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Music Theory Terms

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this called?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Staff
c)
Treble clef
d)
Half Note
2.
How many spaces are on a staff?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
what does the top number represent?
a)
3 beats in a measure
b)
3 measures in the song
c)
3 beats per class
d)
3 teachers are great!!!
4.
What is this?
a)
half rest
b)
whole rest
c)
quarter rest
d)
eighth rest
5.
what is the name of this note?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
6.
what is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
G
d)
F
7.
what is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
g
8.
How many lines are on the staff?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
9.
what is the name of this?
a)
Bass Clef
b)
Treble Clef
c)
Alto Clef
d)
Soprano Clef
10.
What is another name for Treble Clef?
a)
A Clef
b)
G Clef
c)
B Clef
d)
D Clef
11.
A 4/4 Time Signature tells me that
a)
there are 4 counts for every note
b)
there are 4 notes in every measure
c)
there are 4 beats in every measure
d)
there are 4 measures in the song
12.
A measure is
a)
part of the melody of the song
b)
the space between bar lines where notes are written
c)
the end of the song
d)
the distance between two different objects
13.
Treble clef space notes are
a)
GBDF
b)
FACE
c)
ABCD
d)
ACEG
14.
Bass clef space notes are
a)
GBDF
b)
FACE
c)
ABCD
d)
ACEG
15.
What is this rest called?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Sixteenth Rest
16.
Choose the correct way to
count this rhythm.
a)
1  2  3  &  4
b)
1  2  &  3  &  4
c)
1  2  3  4
d)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
17.
Choose the correct way to 
count this rhythm.
a)
1  (2)  3  (4)
b)
1  (2)   (3)   (4)
c)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
d)
1  2  3  4 
18.
What note is this?
a)
C
b)
F
c)
D
d)
A
19.
What note is this?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
F
d)
C
20.
What note is this?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
F
d)
C
21.
What note is this?
a)
B
b)
E
c)
A
d)
D
22.

What is this?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

rest

d)

eighth note

23.

What does this dynamic mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Very Loud

c)

Very Soft

d)

Soft

24.

What does this dynamic mean?

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Soft to Loud

d)

Loud to Soft

25.
a)
Major 6th
b)
minor 6th
c)
Major 7th
d)
minor 7th
26.
a)
Perfect unison
b)
Major 2nd
c)
minor 2nd
d)
Perfect Circle
27.
a)
Major 3rd
b)
minor 3rd
c)
Perfect 3rd
d)
Inter mega covfefe
28.
a)
Major 7th
b)
minor 7th
c)
diminished 7th
d)
Augmented 7th
29.
a)
Perfect unison
b)
Imperfect polydaughter
c)
minor 2nd
d)
Major 2nd
30.
a)
minor 3rd
b)
Major 3rd
c)
minor 4th
d)
Major unison
31.
a)
minor 7th
b)
Major 7th
c)
Senior 7th
d)
Septagon
32.

These intervals are all what quality?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Perfect

d)

Diminished

e)

Augmented

33.
What is a coda?
a)
The beginning
b)
The middle of a song
c)
Notes that are purple.
d)
An ending passage
34.

How loud and quiet the music is

a)

Dynamics

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Instrumentation

35.

The speed of the music

a)

Dynamics

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Instrumentation

36.

play at a fast and lively speed

a)

andante

b)

largo

c)

allegro

d)

treble clef

37.

What do you do when you see this?

a)

Skip it

b)

Just play it as usual

c)

Repeat it

d)

Play it louder

e)

Cry

38.

Which musical term means "VERY quiet?"

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Music created and performed spontaneously or “in-the-moment" is...

a)

improvisation

b)

crazy

c)

dangerous

d)

unnatural

40.

Tone color or tone quality that distinguishes one sound source, instrument, or voice from another is called...

a)

classification

b)

separation

c)

timbre

d)

declassification

41.

What is the sign which indicates the raising of the pitch by one half step?

a)

flat

b)

sharp

c)

natural

42.

Choral music without instrumental accompaniment is referred to as

(a)  

43.

What is the term that means singable (or in a sweet style)?

a)

Arietta

b)

Cantible

c)

Antiphonal

d)

Whisperatta

44.

What does the key signature tell you?

a)

What to play sharp or flat in a song.

b)

How to unlock the song.

c)

Who wrote the song.

d)

How to count the song.

45.

What does the symbol > mean?

a)

Greater than: the note is better than the next note.

b)

Repeat: play the note again.

c)

Staccato: play the note short.

d)

Accent: sudden attack

46.

