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Music Elements

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Conjunct" & "Disjunct" are associated with which element?
a)
Pitch
b)
Melody
c)
Harmony
d)
Texture
2.
What does decrescendo mean?
a)
To gradually become softer
b)
To sing without music
c)
To sing with accompaniment
d)
To gradually become louder
3.
FORTE means ......
a)
Loud
b)
Soft
c)
High
d)
Low
4.
The STRUCTURE of a piece is ......
a)
Rhythm
b)
Texture
c)
Timbre
d)
Musical Form
5.
MONOPHONIC TEXTURE means ......
a)
Single melody with accompaniment
b)
Single-note texture
c)
Two or more melodic lines having equal importance 
d)
A fugue
6.
Which element means VOLUME?
a)
Rhythm
b)
Dynamics
c)
Pitch
d)
Texture
7.
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
8.
...... means moderately soft?
a)
Mezzo Piano
b)
Mezzo Forte
c)
Fortississimo
d)
Pianississimo
9.
High & Low are related to 
a)
Pitch
b)
Dynamics
c)
Rhythm
d)
Tempo
10.
TEXTURE is......
a)
The main musical idea or tune
b)
The organizing principle in music; Repetition, Contrast, and Variation
c)
The loudness or quietness of music
d)
How the Melodic, Rhythmic, and Harmonic elements are combined in a composition
11.
The verticalization of pitch is.....
a)
Melody
b)
Texture
c)
Harmony
d)
Timbre
12.
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
13.
......means very soft?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
14.
BINARY FORM is......
a)
Three-Part Form
b)
A structure in vocal music
c)
Two-Part Form
d)
A structure in which there is no repeat of any large-scale musical section.
15.
HARMONY can be described as......
a)
Dissonance
b)
Syncopation
c)
Adagio
d)
Through-composed
16.

________ refers to the relationship between music and time.

a)

Rhythm

b)

Melody

c)

Harmony

d)

Timbre

e)

Texture

17.

The "pulse" of music is known as the

a)

beat

b)

meter

c)

tempo

d)

consonance

e)

octave

18.

The grouping of beats is called:

a)

meter

b)

tempo

c)

melodic rhythm

d)

harmony

e)

phrase

19.

______ is the speed of the beat.

a)

tempo

b)

meter

c)

dissonance

d)

polyphonic

e)

counterpoint

20.

Beat, Meter, Tempo, and Melodic Rhythm are parts of _____.

a)

rhythm

b)

harmony

c)

texture

d)

Timbre

e)

Expression

21.

The common dance beat has how many beats per minute?

a)

60

b)

100

c)

120

d)

160

e)

200

22.

_______ Organization of a series of tones, two are more pitches in succession – each with their own rhythmic duration.

a)

Melody

b)

Harmony

c)

Rhythm

d)

Expression

e)

Timbre

23.

The degree of highness or lowness of an individual sound is known as:

a)

Pitch

b)

Contour

c)

Tonal Patterns

d)

Phrase

24.

The shape use to outline the melody is called:

a)

Contour

b)

Pitch

c)

Tonal Patterns

d)

Phrase

e)

Tempo

25.

________ are musical sentences.

a)

Beat

b)

Phrase

c)

Tempo

d)

Pitch

e)

Contour

26.

Pitch, Contour, Tonal Patterns, and Phrase are all parts of:

a)

Rhythm

b)

Melody

c)

Timbre

d)

Harmony

e)

Lyrics

27.

When you can't get a beat or melody out of your head - that is called:

a)

ear-worm

b)

glow-worm

c)

ear-bug

d)

musical nuisance

e)

stop the madness

28.

________ is combination of notes simultaneously – a series of tones sounding together.

a)

Harmony

b)

Rhythm

c)

Melody

d)

Octave

e)

Texture

29.

The combination of tones that are pleasing to hear and listen to is known as:

a)

consonance

b)

dissonance

c)

monophony

d)

homophony

e)

polyphony

30.

__________ is the combination of tones that are displeasing (tension that occurs in the music)

a)

consonance

b)

dissonance

c)

polyphonic

d)

tempo

e)

octave

31.

One musical line (just a singer with no instruments) is called:

a)

monophony

b)

homophonic

c)

polyphonic

d)

timbre

e)

melody

32.

