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Spring 2022 Instrumental Music Final

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This symbol is worth 1/2 a beat of sound. What is it called?

a)

16th Note

b)

Quarter Note

c)

Whole Note

d)

8th Note

2.

This symbol is worth 2 beats of sound. What is it called?

a)

Half Note

b)

Quarter Note

c)

8th Note

d)

Dotted Half Note

3.

This symbol tells us to hold the note until the conductor cuts us off. What is it called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Fermata

d)

Triplet

4.

What is the name of the symbol that tells us to connect two different pitches. They are performed legato.

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Fermata

d)

Triplet

5.

This symbol tells us to hold the first note for both note values. What is it called?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Fermata

d)

Triplet

6.

Which element of music uses the terms loud and soft?

a)

Timbre

b)

Duration

c)

Pitch

d)

Dynamics

7.

Which element of music uses the terms fast and slow?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Pitch

d)

Duration

8.

Which element of music refers to the sound quality of an instrument or voice?

a)

Texture

b)

Articulation

c)

Timbre

d)

Tempo

9.

Which element of music uses the term high and low?

a)

Pitch

b)

Texture

c)

Dynamics

d)

Duration

10.

Which element in music uses the terms thick and thin?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Texture

d)

Tonality

11.

What two words can be used to describe dynamics?

a)

Loud or soft

b)

Fast or slow

c)

High or low

d)

Think or thin

12.

What two words can be used to describe tempo?

a)

Loud or soft

b)

Fast or slow

c)

Long or short

d)

Smooth or detached

13.

What two words can be used to describe tonality?

a)

Tonic and Dominant

b)

Loud or soft

c)

High or low

d)

Long or short

14.

What type of music did Scott Joplin compose?

a)

Swing

b)

Marches

c)

Ragtime

d)

Ballads

15.

New Orleans Jazz featured a certain kind of improvisation called _____________ improvisation

a)

combative

b)

collective

c)

discovering

d)

pretending

16.

This instrument was often found in the "parlor" of early 1900s homes

a)

Slide Trombone

b)

Player Piano

c)

Marching Piccolo

d)

Electric Guitar

17.

New Orleans Jazz does not typically have a steady beat, it has a

a)

funky beat

b)

driving beat

c)

groove beat

d)

solid beat

18.

Accenting on unexpected beats is called

a)

Syncopation

b)

Ragtime

c)

Polyphony

d)

Melody

19.

Many melodies played at once

a)

polyphony

b)

harmony

c)

chords

d)

arpeggio

20.

A style of music, mostly played at the piano, that was popular for more than 25 years

a)

March

b)

Concerto

c)

Bebop

d)

Ragtime

21.

Marches, Rags, and New Orleans Jazz all have this in common

a)

12 Bar Blues

b)

AABA

c)

Two Beat Feel

d)

Concerto

22.

According to the assignment "Music That Scared America" most Americans consume music _________________

a)

actively

b)

passively

c)

passionately

d)

none of these

23.

What is this?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Key Signature

c)

Clef

24.

What does a sharp do to a note?

a)

Make it higher by a half step

b)

Make it lower by a half step

c)

Makes no difference at all

d)

Activates a google search

25.

What is this?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Lower case b

d)

Natural

26.

What does a flat do to a note?

a)

Make the note lower by a half step

b)

Make a note higher by a half step

c)

Makes no difference at all

d)

Squishes the note

27.

There are two flats in the key signature. What are they?

a)

B

b)

E

c)

A

d)

D

28.

There is 1 sharp in your key signature. What note is sharp?

a)

F

b)

C

c)

G

d)

D

29.

What is this?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

A forbidden symbol

30.

What does a natural do to a note? Choose all that apply.

a)

Makes it higher by a half step

b)

Makes it lower by a half step

c)

Makes no difference at all

d)

brings a note back to it's natural form

e)

Cancels out a flat or sharp

31.

Which of these is a treble clef?

a)
b)
32.

Which of these is a bass clef?

a)
b)
33.

Which tempo means "fast"?

a)

Andante

b)

Adagio

c)

Moderato

d)

Allegro

34.

True or False: These notes are always played very fast.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which time signature is also called "common time"?

a)

4/4

b)

3/4

c)

2/4

36.
Jazz grew out of.....
a)
the Southern US States
b)
the Northern US States
c)
the caribbean
d)
Mexico
37.

How many chords does Blues Music usually contain?

a)

2 alternating chords

b)

4 alternating chords

c)

3 alternating chords

d)

the same chord that repeats

38.

How many bars are in a simple Blues song?

a)

12

b)

15

c)

4

d)

3

39.
What does improvisation mean? 
a)
Come up with it as you go
b)
Play without notation
c)
Both
40.

Which of the following instruments would normally be found in a jazz band?

a)
b)
c)
41.

Which of the following statements is about meter?

a)

"I think the song uses monody."

b)

"This measure has four beats."

c)

"The tempo is quite slow."

d)

"The song's melody was repeated."

42.

When would a syncopated beat occur?

a)

On the downbeat

b)

On a weak beat

c)

At the start of a new phrase

d)

During a musical cadence

43.

What name refers to a 4/4 time signature?

a)

Common time

b)

Free time

c)

Cut time

d)

Half time

44.

Back in the early 1900s Ragtime became so popular that contemporary composers wrote using its flavor

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Where was Bach born?

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

46.

When did Bach die?

a)

July 28 1750

b)

July 25 1750

c)

June 17 1762

d)

March 28 1762

47.

What was Bach’s most famous piece?

a)

Fugue in B major

b)

Fugue D Minor

c)

Art of the Fugue

d)

Mass in B minor

48.

What instruments could Bach play?

a)

Harpsichord

b)

Organ

c)

Violin

d)

All of the above

49.

How many churches was he a music director for?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

2

50.

Which of these instruments is an organ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
51.

What is choral music?

a)

Music for orchestra

b)

music for piano

c)

music for organ

d)

music for choir

52.

What century was Bach born in?

a)

17th

b)

12th

c)

21st

d)

18th

53.

How can you describe Bach in one sentence?

a)

He was a famous German pianist

b)

He was a famous German singer

c)

He was a famous German composer

d)

He was a famous German artist

54.

The Baroque era ended with his death

a)

Bach

b)

Handel

55.

Didn’t write opera

a)

Bach

b)

Handel

56.

Piano means

a)

Loud

b)

Quiet

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Very Quiet

57.

How loud and quiet the music is

a)

Dynamics

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Instrumentation

58.

The speed of the music

a)

Dynamics

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Instrumentation

59.

Crescendo

a)

Getting softer

b)

Getting slower

c)

Getting faster

d)

Getting louder

60.

Mezzo Piano

a)

Loud

b)

Getting louder

c)

Getting softer

d)

Medium Soft

61.

What is this called?

a)

Repeat

b)

Measure

c)

Half Note

d)

Time Signature

62.

What do you do when you see this?

a)

Skip it

b)

Just play it as usual

c)

Repeat it

d)

Play it louder

63.

What is this symbol?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Repeat sign

c)

Forte

d)

Treble Clef

64.

What musical symbol is this?

a)

Whole rest

b)

Quarter rest

c)

Half rest

d)

Eighth rest

65.

Which musical term means "VERY quiet?"

a)
b)
c)
d)
66.
The spaces in the treble clef spell a word...what is that word?
a)
FACE
b)
FEAR
c)
GABE
d)
BEAD

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