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Cushing HS Band Quiz

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which symbol receives NO SOUND in your music?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.
What is the duration of a half note rest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.

What is the name of this note?

a)

Whote

Note

b)

Half

Note

c)

Quarter

Note

d)

Eighth

Note

4.

Which answer is represents a whole rest?

a)

b)

c)

d)

5.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 beat

6.
"How fast or slow the music is played" is the best definition for __________?
a)
Clef
b)
Beat
c)
Treble
d)
Tempo
7.

What is the name of this note?

a)

Eighth note

b)

quarter note

c)

whole note

d)

half note

8.

What type of rest is this?

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

8th Rest

e)

16th Rest

9.

What is the name of this note?

a)

Whote

Note

b)

Half

Note

c)

Quarter

Note

d)

Eighth

Note

10.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 beat

11.

What type of rest is this?

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

8th Rest

e)

16th Rest

12.

What type of rest is this?

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

8th Rest

e)

16th Rest

13.

Choose the Quarter Note

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
14.

How many counts does a WHOLE NOTE get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

Choose the Whole Note

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
16.

Choose the Half Note

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
17.

How many beats does an eighth note last?

a)

1

b)

1/2

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

18.

Choose the 8th Note

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
19.

How many beats does a whole note last?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

How many beats does a quarter note last?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

21.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

to gradually get softer

b)

to get slower

c)

To gradually get louder

d)

to get faster

22.

How many beats does a half note last?

a)

1

b)

1/2

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

23.
a)

piano

b)

forte

c)

mezzo forte

d)

fortissimo

24.

what is the meaning of a dynamic

a)

how soft or loud you sing or play

b)

how loud or soft you hear

c)

how LOUD you sing

d)

how soft you sing

25.
a)

forte

b)

mezzo forte

c)

pianissimo

d)

mezzo piano

26.
a)

piano

b)

mezzo forte

c)

forte

27.
a)

messo piano

b)

mezzo piano

c)

messo forte

d)

mezzo forte

28.

forte means

a)

loud

b)

soft

c)

very loud

d)

medium loud

29.

piano

a)

soft

b)

loud

c)

very soft

d)

quiet

30.

What does a Dot do to a note?

a)

It subtracts half of the original value

b)

It adds half of the original value

c)

it adds the same note twice

d)

It multiplies half of the original value

31.

How many beats does the dotted whole note get?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

32.

How many beats does the dotted quarter note get?

a)

1/2

b)

1

c)

1.5

d)

2

33.

How many beats does the dotted half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

Articulation (in music) involves:

a)

How fast or slow the notes are played

b)

How individual notes are sounded, started, sustained, modified, etc.

c)

How to pronounce the title of the song

d)

How well a group plays in tune

35.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Accent

b)

Slur

c)

Fermata

d)

Trill

36.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Tenuto

b)

Slur

c)

Staccato

d)

Accent

37.

Name the articulation indicated for the notes in the example.

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Marcato

d)

Staccato

38.

Name the articulation indicated for the final note.

a)

Fermata

b)

Crescendo

c)

Diminuendo

d)

Tenuto

39.

A staccato note is:

a)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

b)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

c)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

d)

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

40.

A note marked with an accent is:

a)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

b)

performed detached or separated from the other notes.

c)

held for its full time value or slightly more.

d)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

41.

A slur indicates that notes are to be:

a)

played smoothly and connected.

b)

performed louder.

c)

performed detached or separated.

d)

performed faster.

42.

A note marked with a fermata is:

a)

performed detached or separated from the other notes

b)

played smoothly and connected to the other notes.

c)

performed louder than the unmarked notes around it.

d)

sustained longer than the written note value.

43.

