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Music Vocabulary

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A vertical line used to divide music into measures

a)

Bar Line

b)

Staff

c)

Beat

d)

Clef

2.

Five lines that music is written on

a)

Bar Line

b)

Staff

c)

Beat

d)

Clef

3.

Basic rhythmic unit of a measure

a)

Bar Line

b)

Staff

c)

Beat

d)

Clef

4.

Determines the pitch of notes

a)

Staff

b)

Bar Line

c)

Beat

d)

Clef

5.

A gradual increase in volume

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

e)

Dynamics

6.

A gradual decrease in volume

a)

Crescemdo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

e)

Dynamics

7.

Loud or strong

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

e)

Dynamics

8.

Soft or gentle

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

e)

Dynamics

9.

Variation in volume between notes or phrases

a)

Crescendo

b)

Decrescendo

c)

Forte

d)

Piano

e)

Dynamics

10.

A pause of unspecified length on a note or rest

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

11.

Accidental lowering a note by half a step

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

12.

Accidental lowering a note by half a step

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

13.

Accidental restoring a note to its original state

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

14.

Accidental raising a note by half a step

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

15.

Indicates a note of shortened duration

a)

Fermata

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

d)

Sharp

e)

Staccato

16.

A musical performance given in public, typically by several performers or of several separate compositions

(a)  

17.

A tool or implement

(a)  

18.

System of chords taken from major and minor scales

a)

Key

b)

Key Signature

c)

Note

d)

Pitch

19.

Sharps and flats used to indicate key

a)

Key

b)

Key Signature

c)

Note

d)

Pitch

20.

A musical sound

a)

Key

b)

Key Signature

c)

Note

d)

Pitch

21.

Position of a single sound in the complete range of sound

a)

Key

b)

Key Signature

c)

Note

d)

Pitch

22.

The words of a song

(a)  

23.

A smaller division of the larger piece of music, which has an assigned number of beats

(a)  

24.

A composer, conductor, or performer of music

(a)  

25.

An interval of time that a player is not sounding a note on their instrument

a)

Rest

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Time Signature

26.

Music's pattern in time

a)

Rest

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Time Signature

27.

The rate of speed of a musical piece or passage

a)

Rest

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Time Signature

28.

Indication of how many beats are in each measure of a piece of music, as well as which note value is counted as a beat

a)

Rest

b)

Rhythm

c)

Tempo

d)

Time Signature

29.

Music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

(a)  

30.

Line that connects two or more notes of different pitches

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

31.

Line that connects two notes of the same pitch

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

32.

Production of sounds from the vocal chords

(a)