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End of Year Music Theory Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this called? Please use both names.
a)
Treble Clef or G Clef
b)
Clef or Swirl Clef
c)
High Clef or Low Clef
d)
Art work or staff
2.
What letters make up the music alphabet?
a)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
b)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
c)
A, B, C, D, E, F
d)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
3.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
4.
What is this called, between the bar lines? 
a)
2 barlines on a staff
b)
2  whole rests in 2 measures
c)
a Staff with barlines shown
d)
A Measure between 2 barlines
5.
what is the name of this?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Treble Clef
c)
Alto Clef
d)
Soprano Clef
6.
How many beats are in a half note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
This note is a
a)
Dotted Quarter note
b)
Whole note
c)
Eighth note
d)
Quarter note
8.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
9.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter Rest

b)

Whole Rest

c)

Sixteenth Rest

d)

Half Rest

10.

Musical math - What is the value of the expression?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

3

d)

6

11.

What is this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Fermata

12.
Two eighth notes are equal to 
a)
1 whole note
b)
22 half notes
c)
6 sixteenth notes
d)
1 quarter note
13.
What is the musical term that deals with volume in music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Melody
c)
Harmony
d)
Dynamics
14.

Musical Math - What is the value of this equation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

1/4

d)

1/2

15.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Fermata

16.

We can't have music without a Time Signature. What is the time signature so important?

a)

It's not important at all

b)

Because fractions are cool!

c)

It tells a musician how to count/about time in music.

17.

Musical Math - what is the value of this equation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.
what does the top number represent?
a)
3 beats in a measure
b)
3 measures in the song
c)
3 beats per class
d)
3 teachers are great!!!
19.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Fermata

d)

Sharp

20.

What is the term for a soft dynamic level?

a)

pianissimo

b)

mezzo piano

c)

piano

d)

forte

21.

What do you call a collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece that tells us where Do is?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Harmony

c)

Key Signature

d)

Pitch

22.

What music term means ‘to get gradually softer’?

a)

Forte

b)

Crescendo

c)

Decrescendo

d)

Piano

23.

When a flat, sharp, or natural appears in music, it is called an...

a)

Key Signature

b)

Accidental

c)

Half Step

d)

Whole Step

24.

An accidental remains in effect

a)

all measures in one line of music

b)

only the measure it's in

c)

two measures only

d)

the entire piece

25.

What is the term for a loud dynamic level?

a)

Fortissimo

b)

Forte

c)

Mezzo Forte

d)

Mezzo Piano

26.

What key signature is this?

a)

G Major

b)

C Major

c)

B Flat Major

d)

F Major

27.

How many beats?

a)

3

b)

2 and half

c)

4

d)

3 and half

28.

What key signature is this?

a)

G Major

b)

F Major

c)

C Major

d)

D Major

29.

What music term means ‘to get gradually louder’?

a)

Forte

b)

Crescendo

c)

Decrescendo

d)

Piano

30.

What is the symbol for Dal Segno?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

What does the top number of the time signature tell the musician?

a)

How many notes are in a measure

b)

How many beats are in a measure

c)

How many 8th notes are in a measure

d)

How many quarter notes are in a measure

32.

Which is correct?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

What symbol is this?

a)

ending symbol

b)

pause

c)

repeat sign

34.

What is the symbol for coda?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

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

a)

What type of note gets the beat

b)

The same as the top number

c)

What note is most important

d)

How fast or slow to perform the music

36.

Which is correct?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

What does 'D.C. al Fine' at the end of the piece instruct the player to do?

a)

Stop playing at the end

b)

Go to the beginning and jump to the coda

c)

Go back to the beginning and play through the whole piece again

d)

Go back to the beginning as stop at the 'Fine' (new ending)

38.

What does Da Capo literally translate to in English?

a)

The Head

b)

The start

c)

The end

d)

The repeat

39.

What is the order of flats found in a key signature?

a)

Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb

b)

Fb Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb

c)

Ab Sb Db Fb Gb Hb Jb

d)

Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb

40.

What notes are flat in the key signature?

a)

B, E

b)

F, A

c)

D, F

d)

none

41.

Name the flats you see in this key signature in order.

a)

Bb Ab Db Eb Fb

b)

Bb Eb Ab Db Gb

c)

Db Ab Eb Bb Fb

d)

Fb Bb Eb Ab Db

42.

Which key represents C flat Major

a)
b)
c)
d)
43.

Solve this music math equation

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

44.

Which one of these is a Half rest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.

What is the order of sharps found in a key signature?

a)

B# E# A# D# G# C# F#

b)

F# C# G# D# A# E# B#

c)

A# C# D# F# G# H# E#

d)

A# B# C# D# E# F# G#

46.

Which Key signature represents E Major

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.

Name the sharps you see in this Key Signature in order.

a)

F# G# C#

b)

C# G# F#

c)

G# F# C#

d)

F# C# G#

48.

What notes are sharp in the key signature?

a)

F, C, G

b)

G, C

c)

F, C

d)

B, E

49.

What notes are sharp in the key signature?

a)

F, C, G, D

b)

B, E, A, D

c)

A, B, C

d)

F, E

50.

Solve this music math equation.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4