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Beginning Band Pre-Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Instrument family is not part of a Band?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

2.

Which of the following is a woodwind instrument?

a)

Saxophone

b)

Trombone

c)

French Horn

d)

Bass Drum

3.

What is a reed?

a)

A key on the instrument

b)

The stick used to conduct the orchestra

c)

A thin piece of wood used to create the sound

d)

A metal mouthpiece

4.

Which woodwind instrument does not use a reed?

a)

Saxophone

b)

Flute

c)

Clarinet

d)

Baritone

5.

Which one of these instruments is a clarinet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What term tells you how loud or soft to play the music?

a)

Beat

b)

Dynamics

c)

Tempo

d)

Rhythm

7.
Which term is best defined as the pulse of the music?
a)

Staff

b)

Measure

c)

Beat

d)

Dynamics

8.

What is the space between Bar lines called?

a)

Bar line

b)

Measure

c)

Staff

d)

Repeat sign

9.

What is this called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Time Signature

d)

Key Signature

10.

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

a)

Which note gets the beat

b)

How fast to play

c)

How many beats are in a measure

d)

How loud to play

11.
How many beats are in each measure of music?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
8
d)
3
12.

What kind of note is this?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Whole Note

c)

Half Note

d)

Sixteenth Note

13.

How many beats does a whole note get?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

14.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter

b)

Silent

c)

Half

d)

Whole

15.

What kind of note is this?

a)

half

b)

eighth

c)

whole

d)

quarter

16.

How many beats does a half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

What kind of note is this?

a)

Quarter note

b)

Half note

c)

Whole note

d)

Eighth note

18.

How many beats does the quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

3

19.

What kind of rest is this?

a)

Quarter rest

b)

Half rest

c)

Whole rest

d)

Eighth rest

20.

What kind of notes are these?

a)

Quarter notes

b)

Half notes

c)

Whole notes

d)

Eighth notes

21.

Which of the following is a brass instrument?

a)

Tuba

b)

Flute

c)

Clarinet

d)

Saxophone

22.

How do you play a brass instrument?

a)

Use a reed

b)

Blow air across

c)

Buzz your lips

23.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Clarinet

c)

Trombone

d)

Saxophone

24.

What instrument is this? 

a)

Trombone

b)

Tuba

c)

Trumpet

d)

French horn

25.
What instrument is this?
a)

Clarinet

b)

French Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Tuba

26.

What is this called?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

F Clef

c)

C Clef

d)

Bass Clef

27.

What is this called?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

C Clef

c)

G Clef

d)

Bass Clef

28.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

Monkey

29.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Flat

b)

Natural

c)

Sharp

30.

How many lines does a music staff have?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

6

d)

5

31.

How many spaces are in the musical staff?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

32.
Is this note on a line or space?
a)
Line
b)
Space
33.
Is this note on a line or space?
a)
Line
b)
Space
34.

Which letters are in the MUSICAL alphabet?

a)

EFGHIJK

b)

ABCDEFG

c)

TUVWXYZ

d)

HIJKLMNOP

35.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
F
d)
B
36.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

B

b)

A

c)

G

d)

F

37.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

A

b)

E

c)

B

d)

F

39.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

40.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

41.

What is the name of this pitch?

a)

F

b)

A

c)

G

d)

B

42.

Which of the following is not a brass instrument?

a)

Trombone

b)

French Horn

c)

Clarinet

d)

Trumpet

43.
On the trumpet, what do you press to change the notes?
a)
Slide
b)
Valves
c)
Tubes
d)
Keys
44.

Which instrument uses a slide to change pitches?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Trombone

c)

French Horn

d)

Tuba

45.

Which Brass instrument plays the lowest pitches?

a)

French Horn

b)

Tuba

c)

Trombone

d)

Trumpet

46.

How are percussion instruments played?

a)

Hitting, Shaking and Scraping

b)

Vibration of a reed

c)

Buzzing your lips

d)

Plucking or Vibrating strings

47.

Is this instrument part of the percussion family?

a)

Yes

b)

No

48.

Which instrument is this?

a)

Bongos

b)

Chimes

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Triangle

49.

What instrument are you interested in playing?

(a)  

50.

What instrument are you interested in playing? If you don't know or you don't want to play one, type that as well.

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