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Basic Music Theory #1-4

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this note?

a)

half note

b)

quarter note

c)

whole note

d)

8th note

2.

What is the name of this note?

a)

whole note

b)

quarter note

c)

half note

d)

8th note

3.

This note receives how many beats?

a)

1/2 beat

b)

1/4 beat

c)

1 beat

d)

3/4 beat

4.

Name the note.

a)

8th note

b)

quarter note

c)

16th note

d)

whole note

5.

How many "spaces" does a staff have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

5

d)

4

6.
a)

treble clef

b)

bass clef

7.

a)

treble clef

b)

bass clef

8.

What are the lines and spaces to treble clef?

a)

ABCDE and FGAB

b)

ACEGB and GBDF

c)

EGBDF and FACE

d)

FACEG and ACEG

9.

What are the lines and spaces to bass clef?

a)

EGBDF and FGHI

b)

ACEDS and EGBD

c)

ACDBF and ACEG

d)

GBDFA and ACEG

10.

What kind of note receives 2 beats?

a)

16th note

b)

8th note

c)

quarter note

d)

half note

11.

What does a dot after a note do to the note?

a)

adds 1 beat to the note

b)

adds half the value of that note

c)

adds 2 beats

12.

What is a tie in music?

a)

a line

b)

a curve line that connect two notes of the different pitches

c)

lines that divides the music into measures

d)

a curve line that connect two notes of the same pitch

13.

What are bar lines?

a)

lines that divides the music into measures

b)

the space between the bar lines

c)

a curve line that connect two notes of the same pitch

d)

5 lines and 4 spaces

14.

What is a measure?

a)

divides the staff into measures

b)

the space between the bar lines

c)

a curve line that connect two notes of the same pitch

d)

the space between the 5 lines

15.

What is harmony?

a)

two or more notes sung together

b)

notes

c)

Singing beautifully

16.

What are the musical alphabets?

a)

QWERTY

b)

ABCDEFG

c)

ZXCVBNN

17.

What are ledger lines?

a)

lines that divides the music into measure

b)

lines that extends the staff

c)

play high notes

d)

play low notes

18.

What does staccato mean?

a)

Smooth

b)

long and connected

c)

short and detached

19.

What does tenuto mean?

a)

Smooth

b)

long and connected

c)

short and detached

20.

What does legato mean?

a)

smooth

b)

short and detached

21.

What does the top 4 in 4/4 time signature mean?

a)

3 counts in each measure

b)

quarter note receives 1 count

c)

4 counts in each measure

22.

What does solo mean?

a)

4 people singing

b)

2 people singing

c)

3 people singing

d)

1 person singing

23.

What does duet mean?

a)

1 person singing

b)

3 people singing

c)

2 people singing

24.

What does trio mean?

a)

3 people singing

b)

2 people singing

c)

1 person singing

25.

What does quartet mean?

a)

4 people singing

b)

2 people singing

c)

5 people singing

26.

What is unison?

a)

Part of the section sings the top notes and part of the section sings the bottom notes

b)

Everyone sings the same note

c)

Sing only 1 note

27.

What is divisi?

a)

Everyone sings the same note.

b)

Sing only 1 note

c)

Part of the section sings the top notes and part of the section sings the bottom notes

28.

What is a pentatonic scale?

a)

a 4 note scale

b)

a 5 note scale

c)

a major scale

29.

What does fermata mean?

a)

to play

b)

go back to the beginning

c)

hold the note or rest longer than it's usual value

30.

What does the repeat sign means?

a)

hold the note or rest longer than it's usual value

b)

go back to the beginning

c)

to play

31.

What does the dynamic marking stands for and what does it mean?

a)

piano-soft

b)

pianissimo- very soft

c)

pianississimo- very, very soft