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WorksheetsRhythm & Meter Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is rhythm?
A mixture of pitches that are played together
A pattern or recurrence of events (long and short sounds/silences)
A concept discovered by musicians in the 20th century
The tempo of a song
What is the beat?
The numbers that appear at the beginning of the staff
The rhythm that always changes
The reddish plant that grows in the ground
The foundational unit of time, or pulse, of the music
Can the rhythm be the same as, or line up with, the beat?
Yes, rhythms can be the same as, or line up with, the beat
No, rhythms cannot be the same as, or line up with the beat
What is meter?
The arrangement of rhythmic patterns into strong (stressed) and weak (unstressed) beats
The distance between two pitches
The volume of sound
The speed or rate of the beat
What symbol indicates the meter of a piece of music?
Dynamic marking
Key Signature
Time Signature
Tempo marking
What kind of note is this?
Up Note
Full Note
Half Note
Quarter Note
How many eighth notes equal the same amount of time as one quarter note?
Four
Two
One
Six
Which of these choices is NOT an actual time signature?
(Hint: Look at the bottom number)
4
4
2
2
4
15
6
8
How many quarter notes equal the same amount of time as one whole note?
Six
Two
Four
Eight
What kind of note is this?
Whole Note
Eighth Note
Sixteenth Note
Side Note
What is this symbol called?
Eighth Note
Quarter Rest
Space Rest
Whole Rest
What kind of rest is this?
Half Rest
Quarter Rest
Glissando
Dotted Eighth Rest
Which of the following is the correct order of note values from largest to smallest (left-to-right)?
Sixteenth, Quarter, Eighth, Half
Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth
Eighth, Quarter, Half, Whole
Half, Eighth, Whole, Quarter
What is tempo?
The frequency of sound
How loud or soft the sound is
A temporary pause in sound
The speed or rate of the beat
Which of the following is the correct way to count the pictured rhythm? (Commas are the end of each full beat)
1, 2-e-and-a, 3, 4
1, 2, 3-and, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
1-and-a, 2-and, 3, 4
What kind of note is this?
Quarter Rest
Eighth Note
Whole Note
32nd Note
What kind of note is this?
Half Note
Eighth Note
Sixteenth Note
Quarter Note
The TOP number of a time signature indicates_____.
What note value gets one beat
How many modulations are in the piece
How many beats per measure
What key the piece is in
The BOTTOM number of a time signature indicates______.
How many measures are in the piece
What note value gets one beat
How many beats per measure
The tempo of the piece
What kind of note is this?
Sixteenth Note
Quarter Rest
Eighth Note
Sixteenth Rest
Which of the following demonstrates the correct way to count the pictured rhythm? (Commas are the end of a beat)
1-and, 2-and-a, 3-and, 4
1-e-and-a, 2-and, 3-and, 4
1, 2-and-a, 3, 4-and
1-a, 2-and-a, 3-a, 4
What is the tail on an eighth note called?
Head
Top
Flag
Stem
In 4/4 time, what note gets one beat?
Quarter Note
Sixteenth Note
Eighth Note
32nd Note
In 3/4 time, how many beats are in one measure?
Seven
Two
Six
Three
Two eighth notes joined together are called___.
Unified Eighth Notes
Barred Eighth Notes
Dotted Eighth Notes
Lined Eighth Notes
