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End of Year 7 Music Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What family of instruments do trumpet, tuba and french horn belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Percussion

d)

Strings

2.

Which of these is NOT a string instrument?

a)

Cello

b)

Guitar

c)

Violin

d)

Oboe

3.

Which 2 instruments are typically found in traditional jazz music?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Saxophone

c)

Harpsichord

d)

Lute

4.

What musical term refers to the volume?

(a)  

5.

What does this musical symbol mean?

a)

Adagio

b)

Diminuendo

c)

Crescendo

d)

Pause

6.

Which musical era took place between Baroque and Romantic?

(a)  

7.

Binary and Ternary form are examples of what?

a)

Structure

b)

Dynamics

c)

Tempo

d)

Timbre

8.

How many notes are in a triad chord?

a)

6

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

What is this?

a)

A crotchet

b)

A treble clef

c)

A bass clef

d)

A pause

10.

Monophonic texture is best described as...

a)

A single, unaccompanied melody

b)

2 instruments playing at once

c)

A piece of music with 1 section

d)

A piece played by 1 orchestra

11.

Name this pitch

a)

B flat

b)

G Natural

c)

Middle C

d)

A Sharp

12.

Forte is the Italian term for (a)  

13.

Name this note duration

a)

Minim

b)

Crotchet

c)

Quaver

d)

Semi-breve

14.

What chord is this?

a)

C Major

b)

C Minor

c)

G Major

d)

E Minor

15.

In this music there are _ crotchet beats in a bar

(a)  

16.

The term for a repeating pattern is

a)

Pause

b)

Ostinato

c)

Rest

d)

Hemiola

17.

Minor chords sound....

a)

Sad

b)

Positive

c)

Dissonant

d)

Unfinished

18.

Dissonance is when the notes

a)

Sound complimentary

b)

Are played incorrectly

c)

Clash with each other

d)

Are too high

19.

The following 3 are examples of different dynamics

a)

Fortissimo

b)

Piano

c)

Pianissimo

d)

Allegro

20.

Which best describes homophonic texture?

a)

An unaccompanied melody

b)

A melody in octave unison

c)

Overlapping melodies

d)

A melody with supporting accompaniment