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3-6 General Music Pre-Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the names of the lines of the treble clef?

a)

ABCDE

b)

EGBDF

c)

FACE

d)

ACEGI

2.

What clef is this?

a)

Treble

b)

Bass

c)

Tenor

d)

Alto

3.

How many beats does this rest get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

1/2

d)

4

e)

3

4.

Name this rest.

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

Eighth Rest

5.

how many beats of rest does a whole rest have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.
What is this?
a)
Flat, makes a note lower
b)
Flat, makes a note higher
c)
Flat, cancels out sharps
d)
Flat, the note stays the same
7.

How many beats are in every measure of a 2/4 time signature?

a)

1 beat in every measure

b)

2 beats in every measure

c)

3 beats in every measure

d)

4 beats in every measure

8.

What dynamic level is this?

a)

piano (soft)

b)

mezzo-forte (medium loud)

c)

forte (loud)

d)

pianissimo (very soft)

9.

What dynamic level is this?

a)

fortissimo (very loud)

b)

mezzo piano (medium soft)

c)

forte (loud)

d)

pianissimo (very soft)

10.

How many beats does a quarter note get?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

3

11.

Which one of these is a quarter note?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

How many beats does an eighth note get?

a)

1 beat

b)

1/8 a beat

c)

1/2 a beat

d)

1/4 a beat

13.

What do we call this in music?

a)

Measure Time

b)

Time Signature

c)

Four over Four

d)

Four count

14.

Musical math - What is the value of the expression?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

3

d)

6

15.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
16.
What is the musical term that deals with the main musical theme of a song?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Tempo
d)
Dynamics
17.

Which dynamic means "very loud"?

a)

forte

b)

mezzo forte

c)

fortissimo

d)

mezzo piano

18.

What do ledger lines do?

a)

divide the staff into measures

b)

extend the staff up and/or down

c)

Signify the end of the piece

d)

Start and end repeats

19.

What is this?

a)

Final bar line

b)

repeat sign

c)

coda

d)

double bar line

20.

Which tempo means "fast"?

a)

Andante

b)

Adagio

c)

Moderato

d)

Allegro

21.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
22.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
23.
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!!!
24.
What is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
25.
what is the name of this note?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
26.
what is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
G
d)
F
27.
What is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
28.
What is another name for Treble Clef?
a)
A Clef
b)
G Clef
c)
B Clef
d)
D Clef
29.

The steady pulse of music is also called the _________.

a)

Note

b)

Beat

c)

Rhythm

d)

Hemiola

30.

Music is commonly notated on these 5 lines and 4 spaces which we call the _________.

a)

Solfeggio

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Staff

d)

Barlines

31.

What do we use to divide the music into groups of beats?

a)

Staff

b)

Rhythm

c)

Ledger lines

d)

Barlines

32.

These come at the end of the music.

a)

Double Barlines

b)

Periods

c)

Time Signature

d)

Indicator

33.

When 4 of these notes are beamed together, we clap and say "ta-ka-di-mi".

a)

Sixteenth Notes

b)

Fourth Notes

c)

Quarter Notes

d)

Eighth Notes

34.

_____________ is the different patterns of sound.

a)

Beat

b)

Double Barline

c)

Solfeggio

d)

Rhythm

35.

The TOP line of the staff is line number...?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

1

36.

The second pitch is lower than the first. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

37.

How many beats does this note receive in common time?

a)

1/16

b)

1/2

c)

1/8

d)

1/4

38.

The distance in pitch between two tones is called an...

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Intervals

d)

Ledger Lines

39.

What symbols show beats of silence?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Rests

c)

Notes

d)

Staff

40.

Mezzo Forte means

a)

Very Loud

b)

Quiet

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Very Quiet

41.

The feel of the music, how many beats in a measure

a)

Dynamics

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Instrumentation

42.

How music is organized

a)

Simple/Duple Meter

b)

Compound/Triple Meter

c)

Form

43.

As the notes get higher on the staff the pitch gets:

a)

lower

b)

higher

c)

louder

d)

softer

44.
What are the notes in the musical alphabet?
a)
ABCDEFGHIJKL
b)
LMNOPQRS
c)
ABCDEFG
d)
QRSTUVWX
45.

What is this symbol?

a)

Note Head

b)

Stem

c)

Flag

d)

Beam

46.

What is this symbol?

a)

Note Head

b)

Stem

c)

Flag

d)

Beam

47.

These notes are forming a _____.

a)
chord
b)

stack

c)

cluster

d)

clef

48.

A specific time period in music history is called an ___________

a)

chunk

b)

era

c)

year

d)

century

49.

How would we say this rhythm using rhythm syllables?

a)

ta ti-ti sh ta

b)

ti-ti ti-ti sh ta

c)

ti-ti sh ti-ti ta

d)

ta sh ti-ti ta

50.

How would we say this rhythm using rhythm syllables?

a)

ta-ka-di-mi ta ta-ka-di-mi ta

b)

ta ta ti-ti ta

c)

ta ta ta-ka-di-mi ta

d)

ti-ti ta-ka-di-mi ta