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Music Theory Unit 1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Five equally spaced horizontal lines on which music is notated is called?

a)

Clef

b)

Staff

c)

Note

d)

Rhythm

2.

A ____ is a symbol placed at the beginning of a line of music that establishes the letter names of the lines and spaces of the staff.

a)

Staff

b)

Note

c)

Key Signature

d)

Clef

3.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

C Clef

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Key Signature

4.

What is this symbol called?

a)

C Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Key Signature

d)

Bass Clef

5.

When shown like this, these symbols together make up what?

a)

Key Signature

b)

Grand Staff

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Melody

6.

Starting at the bottom, what are the letter names of the spaces in the treble clef?

a)

EGDBF

b)

ACEG

c)

FACE

d)

GBDFA

7.

Starting at the bottom, what are the letter names of the lines of the treble clef?

a)

EGBDF

b)

ACEG

c)

FACE

d)

GBDFA

8.

Starting at the bottom, what are the letter names of the spaces of the bass clef?

a)

EGBDF

b)

ACEG

c)

FACE

d)

GBDFA

9.

Starting at the bottom, what are the letter names of the lines of the bass clef?

a)

EGBDF

b)

ACEG

c)

FACE

d)

GBDFA

10.

The note at which the bass and treble clefs converge is called?

a)

Middle D

b)

High E

c)

Low F

d)

Middle C

11.

This clef may be positioned on any line of the staff to designate middle C.

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

C Clef

d)

F Clef

12.

Symbols placed to the left of noteheads to indicate the raising or lowering of a pitch are called what?

a)

Dots

b)

Stems

c)

Accidentals

d)

Clefs

13.

What does a sharp (#) do to a pitch?

a)

Lowers it 1/2 step

b)

Raises it 1/2 step

c)

Cancels a previous sharp or flat

d)

Tells the performer to skip this pitch

14.

What does a flat (b) do to a pitch?

a)

Lowers it 1/2 step

b)

Raises it 1/2 step

c)

Cancels any previous sharp or flat

d)

Raises it 1 whole step

15.

The accidental that cancels any previous sharp or flat is called what?

a)

Double Sharp

b)

Double Flat

c)

Dot

d)

Natural

16.

Tones that have the same pitch but different letter names are called what?

a)

Relatives

b)

Enharmonic Equivalents

c)

Naturals

d)

Keys

17.

Placed to the right of a note head, this figure lengthens the value of the note by half again its value.

a)

Tie

b)

Accidental

c)

Dot

d)

Clef

18.

A curved line that connects two adjacent notes of the same pitch into a single sound with a duration equal to the sum of both note values is called what?

a)

Tie

b)

Accidental

c)

Dot

d)

Clef

19.

Symbols used to notate durations of sound are called what?

a)

Clefs

b)

Accidentals

c)

Notes

d)

Rests

20.

Symbols used to notate durations of silence are called what?

a)

Clefs

b)

Accidentals

c)

Notes

d)

Rests