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Music Theory Vocab 4/26/22

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A technical music study
a)
Etude
b)
Pitch
c)
Rhythm
d)
Staff
2.
A symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to denote which notes are indicated by the lines and spaces
a)
Time Signature
b)
Staff
c)
Clef
d)
Rhythm
3.
The highness or lowness of sound.
a)
Pitch
b)
Staff
c)
Melody
d)
Accompaniment
4.
The duration and patterns of sound.
a)
Time Signature
b)
Rhythm
c)
Simple Meter
d)
Harmony
5.
The rate of speed of the beat.
a)
Chord
b)
Simple Meter
c)
Time Signature
d)
Tempo
6.
A set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch.
a)
Melody
b)
Staff
c)
Slur
d)
Meter
7.
A sign placed on a staff to indicate the meter.
a)
Compound Time
b)
Simple Meter
c)
Harmony
d)
Time Signature
8.
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch.
a)
Slur
b)
Melody
c)
Accompaniment
d)
Tie
9.
A curved line connecting two notes of different pitch.
a)
Slur
b)
Harmony
c)
Chord
d)
Tie
10.
Three or more notes played simultaneously.
a)
Slur
b)
Melody
c)
Accompaniment
d)
Chord
11.
The natural division and subdivision of rhythms into equal parts.
a)
Slur
b)
Meter
c)
Compound Time
d)
Melody
12.
Very Soft
a)
Piano
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Pianissimo
d)
Forte
13.
Soft
a)
Piano
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Pianissimo
d)
Forte
14.
Medium Soft
a)
Piano
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Fortissimo
d)
Forte
15.
Medium Loud
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Pianissimo
c)
Fortissimo
d)
Forte
16.
Loud
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Piano
c)
Mezzo Piano
d)
Forte
17.
Pause or hold
a)
Fermata
b)
Timbre
c)
Dynamics
d)
Interval
18.
Refers to the volume that the music is being performed.
a)
Interval
b)
Andante
c)
Dynamics
d)
Adagio
19.
Tone quality
a)
Andante
b)
Timbre
c)
Adagio
d)
Strumming
20.
walking speed; moderately slow
a)
Andante
b)
Presto
c)
Largo
d)
Adagio
21.
Slow
a)
Largo
b)
Adagio
c)
Moderato
d)
Allegro
22.
Fast or quick.
a)
Presto
b)
Cresendo
c)
Allegro
d)
Decresendo
23.
Gradually slow down to a lower tempo
a)
Ritardando
b)
Cresendo
c)
Presto
d)
Decresendo
24.
Gradually increase volume
a)
Moderato
b)
Cresendo
c)
Largo
d)
Presto
25.
Gradually decrease volume
a)
Presto
b)
Moderato
c)
Largo
d)
Decresendo
26.
Moderately
a)
Adagio
b)
Moderato
c)
Presto
d)
Largo
27.
Very Slow
a)
Moderato
b)
Moderato
c)
Largo
d)
Adagio
28.
A deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse by a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an off-beat.
a)
Syncopation
b)
Ritardando
c)
Presto
d)
Interval