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Beginning Music Theory (Intermediate Chorus)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The five horizontal lines music is written on is called a....

a)

Ledger Lines

b)

Measure

c)

Staff

d)

Notes

2.

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Staff

d)

Ledger Lines

3.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Bass Clef, F Clef

b)

Treble Clef, G Clef

c)

Tenor Clef

d)

Alto Clef

4.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Treble Clef, G Clef

b)

Alto Clef

c)

Tenor Clef

d)

Bass Clef, F Clef

5.

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

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Intervals

d)

Ledger Lines

6.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

Double Sharp

7.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step higher than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Double Sharp

c)

Sharp

d)

Natural

8.

What is the name of this symbol, which indicates that a note is neither sharp nor flat?

a)

Double Sharp

b)

Natural

c)

Sharp

d)

Flat

9.

What do you call a collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece that tells us where Do is?

a)

Notes

b)

Time Signature

c)

Key Signature

d)

Rests

10.

What symbols show pitch and duration?

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Staff

11.

What symbols show duration of silence?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Rests

c)

Notes

d)

Staff

12.

Lines through the music to indicate the division of measures

a)

Measure

b)

Bar Line

c)

Staff

d)

Treble Clef

13.

The five horizontal lines music is written on is called a....

a)

Ledger Lines

b)

Measure

c)

Staff

d)

Notes

14.

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Staff

d)

Ledger Lines

15.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Bass Clef, F Clef

b)

Treble Clef, G Clef

c)

Tenor Clef

d)

Alto Clef

16.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Treble Clef, G Clef

b)

Alto Clef

c)

Tenor Clef

d)

Bass Clef, F Clef

17.

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

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Intervals

d)

Ledger Lines

18.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

Double Sharp

19.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step higher than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Double Sharp

c)

Sharp

d)

Natural

20.

What is the name of this symbol, which indicates that a note is neither sharp nor flat?

a)

Double Sharp

b)

Natural

c)

Sharp

d)

Flat

21.

What do you call a collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece that tells us where Do is?

a)

Notes

b)

Time Signature

c)

Key Signature

d)

Rests

22.

What symbols show pitch and duration?

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Staff

23.

What symbols show duration of silence?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Rests

c)

Notes

d)

Staff

24.

Lines through the music to indicate the division of measures

a)

Measure

b)

Bar Line

c)

Staff

d)

Treble Clef

25.

The distance between two bar lines

a)

Bar Line

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Measure

d)

Staff

26.

This symbol tells us to hold the note until the conductor cuts us off. What is it called?

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Fermata

d)

Tie

27.

What is the name of the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us what kind of note is worth one beat, and how many beats are in a measure?

a)

Key Signature

b)

Staff

c)

Time Signature

d)

Treble Clef

28.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Bar Lines

b)

Measures

c)

Staff

d)

Repeat Signs

29.

This symbol means ‘Go back to the sign’. What is it called?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

D.S. or Del Segno

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Repeat Sign

30.

What is this symbol, which signals the last chunk of a song?

a)

Coda

b)

Repeat Sign

c)

D.S or Del Segno

d)

Fermata

31.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
32.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
33.
What kind of note is this?
a)
whole note
b)
half note
c)
quarter note
d)
eighth note
34.
How many spaces are on a staff?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
35.
This note is a 
a)
Dotted half note
b)
Dotted quarter note
c)
Dotted whole note
d)
Dotted eighth note
36.
Two eighth notes are equal to 
a)
1 whole note
b)
22 half notes
c)
6 sixteenth notes
d)
1 quarter note
37.
What does the bottom number in the Time signature stand for ?  
a)
which note gets 1 beat  
b)
how many notes are in a measure
c)
the number of measures
d)
how long the rhythm takes
38.
What does the top number of the Time signature stand for?
a)
what type of note is in the measure
b)
how many beats are in the measure
c)
the number of measures
d)
how long the rhythm is
39.
________ is the speed of a song.
a)
Timbre
b)
Pitch
c)
Dynamics
d)
Tempo
40.
How many beats are in a half rest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
41.
how many beats does a dotted quarter note receive?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
1.5
42.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
43.
what does this mean?
a)
4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat
b)
4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat
c)
4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day
d)
4 measures equal 4 beats
44.

What musical symbol is this?

a)

Whole rest

b)

Quarter rest

c)

Half rest

d)

Eighth rest

45.

Which musical term means "VERY quiet?"

a)
b)
c)
d)
46.

Which musical term means "loud"?

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.

Name the note.

a)

Whole Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Quarter Notes

d)

Eighth notes

48.

Name the rest.

a)

Whole

b)

Half

c)

Quarter

d)

Eighth

49.

How many beat/beats does this note receive?

a)

.5

b)

1

c)

2

d)

4

50.

How many beat/beats does this note receive?

a)

.5

b)

1

c)

2

d)

4