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Music Appreciation Written Exam

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fugue?

a)

A type of music where each voice starts at a different point of the song

b)

Secular music

c)

A group, or cycle of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit.

d)

An angry song

2.

What is a song cycle?

a)

A song that is sung over and over again.

b)
  • a group, or cycle, of individually complete songs designed to be performed together

3.

What is the difference between woodwind and brass instruments?

a)

Brass instruments require you to make a buzzing sound to play. Woodwinds instrument use vibrations of the read to create sound.

b)

Woodwind instruments require you to make a buzzing sound to play. Brass instruments use vibrations of the read to create sound.

4.

What type of music was popular during the Medieval Era?

a)

Secular Music

b)

Sacred Music

5.

What is Secular Music?

a)

Music that is not about God.

b)

Music that is about God.

6.

What was Sacred Music?

a)

Music that is about God.

b)

Music that is NOT about God.

7.

What instruments are in a string quartet?

a)

1 trumpet, 2, clarinets, 1 violin

b)

3 violins, 1 cello

c)

2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello

d)

5 violins

8.

Who was the first famous female composer of the Medieval times/

a)

Ms. Krigbaum

b)

Betty White

c)

Hildegard

d)

van Flan

9.

What does largo mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

Medium Fast

d)

Medium Slow

10.

What music era is Johann Sebastian Bach?

a)

Romantic

b)

Classical

c)

Baroque

d)

Modern

11.

What is a theme in music?

a)

A recognizable melody in a song

b)

The mood of the song

c)

The speed of the song

d)

The volume of the song

12.

What is the hole in a ukulele called?

a)

Music hole

b)

hole

c)

Sound hole

d)

Ukulele hole

13.

Which of the following is a Classical composer?

a)

Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Ms. Krigbaum

d)

Hildegard of Bingen

14.

Musical Eras in order

a)

Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern.

b)

Medieval, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Renaissance, Baroque.

c)

Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Medieval

d)

Moder, Romantic, Classical, Baroque, Renaissane, Medieval

15.

How many instrument families are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

What are the names of all of the instrument families?

a)

Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, Percussion

b)

Trumpet, Strings, Keyboard, Brass

c)

Strings, Brass

d)

Percussion, Strings, Violin

17.

Name any of the composers we studied

4 lines
18.

What is #1 called?

a)

Top

b)

Headstock

c)

Fret

d)

Strings

19.

What is #2 called?

a)

Tuners/Tuning Pegs

b)

Twisty things

c)

Spinners

d)

Pitch-changing thing

20.

What is #3 called?

a)

Tuners/Tuning Pegs

b)

Lines

c)

Frets

d)

Boarders

21.

What is #4 called?

a)

Peanut

b)

Neck

c)

Body

d)

Nut

22.

What is #5 called?

a)

Arm

b)

Body

c)

Neck

d)

Nut

23.

What is #6 called?

a)

Headstock

b)

Strings

c)

Neck

d)

Fret Space

24.

What is #9 called?

a)

Headstock

b)

Body

c)

Neck

d)

Fret Space

25.

What is #8 called?

a)

Sound hole

b)

Body

c)

Music hole

d)

Fret Space

26.

What is #10 called?

a)

Sound hole

b)

Headstock

c)

Neck

d)

Strings

27.

What is #12 called?

a)

Sound hole

b)

Bridge

c)

Neck

d)

Nut

28.

What is the definition of dynamics?

a)

Volume

b)

Speed

c)

Mood

29.

What is the definition of tempo?

a)

Volume

b)

Speed

c)

Mood

30.

What is the definition of Style?

a)

Volume

b)

Speed

c)

Mood

31.

One melody line

a)

Polyphony

b)

Monophony

32.

What chord is this?

a)

C7

b)

Am

c)

F

d)

G

33.

What is an example of a Percussion instrument?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Violin

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Clarinet

34.

What is an example of a Strings instrument?

a)

Tuba

b)

Cello

c)

Flute

d)

Saxophone

35.

What does Ms. K always ask you to do before playing your ukulele each day?

a)

Drop it on the ground

b)

Strum it really hard

c)

Tune it

d)

Play it

36.

What is the main thing you should have when playing a ukulele?

a)

A guitar

b)

A ukulele

c)

A piano

d)

A chair

37.

What part of the ukulele do you strum?

a)

The head

b)

The body

c)

The fret

d)

The strings

38.

An example of a music genre.

a)

Country

b)

Pop

c)

Tempo

d)

Jingle Bells