Worksheetspiano basic fundamentals
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
what is the right hand fingering for C, G, D, A, E major scales
a)
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b)
12121212
c)
12312345
d)
54354354
2.
What is the correct fingering for right hand F mqjor scale
a)
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b)
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c)
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d)
12121212
3.
how mqny keys does a standard piano have
a)
64
b)
88
c)
92
d)
52
4.
How many sharps in the key of D major
a)
2
b)
3
c)
1
d)
4
5.
What type of note receives one beat in a 12/8 measure
a)
quarter
b)
eighth
c)
half
d)
sixteenth
6.
You are singing or playing a piece of music and see this sign #, what should you do to the note?
a)
lower a half step
b)
raise a half step
c)
play softer
d)
play louder
7.
What is the Music Alphabet?
a)
D E F G B A D A
b)
A B C D E F G H
c)
A B C D E F G A
8.
What are the names for this symbol?
a)
Treble Clef and G Clef
b)
Flat Sign and Sharp Sign
c)
Bass Clef and F Clef
d)
Bass Clef and Fermata
9.
What are the names of the notes indicated?
a)
A B C D
b)
A D F G
c)
A C E G
10.
What are the name of the indicated notes?
a)
G B D F A
b)
A B C D E
c)
F A C E
11.
What does the top number in a time signature tell you?
a)
Number of notes in a measure
b)
What type note gets one beat
c)
Number of beats per measure
12.
How many eighth notes would you need to create 2 measures in 3/4 time?
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
16
13.
How many beats is a quarter note worth in 6/8 time?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
3
d)
6
14.
How many quarter notes are there in ONE measure of 4/4 time?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
15.
How many beats per measure in the following example?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
16.
What type of note gets the beat in the following example?
a)
Quarter note
b)
Half note
c)
Eighth note
17.
4/4 time means 4 beats per measure and a quarter note gets one beat.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A whole is equal to 4 half notes.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
A Tempo tells us how fast we should go.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Which word means to gradually slow your tempo?
a)
Ritornello
b)
Ritardando
c)
Rhythmic change
d)
Ritend
21.
A composer would like their music to speed up gradually, what word would best describe their intention?
a)
Ritardando
b)
Crescendo
c)
Allegro
d)
Accelerando
22.
What does a Key Signature tell us?
a)
The order of sharps and flats
b)
Which scales we are using
c)
How many notes are in the scale
23.
Bb major has how many Flats?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
24.
What Key is the following example ?
a)
F major
b)
C major
c)
G major
d)
D major
25.
Every key signature tells us two keys, one is Major, and one is Minor. These are relative keys. What two keys is the following example?
a)
C major and A minor
b)
D major and B minor
c)
F major and D minor
26.
What are dynamics in music?
a)
Speed
b)
Style
c)
Volume
d)
Articulation
27.
Which of the following are in the correct order from quietest to loudest.
a)
ff, f, mf, mp, p , pp
b)
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
28.
Which of the following lists the tempo vocabulary words from slowest to fastest?
a)
Presto, Allegro, Andante, Largo, Grave
b)
Vivace, Moderato, Adagio, Lento
c)
Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Vivace
29.
What does the following symbol tell us?
a)
Gradually slow down
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Gradually get quieter
30.
What does the word diminuendo or dim. tell us?
a)
Gradually get quieter
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Gradually increase speed
31.
What is an interval in music?
a)
The distance between two measures
b)
The volume between two notes
c)
The distance between notes
32.
What is the smallest interval in western classical music?
a)
Whole step
b)
Major second
c)
Half step
33.
What is the interval in the following example?
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
2nd
d)
octave
34.
What is the interval in the following example?
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
2nd
d)
6th
35.
Which of the following is an example of a melodic interval?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
36.
Circle of Fifths, starting with C moving to the right or clock wise are the sharp scales , Which of the following is the correct order of Keys?
a)
C D E F G A B C
b)
C F B E A D G
c)
C G D A E B F# C#
37.
Circle of Fifths, starting with C moving to the left or counter clock wise are the flat scales , Which of the following is the correct order of Keys?
a)
C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb C
b)
C D E G B F A C
c)
C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb
38.
What is tone quality?
a)
The overall quality of the sound in reqard to richness and perfection
b)
How the sound is created
c)
The lack of musical interpretation
39.
What is the root of each chord in the progression of I, IV, V, I in the key of C?
a)
C F A C
b)
C G A C
c)
C D G C
d)
C F G C
40.
What is the Third in an F major Triad?
a)
F
b)
A
c)
C
d)
D
41.
In the key of F major, what chord would include A, C, F?
a)
I Chord
b)
ii Chord
c)
IV Chord
d)
V Chord
42.
In the key of a minor, what chord would contain F, D, A?
a)
i Chord
b)
v Chord
c)
iv Chord
d)
III Chord
e)
43.
I have a chord with F#, D, and A in G major....what chord is it?
a)
I
b)
V
c)
iii
d)
ii
44.
(1.1D.a) How many eighth notes would you need to create 2 measures in 3/4 time:
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
16
45.
A piece of music has no bar lines, if it is in 4/4 time and you have 8 quarter notes, how many measures will you have?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
46.
What are the two names for this symbol?
a)
F Clef and Bass
b)
C Clef and Alto
c)
G Clef and Treble
47.
There are 5 lines in a single staff?
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Why might a composer use a crescendo?
a)
Make the music softer
b)
Make the music shorter
c)
Make the music louder
d)
Make the music a faster tempo
49.
The flat sign means to do what to a pitch?
a)
Raise the pitch one half step
b)
Accent the note
c)
Decrease volume
d)
Lower the pitch one half step
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