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Music Riddles 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A space to a space,

A line to a line.

Doesn't matter to me;

I'm the same every time.

a)

forte

b)

a step/2nd

c)

a skip/3rd

d)

a staccato

2.

My head is hollow.

My leg is strong.

Compared to one,

I'm twice as long.

a)

a whole note

b)

A half note

c)

A quarter note

d)

A sixteenth note

3.

Though there's only one of me,

Two or more notes are needed to be.

Though you only strike one,

I guarantee,

You'll hold all the notes

placed beside me.

a)

staccato dots

b)

rests

c)

legato

d)

tie/tied notes

4.

Staccato I will never be.

Do just the opposite

when playing me.

I'm not a mark, but you will see,

My term is used quite frequently.

a)

Allegro

b)

legato

c)

Lento

d)

Vivace

5.

I show the beginning.

I show the end.

The notes in between,

On me they depend.

a)

repeat sign

b)

ledger lines

c)

bar lines

d)

time signature

6.

I'm just a speck,

Maybe hard to see.

But everyone knows

When you bounce

Because of me.

a)

repeat sign

b)

legato

c)

staccato

d)

half note dot

7.

There are seven of me.

Oh, don't you agree:

When you get to the end

You start over again.

a)

measures

b)

musical alphabet

c)

black keys

d)

lines on the staff

8.

I tell you how many

Counts there are,

In each measure,

Between each bar.

a)

finger numbers

b)

treble clef

c)

musical fraction

d)

time signature

9.

I'm always smooth,

smooth as can be.

A ballerina might

learn from me.

a)

half notes

b)

piano

c)

legato

d)

ritardando

10.

Though I am just one letter,

You will see

That I am played

Rather softly.

a)

f

(forte)

b)

p

(piano)

c)

l

(legato)

d)

f

(fermata)

11.

Take the whole,

Divide it by two.

Turn it upside down,

Then two you will do!

a)

half rest

b)

whole rest

c)

quarter note

d)

repeat sign

12.

I'll show you a line

In the treble clef.

Trust me, my friend,

It's not an F.

a)

C Line/alto clef

b)

G Line/treble clef sign

c)

B Line/bass staff

d)

D Line/tenor staff

13.

Out of 88, would you believe,

That there are 36 of these?

Only once am I alone.

Otherwise I'm 2's and 3's.

a)

space notes

b)

staff lines

c)

black keys

d)

white keys

14.

You need these

To play the keys,

To play the notes

However you please.

(a)  

15.

There are several kinds of me.

You see me on your page.

And yet my sounds

are never heard,

Whenever I am played.

a)

measures

b)

beats

c)

rests

d)

dynamics

16.

They made me so fancy.

They made me so free.

I could have been

Just the plain letter G.

a)

Music staff

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Bass G

d)

Bass Clef

17.

If there is only

One of me,

Don't count to 2,

Go on to 3.

a)

whole rest

b)

whole note

c)

dotted half note (half note dot)

d)

quarter note dot

18.

A lightning bolt

Looks a lot like me.

He's just a split second

But I'm a count, you see.

a)

whole rest

b)

half rest

c)

quarter rest

d)

quarter count

19.

You'll never find me

In one of the spaces,

For on the staff,

I have five other places.

a)

line notes

b)

space notes

c)

treble clef

d)

ledger lines

20.

Bar lines within the bar line.

One is thick, the other thin.

Don't forget the little dots

Before you go again.

a)

staccato

b)

repeat sign

c)

legato

d)

double bar

21.

I am a circle

But I have no face.

I'm held quite long

Whether line or space.

a)

whole rest

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

whole note

22.

You know that I am

much too long,

If you hear me click

When you play your song.

a)

mouse

b)

fingernails

c)

metronome

d)

clock

23.

Some may say that I look like a hat.

Though on a head is not where I am at.

You'll always find me on a line.

Count me two, while keeping time.

a)

quarter rest

b)

half rest

c)

whole rest

d)

half note

24.

The Italians gave me my real name,

But just one letter can say the same.

Piano is so boring to me,

Because I am loud and strong, you see.

a)

mf/mezzo forte

b)

a/andante

c)

p/piano

d)

f/forte

25.

Two notes are needed for my job to be done.

I just can't be if there's only one.

I tell you to strike the first of these,

Then hold the tone, for as long as I please.

a)

rest

b)

staccato

c)

tie

d)

slur