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Piano Class End of the Year Final Test

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the piano invented?

a)

Around 1700

b)

Around 1800

c)

Around 1900

d)

Around 1600

2.

Who invented the piano?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Bartolomeo Cristofori

c)

Christopher Robin

d)

Ms. Capani

3.

How was the new pianoforte better than the harpsichord?

a)

It was easier to play.

b)

It was cheaper to buy.

c)

It could play dynamics; loud and soft.

4.
This note is
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
5.
This note is
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.

What is the name of this key?

a)

A

b)

Eb

c)

G#

d)

F#

7.

What is the name of this key?

a)

Db

b)

Bb

c)

Cb

d)

Fb

8.
 What note is this on the bass clef?
a)
G
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
9.
 What note is this on the bass clef?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
B
d)
G
10.
What is the name of this music symbol?
a)
Key signature
b)
Time signature
c)
Treble Clef
d)
Bass Clef
11.
Name the note. 
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
12.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

F

c)

E

d)

B

13.

What note is this?

a)

E

b)

A

c)

F

d)

G

14.

What is the rhythmic value in a 44 time signature?

a)

1/2 beat

b)

1 beat

c)

2 beats

d)

3 beats

e)

4 beats

15.
The top number in a time signature tells us-
a)
nothing
b)
what kind of note gets a beat
c)
the number of beats per measure
d)
the number of measures in the song
16.
how many beats are in each measure of music?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
8
17.

What does the bottom number of the time signature tell you?

a)

How many beats per measure

b)

How many seconds per measure

c)

Which note is worth one beat

d)

The denominator

18.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

19.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

one beat

b)

two beats

c)

three beats

d)

four beats

20.

Name this rest.

a)

Quarter Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Whole Rest

d)

Eighth Rest

e)

Dotted Half Rest

21.

How many beats do these notes get TOGETHER?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

4

d)

3

e)

1/2

22.
What is this symbol?
a)
A Curvy-Que
b)
Treble Clef
c)
Trouble Clef
d)
Bass Clef
23.

What is the name of this music symbol?

a)

sharp

b)

natural

c)

flat

d)

staccato

24.

What is the name of this music symbol?

a)

hashtag

b)

sharp

c)

flat

d)

natural

25.

What is the name of this music symbol?

a)

Sign

b)

Repeat

c)

Crescendo

d)

Key signature

26.

What symbol means to skip to the coda?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

name this symbol.

a)

fortissimo: play as loud as you can

b)

femata: shorten the note

c)

fermata: hold the note longer than normal

d)

formelitia: a short formula

28.

In music, what does a tie do?

a)

shortens two notes.

b)

combines two or more notes of the same pitch.

c)

makes you look good in a suit.

d)

combines two or more notes that are different pitches.

29.

D.S. stands for Da Segno.

a)

True.

b)

false.

30.

What is a coda?

a)

Italian for end of the song

b)

Italian for the beginning of the song.

c)

Italian for the middle of the song.

31.

What does D.C. al Coda mean?

a)

District of Columbia

b)

Detective Comics

c)

Dal Capo: Italian for go to the beginning of the song and then go to the end.

d)

Deceptive Cadence

32.
a)
A flat
b)
B flat
c)
C flat
d)
G flat
33.
a)
A sharp
b)
B sharp
c)
D sharp
d)
C sharp
34.

What is tempo?

a)

how fast or slow the music should be played

b)

how slow the music is played

c)

how fast the music is played

d)

moderate pace

35.

What is allegro?

a)

slow

b)

moderate

c)

fast

d)

gradually getting faster

36.

Ritardando = gradually slowing down

a)

true

b)

false

37.

This term means the tempo speeds up.

a)

agitato

b)

accelerando

c)

ritardando

d)

calando

38.

Tempo markings we have studied are in what language?

a)

Italian

b)

Latin

c)

Olde English

d)

German

39.

What do Dynamics tell you?

a)

How fast to play the music

b)

How loud or soft to play the music

c)

Andante

d)

Adagio

40.

Forte means?

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

medium loud

d)

medium soft

41.

Largo is a _______ marking and means ______?

a)

Dynamic; slow

b)

Tempo; slow

c)

Dynamic; fast

d)

Tempo; fast

42.

Mezzo Piano (mp) is a ________ marking and means _______?

a)

Tempo; slow

b)

Dynamic; soft

c)

Tempo; medium soft

d)

Dynamic; medium soft

43.

