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Musical Element

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which element of music is defined by the speed of the music, slow to fast?

a)

Pitch

b)

Articulation

c)

Texture

d)

Tempo

2.

Which of the terms below tell us at what tempo a piece of music will be performed?

a)

Adagio

b)

Piano

c)

Forte

d)

Allegro

3.

What musical element can be defined as volume, soft to loud?

a)

Pitch

b)

Dynamics

c)

Texture

d)

Tempo

4.

Which of these terms tell the performer what the dynamic level would be on a given piece of music?

a)

Allegro

b)

Forte

c)

Pianissimo

d)

Andante

5.

Which of these opposites best defines the element of Pitch?

a)

Soft and Loud

b)

Cold and Hot

c)

Low and High

d)

Small and Large

6.

Which statement best defines the musical element Timbre?

a)

What you shout when felling a tree.

b)

The sound quality of an instrument, eg. piano vs. organ.

c)

Short for Tambourine.

d)

The size of a piece of sheet music.

7.

"From the "thin" sound of an unaccompanied solo voice (monophonic) to the "thick"ness of multiple layers of sound produced by an orchestra (polyphonic)," is a description of this musical element.

a)

Form

b)

Tempo

c)

Articulation

d)

Texture

8.

Which of these opposites best defines the element of Articulation?

a)

Smooth/Connected vs. Space between Sounds/Detached

b)

Moving Forward vs. Moving Backward

c)

Invisible vs. Visible

d)

Intangible vs. Tangible

9.

The set of notes a composer uses in a piece of music determines whether the music is happy (major) or sad (minor), joyful (major) or frightening (minor). This musical element is ______________.

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Tonality

d)

Rhythm

10.

Duration is determined by musical notation, notes and rests, and tells the performer how ___________ or _________ a sound will be.

a)

close or far

b)

loose or tight

c)

long or short

d)

tall or wide

11.

To start a section of the music soft and gradually get louder over time is to ________________________.

a)

rest

b)

crescendo

c)

allegro

d)

adagio

12.

To perform a section of music loud and gradually get softer is to _________________________________.

a)

decrescendo

b)

rapido

c)

adagio

d)

rest

13.

What is the Tempo in music?

a)

The form

b)

The speed

c)

The volume

d)

The era in which it was written

14.

Which of these terms is an Articulation?

a)

staccato

b)

crescendo

c)

rubato

d)

forte

15.

What does Rhythm refer to?

a)

The number of beats in each bar

b)

The speed of the music

c)

The length of the notes and the patterns that they make

d)

The number of layers or parts

16.

If you spotted a trumpet playing a melodic solo, which Element would you be talking about?

a)

Harmony

b)

Instrumentation

c)

Texture

d)

Dynamics

17.

The definition of 'Legato' is:

a)

Short and detached

b)

Accelerate a run of notes

c)

To play gently

d)

Smooth and connected

18.

'Mezzo forte' means:

a)

Moderately soft

b)

Moderate dynamics

c)

Very loud

d)

Moderately loud

19.

A 'crescendo' means to:

a)

Get louder

b)

Slow down

c)

Play really loud (fortissimo)

d)

Become softer

20.

Rhythm is the

a)

The speed of the music

b)

The volume of the music

c)

The groupings of the beats into bars

d)

Arrangement of musical sounds, according to their duration