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The Elements of Music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following Italian terms means to play smoothly?

a)

Staccato

b)

Legato

c)

Accented

d)

Forte

2.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Two notes that are right next door to each other are a tone apart.

b)

There is a semitone between adjacent black notes

c)

Two notes that are right next door to each other are a semitone apart.

d)

Adjacent white notes are always a tone apart.

3.

When melody notes move from one note to one next door their movement is :

a)

By step

b)

By leap

c)

By slide

4.

A musical sentence is called a:

a)

Crescendo

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Phrase

d)

Scale

5.

Which of the following is not a note length?

a)

Crotchet

b)

Minim

c)

Quaver

d)

Accent

6.

Which Italian word means 'moderately'?

a)

Meno

b)

Mezzo

c)

Piu

d)

Molto

7.

Which scale would a composer use to write a piece of music that sounded joyful and upbeat?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Pentatonic

8.

Which of the following is the correct pattern of tones and semitones for the harmonic minor scale?

a)

T T S T T T S

b)

T S T S T T S

c)

T S T T S T+ST S

d)

T T+ST T T T S T

9.

Which major scale is the only one that doesn't use any sharps or flats?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

Decrescendo and diminuendo ...

a)

Mean different things

b)

Mean the same thing

c)

Mean similar things

d)

Mean opposite things

11.

What does this dot mean?

a)

Play the note louder

b)

Play the note shorter

c)

Play the note longer

12.

Does this melody …

a)

Ascend?

b)

Descend?

c)

Ascend then descend?

d)

Descend then ascend?

13.

These are examples of

a)

Key signatures

b)

Clefs

c)

Time signatures

d)

Dynamics

14.

Another word for tonality is

a)

Key

b)

Rhythm

c)

Dynamics

d)

Tempo

15.

When a melodic pattern is repeated but at a different pitch, this is known as

a)

Conjunct

b)

Phrase

c)

Repetition

d)

Sequence