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Time Signatures

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 14hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many beats is this note worth?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

2.
What is this note called?
a)
Quarter Note
b)
Eighth Note
c)
Sixteenth Note
d)
Half Note
3.
How many beats is this note?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
What is this note called?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Half Note
d)
Whole Note
5.

How many sixteenth notes does it take to equal 1 beat?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.
How many beats do two eighth notes get?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
How many beats does this rest last for?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
8.

How many beats are in a measure in this time signature?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

9.

How many beats are in each measure in this time signature?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

3

10.

How many beats are in each measure in this meter?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

11.

Which rest is a quarter rest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which rest is a whole rest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

Which rest is a half rest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

At the very beginning of a piece of music, just after the clef, you will find two numbers, one above the other. This is called

a)

Fractions

b)

Time Signature

c)

Clefs

d)

Signature of time

15.

A time signature gives you two pieces of information:

a)

1. What kind of beats we are counting.

2. How many beats per bar there are.

b)

1. The scale the music is written in.

2. The key signature of the music.

c)

1. The number of accidentals in the music

2. The key of the music.

d)

1. How many beats per bar there are.

2. What kind of beats we are counting

16.

This image can be described as

a)

1. The top number tells you the number time signatures.

2. The bottom number tells you the keys of the music.

b)

1. The top number counts the bar lines in the music

2. The bottom number tells you how the music is played.

c)

1. The top number tells you that there are 4 beats in the bar.

2. The bottom number tells us that we are counting crotchets.

d)

1. The bottom number tells us that we are counting crotchets.

2. The top number tells you that there are 4 beats in the bar.

17.

What is a time signature?

a)

Time signatures are used to tell how many time you have to play each music.

b)

Time signatures are used to tell how many beats each measure of music will get.

c)

Time signatures are used to tell how many times you have to play each measure.

d)

Time signatures are used to tell how many beats the entire song will get.

18.

what does the bottom number of a time signature tells you?

a)

The bottom number tells the number of beats are in a song

b)

The bottom number tells the number of beats are in each measure

c)

The bottom number tells you what type of note to be written in each measure

d)

The bottom number tells you what type of note receives one beat.

19.

What does the top number in a time signature tells you?

a)

The top number tells what type of note receives one beat.

b)

The top number tells the number of beats are in a song

c)

The top number tells the number of beats are in each measure

d)

The top number tells what type of note is to be played in a song

20.

How many beats are in each measure of music?

a)

8

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

21.

If i have a a dotted half note in the last measure, what time signature am i?

a)
b)
c)
22.

What is the function of a bar-line? Select all the correct answers

a)

Bar lines break up the musical section into reduced, measurable groups of notes and rests.

b)

A bar line separates notes into readable measures.

c)

Bar lines are used as guidelines for you to follow.

d)

A bar line separates music into measures (also called bars)

23.

What is the function of a double bar-line?

a)

A double bar line allows you to go on to the next measure

b)

A double bar line at the end of a measure means that song is to be repeated

c)

A double bar line allows you to see the end of the music

d)

A double bar line indicates to a musician it's the end of the song

24.

If a song has four beats per measure, what is the time signature ?

a)
b)
c)
25.

This bar-line separate measures and allows you to go on to the next measure. Which bar-line is it?

a)

repeat sign

b)

double bar-line

c)

single bar-line

26.

Before inserting a bar-line what do you need to look for? Select all the correct answers

a)

The amount of counts needed for each measure

b)

The time signature

c)

Note values

d)

Rest values

27.

How many numbers are there in a time signature?

a)

1 (Just one big one)

b)

3 ( Like a pyramid)

c)

2 ( a top and a bottom number)

28.

Which time signature is also called "common time"?

a)
b)
c)
29.

BONUS: What type of note gets one beat in 2/2 Time Signature?

a)

Whole Note

b)

Quarter Note

c)

Eighth Note

d)

Half Note

30.

In 3/8 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

half note

b)

third note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

31.

What is this symbol called?

a)

a fraction

b)

a time signature

c)

a key signature

d)

one

32.

What does the top number of the time signature tell you?

a)

How fast or slow you should sing your music

b)

How many beats are in each measure

c)

Which note is worth one beat

d)

How loud you should sing your music

33.

What does the bottom number of the time signature tell you?

a)

How many beats per measure

b)

How many seconds per measure

c)

Which note is worth one beat

d)

The denominator

34.

In 4/4 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

half note

b)

fourth note

c)

quarter note

d)

whole note

35.

In 3/8 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

half note

b)

third note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

36.

In 2/2 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

quarter note

b)

half note

c)

whole note

d)

eighth note

37.

In 2/4 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2

38.

In 3/4 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

8

d)

12

39.

In 7/8 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

2

d)

12

40.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

5/4

d)

4/4

41.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

5/4

d)

4/4

42.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

5/4

d)

4/4

43.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

6/4

b)

7/4

c)

11/4

d)

9/4

44.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

6/4

b)

7/4

c)

11/4

d)

9/4

45.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

6/4

b)

7/4

c)

11/4

d)

9/4

46.

In 4/4 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

12

b)

8

c)

2

d)

4

47.

In 5/4 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

2

d)

4

48.

In 12/8 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

half note

b)

eighth note

c)

quarter note

d)

whole note

49.

In 2/2 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

quarter note

b)

half note

c)

whole note

d)

eighth note

50.

In 7/8 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

2

d)

12

51.

What time signature is this measure in?

a)

2/4

b)

3/4

c)

5/4

d)

4/4

52.

In 5/4 time, how many beats are there per measure?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

2

d)

4

53.

In 12/8 time, what type of note gets one beat?

a)

half note

b)

eighth note

c)

quarter note

d)

whole note

54.

What does the bottom number mean in this time signature?

a)

A sixth note gets 1 beat.

b)

A quarter note gets 1 beat.

c)

A half note gets 1 beat.

d)

An eighth note gets 1 beat.

55.

What is the time signature?

a)
b)
c)
d)
56.
Is a time signature a fraction?
a)
yes
b)
no