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Music Performance Vocab quiz 1

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the names of the symbols that the arrows are pointing to?
a)
Measures
b)
Double Barlines
c)
Barlines
d)
Staff
2.

What is the name of this musical symbol?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Alto Celf

d)

Tenor clef

3.

What is this?

a)

ledger line

b)

treble clef

c)

staff

d)

note

4.

The space between two bar lines

a)

Accidental

b)

Measure

c)

Accent

d)

Fine

5.

What is a section of music between 2 bar lines called? There are 3 of these in this picture.

a)

Measure

b)

Rhythm

c)

Beat

d)

Melody

6.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

2 beats

b)

1/2 of a beat

c)

1 1/2 beats

d)

1 beat

7.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

3 beats

b)

4 beats

c)

2 beats

d)

1/2 of a beat

8.
Which box has a whole rest in it?
a)
1
b)
2
9.

How many beats does this note get?

a)

3 & 1/2 beats

b)

1 & 1/2 beats

c)

3 beats

d)

1/2 of a beat

10.
Which box has a quarter rest in it?
a)
1
b)
2
11.

How many beats are these two notes worth when combined?

a)

3/4 of a beat

b)

1 & 1/2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 of a beat

12.
What is the sum of the notes?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
8
d)
5
13.
How many beats does this get?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.

What is this?

a)

Key Signature

b)

Time Signature

c)

Bar Line

d)

Measure

15.

What is this?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Treble Clef

c)

Alto Clef

d)

Tenor Clef

16.

What is the symbol by the clef sign?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Double Bar Line

c)

Measure

d)

Key Signature

17.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
18.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
19.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
20.
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
forte
d)
Fortissimo
21.
a)
harmony 
b)
decrescendo 
c)
crescendo
d)
timbre
22.
a)
mezzo piano
b)
mezzo forte
c)
mezzo mezzo
d)
piano
23.
a)
forte
b)
mezzo piano
c)
fortissimo
d)
mezzo forte
24.
What does crescendo mean?
a)

To gradually get quieter

b)
To sing
c)
To gradually get louder
d)
To hold the note
25.

What is this symbol's name?

a)
Fermata
b)
Get Softer
c)

Decrescendo or Diminuendo

d)
Very Soft
26.
A piece of music starts in a minor key and then changes to a major key.  What is this an example of?
a)
countermelody
b)
cross rhythm
c)
modulation
d)
rubato
27.

The first note (home note) of the scale is the ______.

a)

Dominant

b)

Mediant

c)

Subdominant

d)

Submediant

e)

Tonic

28.

The 5th note (away from home note) of the scale is the

(a)  

29.

Tonic

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

30.

Dominant

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

31.

What does ‘sotto voce’ mean?

a)
tone down
b)

get louder

c)

sudden emphasis

d)

slow down

32.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

ritardando

b)

repeat sign

c)

common time

d)

fermata

33.

What does ‘poco a poco’ mean?

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