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Piano Keyboarding Vocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The volume of music.

a)

Forte

b)

Phrase

c)

Time Signature

d)

Dynamic

2.

Smooth and connected, often shown by a slur.

a)

Legato

b)

Largo

c)

Tie

d)

Phrase

3.

Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven

a)

Largo

b)

Time Signature

c)

Ode to Joy

d)

Tie

4.

A symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with the right hand and that "G" is on line 2.

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Treble Staff

d)

Bass Staff

5.

The first seven letters of the alphabet

a)

Your Name

b)

Music Alphabet

c)

The beginning of the song

d)

are not used in music

6.

When a curved line connects two notes that are on the same line or space and they are played as one note with the combined value of both notes.

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Phrase

d)

Measure

7.

At the beginning of a line of music, after the clef, and shows the number of beats per measure and what note value gets one beat.

a)

Key Signature

b)

Staff

c)

Time Signature

d)

Bass Clef

8.

The symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with your left hand and that “F” is on line 4.

a)

Bass Staff

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Treble Staff

9.

Five lines and four spaces of written music.  It is where the notes are located.

a)

staff

b)

Measure

c)

Bar Line

d)

Phrase

10.

A musical thought, idea, or sentence.

a)

Repeat Sign

b)

Interval

c)

Slur

d)

Phrase

11.

The notes C, D, E, F, G in both hands on the piano.

a)

C Major Chord

b)

G7 Chord

c)

C Position

d)

Dynamic

12.

A note value with 1 beat of sound.

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Quarter Rest

c)

Half Note

d)

Half Rest

13.

A treble clef on the staff.

a)

treble staff

b)

bass staff

c)

grand staff

d)

notes

14.

The way you sit and play the piano keyboard

a)

C Position

b)

Posture

c)

Tie

d)

Legato

15.

A note value with 2 beats of continuous sound

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Dotted Half Note

d)

Half Rest

16.

A unit of music, divided by bar lines, with equal beats.

a)

Measure

b)

Bar Line

c)

Double Bar Line

d)

Staff

17.

the duration of or how long to hold a note or rest.

a)

Phrase

b)

Measure

c)

Rhythm

d)

Note Value

18.

A curved line between two or more notes that are different lines or spaces; it means to play legato.

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Largo

d)

Phrase

19.

a pattern of different note values combined.

a)

Piano

b)

repeat sign

c)

Note Value

d)

Rhythm

20.

A movement of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony.”

a)

Largo

b)

Ode to Joy

c)

Legato

d)

Forte

21.

A note value of three beats of continuous sound.

a)

Half note

b)

Dotted Half Note

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Whole Note

22.

At the beginning of a line of music that means there are three beats in each measure and the quarter note gets one beat.

a)

3/4 Time Signature

b)

Time Signature

c)

Rhythm

d)

Phrase

23.

The pitches B, F, and G played together.

a)

C Major Chord

b)

C Minor Chord

c)

G7 Chord

d)

G Chord

24.

Distance between two pitches. (notes)

a)

Interval

b)

Staff

c)

Bar Line

d)

Note Value

25.

Pitches C, E, and G played together

a)

G7 Chord

b)

Arpeggio

c)

Minor Chord

d)

C Major Chord

26.

Dynamic level meaning loud

a)

Mezzo Forte

b)

Piano

c)

Forte

d)

Dynamic

27.

a bass clef on the staff

a)

Staff

b)

Treble Staff

c)

Bass Staff

d)

Bass Clef

28.

A double bar and double dots that means to go back to the beginning and play again.

a)

Repeat Sign

b)

Double Bar

c)

Forte

d)

Bar Line

29.

three or more pitches played together

a)

Chord

b)

Unison

c)

Tutti

d)

Staff

30.

two bar lines that mean it is the end of a piece of music.

a)

measure

b)

staff

c)

bar line

d)

double bar line

31.

The treble and bass staffs combined via a brace and a single bar line.

a)

Double Bar

b)

Staff

c)

Melodic Interval

d)

Grand Staff

32.

A note value of four beats of silence.

a)

Half Rest

b)

Whole Rest

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Dotted Half note

33.

A note value of 2 beats of silence

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Whole Rest

d)

Half Rest

34.

The distance between two pitches, played one after the other.

a)

Piano

b)

Harmonic Interval

c)

Chord

d)

Melodic Interval

35.

a note value of four beats of continuous sound

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Whole Note

c)

Half Note

d)

Quarter Rest

36.

the distance between two pitches, played at the same time.

a)

Melodic interval

b)

Harmonic Interval

c)

Major Chord

d)

Harmony

37.

Dynamic level meaning medium loud

a)

Piano

b)

Mezzo Piano

c)

Mezzo Forte

d)

Forte

38.

a single vertical line that divides the music into measures

a)

measure

b)

bar line

c)

staff

d)

grand staff

39.

dynamic level meaning soft

a)

piano

b)

mezzo piano

c)

forte

d)

mezzo forte

40.

A note value of one beat of silence.

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Quarter note

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

Half Rest