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Basic Music Theory #1-7

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
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

32.

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

a)

piano-soft

b)

forte- loud

c)

pianissimo- very soft

33.

What does piano mean?

a)

medium soft

b)

soft

c)

loud

34.

What does mezzo piano mean?

a)

medium loud

b)

medium soft

c)

soft

35.

What does mezzo forte mean?

a)

medium loud

b)

medium soft

c)

loud

36.

What does forte mean?

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

very loud

37.

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

a)

piano- soft

b)

forte- loud

c)

fortissimo- very loud

38.

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

a)

forte- loud

b)

fortissimo- very loud

c)

fortississimo- very, very loud

39.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

soft

b)

gradually get loud

c)

gradually get soft

40.

What does decrescendo mean?

a)

loud

b)

gradually get loud

c)

gradually get soft

41.

What is the major scale pattern?

a)

WHWHWHWH 

b)

WWHWWWH

c)

ABCDEFGHI

42.

Spell out the C major scale.

a)

CFHILSAN

b)

CEEMAJOR

c)

CDEFGABC

43.

What scale degree is C in the C major scale?

a)

2

b)

1 or 8

c)

4

44.

What note appear below?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

45.

In C major, what solfege is C

a)

Mi

b)

Re

c)

Do

46.

What note appear in the picture?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

A

47.

What scale degree is "D" in C major?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

48.

What note appear in the picture?

a)

D

b)

R

c)

E

49.

What note appear in the picture?

a)

S

b)

T

c)

A

50.

What note appear in the picture?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

E

51.

Name this note.

a)

D

b)

C

c)

B

52.

What is ritardando?

a)

Gradually speed up

b)

Gradually slow down

c)

slow

53.

What does accelerando mean?

a)

Gradually slow down

b)

fast

c)

Gradually speed up

54.

What is a musical phrase?

a)

A musical sentence. Phrases are usually 4 to 8 measures long.

b)

Breathe mark- take a breathe

c)

Stop.

55.

What does a breath mark means to do?

a)

Stop

b)

Keep going

c)

Take a breath

56.

What is ad libitum?

a)

singing without background music

b)

improvise or freestyle

c)

talking

57.

What is a slur in music?

a)

A curve line that connects 2 or more notes of different pitches.

b)

Sing long and connected.

c)

A curve line that connects 2 notes of the same pitch.

58.

What are intervals?

a)

The space between 2 bar lines.

b)

The space between two notes

c)

Lines

59.

What is consonance harmony?

a)

Pleasant to the ear.

b)

Unpleasant to the ear.

c)

Sounds bad.

60.

What is dissonance harmony?

a)

Pleasant to the ear.

b)

Unpleasant to the ear.

c)

Sounds good.

61.

What is an arpeggio?

a)

Notes of a chord played/sung one note at a time.

b)

C E G

c)

The warm up

62.

Name this note.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

63.

Name this note.

a)

C

b)

D

c)

B

64.

What does "a capella" mean?

a)

singing

b)

singing one by one

c)

singing without background music

65.

What is barbershop harmony?

a)

a group of people singing a capella harmony

b)

a quartet

c)

singing

66.

What does tempo mean?

a)

Slow

b)

Walking speed

c)

the speed of the music

67.

What tempo is adagio?

a)

Slow

b)

Walking speed

c)

Fast

68.

What speed is andante?

a)

Slow

b)

Walking speed

c)

Fast

69.

What tempo is allegro?

a)

Slow

b)

Walking speed

c)

Fast

70.

What is a chord/triad?

a)

notes

b)

Notes built on thirds

c)

notes played on the piano

71.

What are intervals?

a)

Space between two notes

b)

Lines and Spaces

c)

Raise a pitch by 1/2 step

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