_____ ‘sounds the same” (rhythms are same in all voices) two voices or instruments – playing together – where one is more dominate than the other. ex. A folk singer with a guitar.

a)

dissonance

b)

homophonic

c)

monophonic

d)

polyphonic

e)

tonal patterns

33.

Has the same melody – but different voices starting at different times (or points) in the music. Also known as a round (like when you sing row-row-row your boat with a group in a round) this is called:

a)

counter-point

b)

melodic rhythm

c)

tonal patterns

d)

vocal timbre

34.

The tone quality of sound is called:

a)

timbre

b)

harmony

c)

texture

d)

expression

e)

rhythm

35.

_________ the range of notes possible for a given voice or instrument

a)

vocal timbre

b)

register

c)

ensembles

d)

thick texture

e)

thin texture

36.

What are Dynamics?

a)

High or Low

b)

Speed - Fast & Slow

c)

Volume - Loud & Quiet

d)

Counting Beats

37.

What is tempo?

a)

Volume - Loud & Quiet

b)

Instruments/Voices

c)

High & Low

d)

Speed - Fast & Slow

38.

What is Instrumentation?

a)

High or Low

b)

Instruments/Voices

c)

Speed - Fast & Slow

d)

Volume - Loud & Quiet

39.

What is Pitch?

a)

Counting Beats

b)

Sound Lengths - Long & Short

c)

High or Low

d)

Notes sounding together

40.

What is Metre?

a)

Counting beats

b)

Notes sounding together

c)

Sound Lengths - short & long

d)

Instruments/voices working together

41.

What is Rhythm?

a)

Counting beats

b)

Notes sounding together

c)

Sound Lengths - long & short

d)

Plan of a piece

42.

What is Structure?

a)

Notes sounding together

b)

Instruments/voices working together

c)

Instruments/voices

d)

Plan of a piece

43.

What is Harmony?

a)

Instruments/voices working together

b)

High or Low

c)

Notes sounding together

d)

Plan of a piece

44.

What is Texture?

a)

Sound Lengths - short & long

b)

Instruments/voice working together

c)

Counting beats

d)

Instruments/voices

45.
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.
46.
How might someone describe the TEXTURE of a piece of music?
a)
The speed of the beat does not change - it stays steady.
b)
It starts with only strings until the harp solo comes in.
c)
There is variety in the number of musical lines - it changes between thick (the whole orchestra) and thin (just the harp).
47.
How might someone describe the MELODY of a piece of music?
a)
The speed of the beat does not change - it stays steady.
b)
The main tune is mostly patterns of ascending notes (they get higher).
c)
The harp plays some of the same patterns of long and short notes that the orchestra does.
48.
How might someone describe the DYNAMICS of a piece of music?
a)
The main tune is mostly patterns of ascending notes (they get higher).
b)
The speed of the beat does not change - it stays steady.
c)
When there is a repeated section of music, the musicians play it softer the second time through.
49.
How might someone describe the TEMPO of a piece of music?
a)
The speed of the beat does not change - it stays steady.
b)
The main tune is mostly patterns of ascending notes (they get higher).
c)
It starts with only strings until the harp solo comes in.
50.
How might someone describe the RHYTHM of a piece of music?
a)
It starts with only strings until the harp solo comes in.
b)
There is variety in the number of musical lines - it changes between thick and thin.
c)
The harp plays some of the same patterns of long and short notes that the orchestra does.
51.
Select the correct definition of TEXTURE.
a)
The number of musical lines played at a time and how they work together
b)
The speed of the beat
52.
Select the correct definition of TEMPO.
a)
The loudness or softness of the music
b)
How fast or slow the beat goes
53.
Select the correct definition of FORM.
a)
What style the music is and how it is organized or structured
b)
The number of musical lines played at a time and how they work together
54.
Select the correct definition of MELODY.
a)
What style the music is and how it is organized or structured
b)
The pattern of pitches that make up the main tune of the music
55.
Select the correct definition of TIMBRE.
a)
How fast or slow the beat goes
b)
The musical sounds used (instruments), or what makes one sound different from another
56.
Select the correct definition of RHYTHM.
a)
Patterns of long and short sounds in time
b)
How two or more notes work together; combinations of pitches
57.
Select the correct definition of DYNAMICS.
a)
The pattern of pitches that make up the main tune of the music
b)
The loudness or softness of the music
58.
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
59.
Who has a higher voice - Batman or Superwoman?
a)
Superwoman
b)
Batman

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