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Quarter 3 Test Piano 1

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Clara Schumann born?

a)

Leipzig, Germany

b)

Frankfurt, Germany

c)

Berlin, Germany

d)

Munich, Germany

2.

In what musical period did Clara Schumann write?

a)

Romantic

b)

Medieval

c)

Classic

d)

Baroque

3.

Clara toured all over Europe performing many types of music.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Who did Clara marry?

a)

Robert Schumann

b)

Felix Mendelssohn

c)

Johannes Brahms

d)

Franz Liszt

5.

After her husband's death, Clara kept composing and became even more famous.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Clara was a child prodigy on the piano. What is a prodigy?

a)

A child who struggles to learn.

b)

A child who is exceptionally talented at something.

c)

A child who has no talent.

d)

A child who is good at math only.

7.

How many different notes make up a standard major triad chord?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Name this chord!

a)

C major

b)

E major

c)

G major

9.

Name this chord!

a)

Dmajor

b)

B major

c)

G major

10.

What is the chord being played on the piano above?

a)

A major

b)

F major

c)

C major

d)

F# major

11.

What is the root note of this chord?

a)

D

b)

Db

c)

Bb

d)

F

12.

What is a chord?

a)

A piece of rope used to pull things.

b)

Singing or playing two different notes separately

c)

the distance between two notes

d)

Singing or playing three or more different notes at the same time.

13.
What notes are in this treble clef chord?
a)
C, E, G
b)
E, G, B
c)
G, B, D
d)
D, F#, A
14.

Name this chord!

a)

A major

b)

A minor

15.

What note is missing to make this an E Major triad?

a)

F#

b)

F

c)

G#

d)

G

16.

Who invented the piano?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Bartolomeo Cristofori

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Clara Schumann

17.

Cristofori called his instrument "gravicembalo col piano e forte" which means a " harpsichord with _______ and ________".

a)

violins & cellos

b)

hammers & dampers

c)

tenuto & legato

d)

soft & loud

18.

In which country was the piano invented?

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

France

19.

When was the piano invented?

a)

Around 1700

b)

Around 1800

c)

Around 1900

d)

Around 1600

20.

You can play loudly or softly on the Harpsichord

a)

True

b)

False

c)

A little

21.

Piano is an Italian music word and it means

a)

Loud

b)

Quiet

c)

Music

d)

Opera

22.

Forte is an Italian music word and it means:

a)

Loud

b)

Quiet

c)

Music

d)

Opera

23.

What musical element did the piano introduce that previous keyboard instruments did not have before?

a)

A range of dynamics

b)

A range of tempo

c)

A range of key signatures

d)

A range of pitches

24.

Of the three pedals on a piano, which one is called the damper or sustain pedal?

a)

left

b)

middle

c)

right

25.

Of the three pedals on a piano, which one is called the una corda or soft pedal?

a)

left

b)

middle

c)

right

26.

What does the damper (or sustain ) pedal do?

a)

It makes the piano softer.

b)

It makes some of the notes ring longer by lifting half the dampers, but not all of them.

c)

It lifts the dampers and lets the strings vibrate for longer.

27.

Which of these answers describes dynamics? Choose 2

a)

Allegro

b)

mezzoforte

c)

moderato

d)

crescendo

28.

Which element of music is defined by the speed of the music, slow to fast?

a)

Pitch

b)

Articulation

c)

Texture

d)

Tempo

29.

What musical element can be defined as volume, soft to loud?

a)

Pitch

b)

Dynamics

c)

Texture

d)

Tempo

30.

Which statement best defines the musical element Timbre?

a)

What you shout when felling a tree.

b)

The sound quality of an instrument, eg. piano vs. organ.

c)

Short for Tambourine.

d)

The size of a piece of sheet music.

31.

Duration is determined by musical notation, notes and rests, and tells the performer how ___________ or _________ a sound will be.

a)

close or far

b)

loose or tight

c)

long or short

d)

tall or wide

32.

What do we call the way music is organized into sections?

a)

Notes

b)

Form

c)

Oranges

33.

When naming the sections of a musical form, do you label each part with numbers or letters?

a)

numbers

b)

letters

34.

Which one of the answers is NOT a form?

a)

12345

b)

AABA

c)

ABA

35.

Which of these shows Binary form?

a)

ABA

b)

AB

c)

ABC

d)

BA

36.

Which of these shows ternary form?

a)

AB

b)

ABC

c)

ABA

d)

ABB

37.

What form is shown above?

a)

Binary form

b)

Ternary form

c)

Rondo Form

d)

Theme and Variations

38.

If I have a song that tells a story with a lot of verses, but there's no chorus that comes back, it's in _____________ form.

a)

binary

b)

ternary

c)

strophic

39.

When you see a rest in music, you are supposed to make a noise of some sort

a)

True

b)

False

40.

How many whole rests are found on this staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

41.

How many half rests are found on this staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

42.

How many quarter rests are found on this staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

43.

How many eighth rests are on this staff?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

44.

How many beats is the rest worth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

1/2

d)

4

45.

How many beats is this rest worth?

a)

1

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

d)

2

46.

How many beats is this rest worth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

47.

How many beats is this rest worth

a)

1/2

b)

1/4

c)

1

d)

2

48.

What rest is missing, to make this a complete measure?

a)
b)
c)
d)
49.

What rest is missing, to make this a complete measure?

a)
b)
c)
d)
50.

What kind of rests are these?

a)

Quarter Rests

b)

8th Rests

c)

16th Rests

d)

Half Rests

51.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes

b)

No

52.

Is this correct?

a)

No. That is G after C4

b)

Yes. That E on the treble clef is after C4

c)

No. That E on the treble clef is after C5

d)

Yes. That is F after C5

53.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes

b)

No

54.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes

b)

No

55.

Is this correct?

a)

No.

b)

No. That treble clef note is C

c)

No. That treble clef note is G

d)

Yes. It is A after C4

56.

Is this correct?

a)

No.

b)

No. That treble clef note is C

c)

No. That treble clef note is G

d)

Yes. It is A after C4

57.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes. It is A

b)

Yes. It is C5

c)

No. It is not C5

d)

No. That is B

58.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes

b)

No

59.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes. That treble clef note is F

b)

No. It is not F

60.

Is this correct?

a)

No. The treble clef note is D after C5

b)

Yes. It is D after C4

c)

No. It is not D. It is C

61.

Is this correct?

a)

No. The treble clef note is C

b)

Yes. The treble clef note is D

c)

No. It is D after C5

62.

Is this correct?

a)

No

b)

Yes

63.

Is this correct?

a)

No. It should be C5

b)

No. It should be D

c)

Yes. It is C4

64.

Is this correct?

a)

No. It is C

b)

No. It is E

c)

Yes. It is D after C4

d)

No. It is E after C4

65.

Is this correct?

a)

No

b)

Yes

66.

Is this correct?

a)

Yes. It is G after C5

b)

No. It is F after C5

c)

It is G but not after C5

d)

It is F and it should be before C5