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Concepts of Music vocabulary (Stage 5)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this musical symbol.
a)
Tenuto
b)
Staccato
c)
Slur
d)
Accent
2.
A staccato tells you to play a note short and detached.
a)
True
b)
False
3.

What is the speed at which a piece of music is played?

a)

Beat

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Dynamics

4.

What is the steady pulse heard in music?

a)

Beat

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Dynamics

5.

What is volume of a piece of music?

a)

Beat

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Dynamics

6.

Forte means

a)

Loud

b)

Quiet

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Very Quiet

7.

An Ostinato is

a)

A repeat sign.

b)

A pattern that repeats

c)

A song that is sung at different times

8.

RHYTHM is

a)

the pattern of sounds and silence in music

b)

the steady pulse of the music

c)

always the same

d)

the same as timbre

9.

A musical term meaning ‘to get louder’

a)

Forte

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Crescendo

d)

Piano

10.

The combination of musical sounds played at the same time.

a)

Crescendo

b)

Flat

c)

Harmony

d)

Rhythm

11.

Showing of feelings

a)

creative

b)

performance

c)

vibration

d)

expression

12.

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

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Texture

d)

Timbre

13.

The piece of music a verse and a chorus. What am I describing?

a)

Tempo

b)

Structure

c)

Dynamics

d)

Texture

14.

Merrily We Roll Along is made of mostly crotchets.

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Duration

d)

Texture

15.

Which of these Italian words mean quiet?

a)

forte

b)

fortissimo

c)

crescendo

d)

piano

16.

What is the definition of Acapella?

a)

voice, no instruments

b)

instruments, no voice

c)

ice cream, no cherry

17.

one who creates music compositions

a)

interval

b)

writer

c)

composer

d)

phrase

18.

Sounds when played together that are stable and pleasing to the ear. Best Answer

a)

Consonant

b)

Simultaneous

c)

Dissonant

d)

Triads

19.

Sounds that are clashing with each other are called...

a)

Consonant

b)

Simultaneous

c)

Dissonant

d)

Triads

20.

Indicates the range of pitches that are represented in the music; it is located on the left of the staff

a)

Time Signature

b)

Fermata

c)

Clef

d)

Key Signature