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Music Elements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If I describe a piece of music as being thin, what am I describing?

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Texture

d)

Timbre

2.

I can hear a trumpet, a piano and a drumkit. What am I describing?

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Texture

d)

Timbre

3.

What are you examining if you are breaking a piece into different sections such as verse and chorus?

a)

Tempo

b)

Form/Structure

c)

Dynamics

d)

Texture

4.
How might someone describe the TIMBRE of a piece of music?
a)
It starts with only strings until the harp solo comes in.
b)
The harp plays some of the same patterns of long and short notes as the orchestra does.
c)
There is variety in the number of musical lines - it changes between thick and thin.
5.

What word is used to describe how fast or slow the music is?

a)

Texture

b)

Duration

c)

Tempo

d)

Pitch

6.

What does the word pitch mean?

a)

fast or slow

b)

high or low

c)

loud or quiet

7.

How is rhythm different from pulse?

a)

Rhythm is steady, the pulse/tempo is changing

b)

The rhythm is made up of short and long notes while the pulse is steady

c)

They are both the same thing

d)

Rhythm is fast, pulse is always the same

8.
An electric guitar sounds different than an acoustic guitar because they are made differently.  This describes which element?
a)
Texture
b)
Form
c)
Harmony
d)
Timbre
9.
RHYTHM is......
a)
The speed of the pulse
b)
The arrangement of musical sounds in time
c)
The character or color of musical sound
d)
The simultanious use of pitches or chords
10.

What is the rhythm that we would dance, clap our hands, stamp our feet, and nod our heads while listening to music?

a)

Accent

b)

Beat

c)

Meter

d)

Time Signature

11.

What is musical meter?

a)

How beats are grouped together with strong and weak beats

b)

How loud music is

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

12.

How can composers change the texture of a piece?

a)

Adding or subtracting harmonies to the piece

b)

Adding more different instruments

c)

Taking away instruments so only a few are playing

d)

All of the above

13.

If a piece is Binary, what does it mean?

a)

There are a few different sections

b)

There is a part that is repeated for the duration of the piece

c)

There are two distinct and different sections

d)

The piece has many interwoven parts that can be hard to follow

14.

If a piece has a Grounded Bass, that means

a)

It has multiple independant voices

b)

It has two distinct different sections

c)

One part, usually the Bass is the same for the duration of the song

d)

It is boring

15.

The words to a song are often called

a)

Text

b)

Lyrics

c)

Phrasing

d)

Text or Lyrics