Allegro is a ________ marking and means ______?

a)

Dynamic; fast

b)

Tempo; fast

c)

Dynamic; soft

d)

Tempo; loud

44.
a)

pianissimo

b)

piano

c)

piano piano

d)

pianito

45.
a)

piano

b)

pizzicato

c)

pizza

d)

plain style

46.
a)

Forceful

b)

Flauta

c)

Fast

d)

Forte

47.
a)

Forte Forte

b)

Fortelando

c)

Fortissimo

d)

Fast Fast

48.

Gradually Louder. Choose THREE

a)

Descrescendo

b)

Crescendo

c)
d)
e)
49.

Gradually Softer. Choose THREE.

a)

Dimiunendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Ritardando

d)
e)
50.

Why is Florence Price important in music history?

a)

She was married to a famous composer.

b)

She sang at Lincoln Center.

c)

She was the first African American woman to have her composition performed by a major symphony orchestra.

d)

She was the first African American woman to perform piano at the White House.

51.

FLORENCE PRICE:

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Price's Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, why was it groundbreaking? Choose 2 answers.

a)

It was the first time a major symphony orchestra had performed a piece by an African American woman.

b)

It was the first time a major symphony orchestra performed in Chicago.

c)

An all male, all white orchestra performed the work of an African American woman.

d)

Florence Price performed a solo with them.

52.

Florence Price was taught piano by

a)

her father

b)

her mother

c)

her school

d)

a private piano teacher

53.

AMY BEACH:

Where was Amy Beach born?

a)

Henniker, New Hampshire

b)

New York City, New York

c)

Los Angeles, California

d)

New Orleans, Louisiana

54.

Many woman composers achieved successful status in American before Amy Beach.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

True or false: Amy Beach's husband was supportive of her composing career.

a)

true

b)

false

56.

CLARA SCHUMANN:

Where was Clara Schumann born?

a)

Leipzig, Germany

b)

Frankfurt, Germany

c)

Berlin, Germany

d)

Munich, Germany

57.

In what musical period did Clara Schumann write?

a)

Romantic

b)

Medieval

c)

Classic

d)

Baroque

58.

Who did Clara marry?

a)

Robert Schumann

b)

Felix Mendelssohn

c)

Johannes Brahms

d)

Franz Liszt

59.

Check off all the terms that are elements of music. There are THREE.

a)

beat

b)

melody

c)

harmony

d)

staff

e)

rhythm

60.

Which of the following is NOT an element of music?

a)

Pitch/Melody

b)

Duration/Rhythm

c)

Allegro

d)

Texture

61.

What is FORM?

a)

How fast the music is to be played.

b)

The way music is organized.

c)

How high or low the pitches are.

d)

The progression of chords.

62.
Name the form represented in this image
a)
Ternary
b)
Binary
c)
Rondo
d)
Strophic
63.

Name the form

a)

Binary

b)

Strophic

c)

Theme and Variation

d)

Ternary

64.

What form does this picture represent?

a)

Binary

b)

Strophic

c)

Ternary

d)

Song Form

65.

What does texture refer to?

a)

How loud or soft a song is

b)

The number of individual musical lines and the relationships these lines have to one another

c)

The number of dynamics that are used within the song

d)

How many Italian terms can be found within the music

66.

Which of the following lists types of texture?

a)

Monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic

b)

Binary, ternary, strophic, and through-composed

c)

Forte, piano, crescendo, and decrescendo

d)

Soprano, alto, baritone, tenor, and bass

67.

Medieval Gregorian Chant is a single melody with Latin words. What's the texture?

a)

polyphonic

b)

homophonic

c)

monophonic

68.

What element of music refers to the speed of the underlying beat?

a)

Timbre

b)

Tone

c)

Tempo

d)

Texture

69.

What two words can be used to describe duration?

a)

Long or short

b)

Smooth or detached

c)

High or low

d)

Thick or thin

70.

What is timbre?

a)

The range of an instrument or voice.

b)

The unique tone quality of an instrument or voice.

c)

A percussion instrument.

d)

The main musical line.

71.

The different sounds of these instruments are described as _________________.

a)

melody

b)

form

c)

dynamics

d)

timbre

72.

What is melody?

a)

The supporting chords.

b)

How loud or soft the music is played.

c)

The main musical line that moves in a contour of conjunct and disjunct patterns. .

d)

The value of notes and rests.

73.

What can used to describe conjunct melody?

a)

jumping around

b)

vertical harmony

c)

decrescendo

d)

stepwise motion

74.

The right hand of this piano music shows melody that is mostly _____________________.

a)

conjunct

b)

disjunct

75.
Select the correct definition of HARMONY.
a)
How two or more notes work together; combinations of pitches
b)
Patterns of sounds and silences with a beat
76.

the term pianissimo is an example of which element of music?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Dynamics

c)

Pitch

d)

Texture

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