The symbol . above or below a note means:

a)

Staccato: play short, with space.

b)

Make the note longer.

c)

Legato: play with smooth, connected bows.

d)

Make the note pretty.

47.

What does rit. (ritardando) mean?

a)

To gradually get louder.

b)

To gradually slow down.

c)

To gradually speed up.

d)

To gradually get softer.

48.

What does accel. (accelerando) mean?

a)

To gradually slow down.

b)

To suddenly play faster.

c)

To get softer.

d)

To gradually speed up.

49.

What should you do when you see a fermata?

a)

Yell "ahoy!"

b)

Gradually get louder.

c)

Hold the note until the conductor cuts off.

d)

Gradually get faster.

50.

The symbol // (cesura mark) means:

a)

To cut off.

b)

To play short.

c)

To play smoothly.

d)

To hold the note.

51.

A Tempo means:

a)

Play faster.

b)

Make up your own tempo.

c)

Play the right tempo.

d)

Return to the original tempo.

52.

Legato

a)

Short and detached

b)

Gradually get louder

c)

Smooth and connected, without breaks between notes.

d)

Gradually get softer

53.

Decrescendo/diminuendo

a)

Short and detached

b)

Gradually get louder

c)

Smooth and connected, without breaks between notes.

d)

Gradually get softer

54.

Very fast tempo

a)

Largo

b)

Moderato

c)

Allegro

d)

Presto

55.

Accelerando (accel.)

a)

Gradually getting slower

b)

Gradually getting softer

c)

Gradually getting faster

d)

Gradually getting louder

56.

Ralentando (rall.)

a)

Gradually getting slower

b)

Gradually getting softer

c)

Gradually getting faster

d)

Gradually getting louder

57.

Which of the following relates to the articulation of sound?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Coda

c)

Adagio

d)

Tenuto

58.

Each of the following deals with dynamics in music except:

a)

Fortissimo

b)

Mezzo Piano

c)

Animato

d)

Diminuendo

59.

Each of the following is true of slurs in music except:

a)

Slurs create legato phrases

b)

Slurs are for notes of different pitches

c)

Slurs combine the rhythmic value of two notes

d)

Slurs are indicated with a connecting curvy line

60.

What music term indicates for everyone to sing together (not necessarily the same notes):

(a)  

61.

Define "Syncopation".

a)

Continue in the same style

b)

Back to the original tempo

c)

Gradually slower

d)

Emphasis on the weak beat

62.

Dynamics from quiet-to-loud. Which example is correct?

a)

p-pp-mp-f-mf-ff

b)

pp-p-mp-mf-f-ff

c)

mp-p-pp-mf-f-ff

d)

p-mp-f-mf

63.

1st ending

a)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

b)

Repeat from the sign

c)

Perform 1st ending then repeat back to the beginning or repeat sign

d)

Symbol used to direct you to the coda

64.

Dal Segno (D.S.)

a)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

b)

Repeat from the sign

c)

Perform 1st ending then repeat back to the beginning or repeat sign

d)

Symbol used to direct you to the coda

65.

2nd ending

a)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

b)

Repeat from the sign

c)

Perform 1st ending then repeat back to the beginning or repeat sign

d)

Symbol used to direct you to the coda

66.

Coda

a)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

b)

Repeat from the sign

c)

Perform 1st ending then repeat back to the beginning or repeat sign

d)

Symbol used to direct you to the coda

67.

fine

a)

indicates a section should be repeated

b)

Sudden strong accent

c)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

d)

end

68.

Double bar line

a)

indicates a section should be repeated

b)

Sudden strong accent

c)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

d)

indicates the end of a piece

69.

sforzando

a)

indicates a section should be repeated

b)

Sudden strong accent

c)

Take 2nd ending after performing repeated section

d)

indicates the end of a piece

70.

Del Segno (D. S.) al Coda

a)

Go to the coda, then the sign.

b)

Go to the beginning, then the sign.

c)

Go to the sign, then the coda.

d)

Go to the beginning, then the coda.

71.

Notes that sound the same but are named and played differently.

a)

chord

b)

enharmonic

c)

passing tones

d)

dominant

72.

What is this?

a)

chord

b)

time signature

c)

key signature

d)

melody line

73.

How long does an accidental last?

a)

The whole measure

b)

For one beat

c)

Until told other wise

d)

None of the above

74.
how many beats does a dotted quarter note receive?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
1.5

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