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General Music Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

Strings

b)

Percussion

c)

Woodwinds

d)

Brass

2.
a)

strings

b)

percussion

c)

woodwind

d)

brass

3.
a)

string

b)

percussion

c)

woodwind

d)

brass

4.
a)

strings

b)

percussion

c)

woodwind

d)

brass

5.

Identify Do

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Identify Mi

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which image best depicts Mozart?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Line or Space?

a)

Line

b)

Space

9.

Line or Space?

a)

Line

b)

Space

10.

How do you read this rhythm?

a)

Eat Carrots Today!

b)

ta ta ta shh

c)

ti-ti ta ti-ti ta

d)

ssh ssh shh shh

11.

A composer is someone who

a)

takes photographs

b)

writes music

c)

builds skyscrapers

d)

works for the FBI

12.

How do you play an instrument with strings?

a)

Blowing

b)

Hitting

c)

Plucking or bowing

d)

Thinking about it

13.

What is an orchestra?

a)

a group of musicians who play instruments together

b)

friends who like to hang out at the park together

c)

someone who plays the piano

d)

a person who writes music

14.

Beethoven stopped performing on the piano in public, but continued to compose music. Why?

a)

He lost his left hand in an accident.

b)

People didn't like his playing.

c)

He lost his hearing and eventually went completely deaf. He couldn't hear the piano, but could hear music in his head.

d)

Piano lessons cost too much.

15.

One of Tchaikovsky's most famous pieces is called

a)

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

b)

Prelude and Fugue in d-minor

c)

The Star Spangled Banner

d)

Nutcracker

16.

To play a violin you might use

a)

a bow

b)

88 black and white keys

c)

a reed

d)

mallets

17.

To make a sound on a clarinet you must use a

a)

mallets

b)

reed

c)

bow

d)

88 black and white keys

18.

J.S. Bach is an amazing composer. Besides writing lots of music he also had approximately twenty

a)

horses

b)

children

c)

houses

d)

violins

19.

When playing the organ the organist will use his hands and what else to play?

a)

breath

b)

voice

c)

feet

d)

guitar pick

20.

How many sounds per beat?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

3

d)

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