WorksheetsTest 2 Melody 8th Grade
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the tune that a song is sung to? Also known as a sequence of notes that catch your ear?
a)
Rhythm
b)
Harmony
c)
Melody
d)
Improvisation
2.
In rap music, words and __________ take the place of melody as the main musical event.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Harmony
c)
Melody
d)
Improvisation
3.
What is the length of each note called?
a)
Melody
b)
Rhythm
c)
Duration
d)
Pitch
4.
What is the highness of lowness of each note called?
a)
Melody
b)
Rhythm
c)
Duration
d)
Pitch
5.
Melodies can move by _______.
a)
step only
b)
leap only
c)
step or leap
d)
neither
6.
Notes right next to each other are separated by a ________
a)
step
b)
leap
7.
Notes far apart from each other are separated by a ________
a)
step
b)
leap
8.
What is the interval between C and G?
a)
4th
b)
5th
c)
2nd
d)
Octave
9.
What is the interval between C and B
a)
4th
b)
5th
c)
6th
d)
7th
10.
What is the interval between D and E?
a)
2nd
b)
3rd
c)
4th
d)
5th
11.
Which note sounds higher in pitch?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
12.
Which note sounds higher in pitch?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
13.
which note sounds lower in pitch?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
14.
Which note sounds lower in pitch?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
15.
What is a sequence of notes that move in a consistent direction and begin and end on the same note.
a)
Step
b)
Leap
c)
Scale
d)
Pitch
16.
A_______ melody is built using only notes from a single scale.
a)
Scale
b)
Pitch
c)
Diatonic
d)
Whole
17.
The distance between two notes that are directly next to each other (touching) on the piano is a ___________ step
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Full
d)
Leap
18.
The distance between two notes that are separated by one note on the piano is a ___________ step
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Full
d)
Leap
19.
What is the most common type of scale in contemporary music?
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Major
d)
Minor
20.
WWHWWWH is the pattern for which type of scale?
a)
Whole
b)
Half
c)
Major
d)
Minor
21.
What raises a note by 1/2 step?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Naturals
d)
Double Sharp
e)
Double Flat
22.
What lowers a note by 1/2 step?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Naturals
d)
Double Sharp
e)
Double Flat
23.
What cancels out a sharp or flat?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Naturals
d)
Double Sharp
e)
Double Flat
24.
What are sharps, flats and naturals also called?
a)
Minors
b)
Majors
c)
Solfege
d)
Accidentals
25.
What tells you what notes will be required for a piece of music?
a)
Meter
b)
Time Signature
c)
Key Signature
d)
Clef Signature
26.
Solfege is
a)
a syllabic representation of notes
b)
an instrument
c)
a dynamic level
d)
an articulation
27.
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do is what?
a)
The minor scale using solfege
b)
The major scale using solfege
28.
In the C major scale, which note is DO?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
29.
In the C major scale, G is?
a)
Re
b)
Mi
c)
Fa
d)
So
30.
The natural minor scale uses the same notes as the major scale except it begins and ends on the _____ scale degree. Also known as La minor for solfege.
a)
4th
b)
5th
c)
6th
d)
7th
31.
WHWWHWW is the pattern of whole and half steps for what scale?
a)
Major
b)
Minor
c)
Pentatonic
d)
Blues
32.
The relative minor scale is the _________ minor scale that is built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale
a)
Flat
b)
Sharp
c)
Natural
33.
What would the relative minor Scale to C Major be?
a)
C minor
b)
D minor
c)
F minor
d)
A minor
34.
What would the relative minor Scale to F major be?
a)
C minor
b)
D minor
c)
F minor
d)
A minor
35.
What would the relative minor Scale to Ab major be?
a)
C minor
b)
D minor
c)
F minor
d)
A minor
36.
What would the relative minor Scale to Eb major be?
a)
C minor
b)
D minor
c)
F minor
d)
A minor
37.
In a natural minor scale, which scale degree is NOT lowered?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
38.
Any natural minor scale with the same notes as a major scale, but with a lowered 3rd, 6th, and 7th would be called the major scales________________ minor. They have the same Do starting pitch.
a)
natural
b)
accidental
c)
regular
d)
parallel
39.
The harmonic minor scale is just like the natural minor scale except the 7th degree is ________ a half step
a)
raised
b)
lowered
40.
The ____________ minor is just like the natural minor scale except that the 6th and 7th degrees are 1/2 step high ascending and a 1/2 step lower descending.
a)
Harmonic
b)
Natural
c)
Melodic
41.
Raising scale degree 7 by a 1/2 step guides us back to the tonic and so the 7th degree is called the ________ tone
a)
Tonic
b)
Leading
c)
Tritone
42.
What scale is built on 5 notes
a)
Pentatonic
b)
Natural Minor
c)
Major
d)
Harmonic Minor
43.
These are the scale degrees of which pentatonic scale? 1 2 3 5 6 1
a)
Major
b)
Minor
44.
These are the scale degrees of which pentatonic scale?
1 b3 4 5 b7 1
a)
Major
b)
Minor
45.
The blues scale is almost identical to the minor pentatonic scale except that the blues scale adds the lowered________ degree?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
46.
How many different notes do all blues scales have?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
47.
b3 b5 and b7 are what kind of notes?
a)
minor
b)
pentatonic
c)
blues
d)
major
48.
Besides blues what other genre uses the blues scale?
(a)
49.
Modes are scales deriving from major or_________ scales
a)
pentatonic
b)
minor
c)
blues
d)
major
50.
Modes can start on any note other than the _____ and only use notes from the parent scale.
a)
Phrygian
b)
Aeolion
c)
tonic
d)
dominant
51.
What scale degree does Ionian begin on?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
52.
What scale degree does Dorian begin on?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
53.
What scale degree does Phrygian begin on?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
54.
What scale degree does Lydian begin on?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
55.
What scale degree does Mixolydian begin on?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
56.
What scale degree does Aeolian begin on?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
57.
What scale degree does Locrian begin on?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
58.
Which mode is the same as the major scale?
a)
Ionian
b)
Dorian
c)
Phrygian
d)
Lydian
59.
Which mode is commonly played over the II-7 chord in a major key?
a)
Ionian
b)
Dorian
c)
Phrygian
d)
Lydian
60.
Which modal scale is the same as the minor scale?
a)
Locrian
b)
Aeolian
c)
Mixolydian
d)
Lydian
61.
What character does Ionian match generally?
a)
Sad
b)
Unstable
c)
Happy
d)
Bright
62.
What character does Aeolian match generally?
a)
Sad
b)
Unstable
c)
Happy
d)
Bright
63.
What character does Locrian match generally?
a)
Sad
b)
Unstable
c)
Happy
d)
Bright
64.
What character does Lydian match generally?
a)
Sad
b)
Unstable
c)
Happy
d)
Bright
65.
What character does Phrygian match?
a)
Dark
b)
Strong
c)
Mellow
66.
What character does Mixolydian match?
a)
Dark
b)
Strong
c)
Mellow
67.
What character does Dorian match?
a)
Dark
b)
Strong
c)
Mellow
68.
Leading tone helps you find what?
a)
tonic / DO/ 1
b)
dominant/ SO/ 5
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