Tells how many beats per measure and what type of note equals one beat

a)

time signature

b)

recitative

c)

timbre/tone color

d)

round (canon)

44.

usually used for higher pitched voices or instruments

a)

bass clef

b)

decrescendo

c)

crescendo

d)

treble clef

45.

main theme or part of a musical composition, the "tune"

a)

harmony

b)

melody

c)

tempo

d)

rhythm

46.

degree of loudness and softness

a)

decrescendo

b)

variation

c)

crescendo

d)

dynamics

47.

speed of the beat or pulse, often described using Italian terms

a)

tempo

b)

melody

c)

theme

d)

rondo

48.

usually used for lower pitched voices or instruments

a)

crescendo

b)

treble clef

c)

bass clef

d)

decrescendo

49.

Which one is the crescendo marking

a)
b)
50.

What is the OPPOSITE of staccato?

a)

Legato

b)

Pizzacto

c)

Ostinato

51.

What does a Flat do to a note?

a)

A flat raises the pitch by a 1/2 step.

b)

A flat lowers the pitch by 1 step.

c)

A flat lowers the pitch by 1/2 step.

d)

A flat raises the pitch by 1 step.

52.

What does a sharp do to a note?

a)

A sharp raises the pitch by a half step.

b)

A sharp raises the pitch by one step.

c)

A sharp lowers the pitch by a half step.

d)

Keeps the note the same pitch.

53.

What does a natural sign do to a note?

a)

A natural sign keeps all the sharps and flat notes in place.

b)

A natural sign cancels out previous sharp and flat notes.

54.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

55.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

56.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

57.

What does this symbol do to a pitch?

a)

Lower the pitch by a half step.

b)

Raises the pitch by a half step.

c)

Cancels out a previous sharp or flat.

58.

What does this symbol do to a pitch?

a)

Raises the pitch by a half step.

b)

Lowers the pitch by a half step.

c)

Cancels out a previous sharp or flat.

59.

An accidental remains in effect for...

a)

all measures of the music

b)

one measure only

c)

two measures only

60.
The flute belongs to which family?
a)
brass
b)
woodwind
c)
string
d)
percussion
61.
The snare drum belongs to which family?
a)
percussion
b)
string
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
62.
The trombone belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
63.
The tambourine belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
64.
The trumpet belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
brass
c)
woodwind
d)
percussion
65.

What family does this instrument belong to?

a)

string

b)

wood wind

c)

brass

d)

percussion

66.
What family does the French Horn or Horn in F belong to?
a)
string
b)
brass
c)
percussion
d)
woodwind
67.
The tuba belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
68.
What family does the clarinet belong to?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
69.

A music staff has (a)   lines

70.

A music staff has (a)   spaces

71.

The musical alphabet starting on B and ascending (going up) is

a)

B A G F E D C

b)

B D F A C E

c)

B C D E F G A

72.

The musical alphabet starting on G and descending (going down) is

a)

G F E D C A B

b)

G E C A F D

c)

G A B C D E F

d)

G F E D C B A

73.

How MANY quarter notes equals a whole note?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

8

74.

The musical term for how LOUD or SOFT you play.

a)

tempo

b)

articulation

c)

key signature

d)

dynamics

75.

This symbol indicates ______

a)

tempo

b)

key signature

c)

time signature

d)

dynamics

76.
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
77.
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 &
78.
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 
79.

An accelerando is a ____ in speed, and a retardando is a ____ in speed

a)

Increase/decrease

b)

Decrease/increase

80.

True or False: Key Signatures help to understand what pitches (notes) to play in the music.

a)

True

b)

False

81.

What is the order of flats?

a)

ABCDEFG

b)

FCGDAEB

c)

GFEDCBA

d)

BEADGCF

82.

What is the order of sharps?

a)

FCGDEAB

b)

FCGDAEB

c)

BEADGCF

d)

BEADGFC

83.

What Flats do we have in this Key Signature?

a)

F C G

b)

D G C

c)

B E A

d)

G C F

84.

What sharps are in this key signature?

a)

B E A D

b)

F C G D

c)

A B C D

d)

A E B F