)

Eighth note - half a beat

b)

Eighth note - 2 beats

c)

Eighth note - 1 beat

21.

Which is a quarter note?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

Which note gets 4 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

Which note gets 2 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

Which note gets 3 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

What note is this and how many beats does it get?

a)

quarter note - it gets 1 beat

b)

dotted eighth note - it gets 3/4 beat

c)

dotted half note - it gets 3 beats

d)

dotted quarter note - it gets 1.5 beats

26.

What note is this and how many beats does it get?

a)

Sixteenth note - 1/4 beat

b)

X - 10 beats

c)

Eddie note - a whole lot of love

d)

Eighth note - 1/2 beat

27.

Which rest gets 2 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

Which rest gets 4 beats?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

Which rest gets 1 beat?

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Which rest gets 1/2 a beat?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which rest gets only 1/4 of a beat?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

What note is this and how do you play it?

a)

B

2nd finger / G string

b)

G

Open G

c)

G

1st finger / G string

d)

A

Open A

33.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

G

open G string

b)

G sharp

Low 1st finger / G string

c)

A flat

Low 1st finger / G string

d)

B

2nd finger / G string

34.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

A flat

1st finger / G string

b)

B flat

2nd finger / G string

c)

A flat

Low 1st finger / G string

d)

C

3rd finger / G string

35.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

G

Open G

b)

A sharp

Low 2nd finger / G string

c)

D

open D

d)

A

1st finger / G string

36.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

A flat

1st finger / G string

b)

B flat

Low 2nd finger / G string

c)

You play it while changing a flat tire on your car

d)

A

2nd finger / G string

37.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

B

2nd finger / G string

b)

G

Open G

c)

C

3rd finger / G string

d)

D

Open D

38.

What is this sign?

a)

Sharp sign

b)

Pound sign

c)

Flat sign

d)

Hashtag

39.

What is this sign?

a)

Sharp sign

b)

Cursive B

c)

Flat sign

40.

What does an "open string" mean?

a)

A string that is played without any fingers pressed down

b)

A string that has only 1 finger pressed down on it

c)

A string that is played outside in the open

41.

What note is this and how do you play it on the violin?

a)

C

3rd finger / G string

b)

C

High 3rd finger / G string

c)

B

2nd finger / G string

d)

B

Low 2nd finger / G string

42.

How many notes are there in a regular major scale?

a)

0. I don't like playing scales.

b)

4

c)

10

d)

8

43.

The first and last note in a regular major scales is called ______.

a)

Sonic

b)

Tonic

c)

First and Last

44.

There are 8 notes in a major scale. The first note is called the tonic, and there are half steps (H) and whole steps (W) in the middle. What is the pattern of major scales?

a)

Tonic - W - H - W - H - W - H - W

Half steps are every other note

b)

Tonic - W - W - W - W - W - W - W

There are no half steps

c)

Tonic - W - W - H - W - W - W - H

Half steps between the 3rd/4th notes and the 7th/8th notes

45.

Where should your fingers be when you play a half step?

a)

Close together

b)

With a space in between

46.

Where should your fingers be when you play a whole step?

a)

Close together

b)

With a space in between

47.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

C

3rd finger / G string

b)

C sharp

High 3rd finger / G string

c)

B sharp

2nd finger / G string

d)

B

1st finger / A string

48.

When you need to play a note HIGHER, you should move it closer to the ______.

a)

Sky

b)

Scroll

c)

Floor

d)

Bridge

49.

When you need to play a note LOWER you should move it closer to the ______.

a)

Bridge

b)

Scroll

c)

Neighbor's house

d)

Kitchen. You are hungry and want to get some food.

50.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

E

1st finger / D string

b)

A

Open A

c)

G

Open G

d)

D

Open D

51.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

A sharp

Low 1st finger / A string

b)

E

1st finger / D string

c)

D sharp

Open D

d)

D sharp

Low 1st finger / D string

52.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

E flat

High 3rd finger / A string

b)

E flat

Low 1st finger / D string

c)

E

1st finger / D string

53.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

E

1st finger / D string

b)

D

Open D

c)

F

Low 2nd finger / D string

d)

G

3rd finger / D string

54.

What note is this and where should you play it on the violin?

a)

F flat

Low 2nd finger / D string

b)

F

Low 2nd finger / D string

c)

G

3rd finger / D string

d)

A

Open A