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WorksheetsMusic Theory Basics Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of note is pictured?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
2.
This symbol tells us to lower the pitch of a note one half step. What is the name of the symbol?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
3.
What is the name of this note?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
4.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Hashtag
b)
Sharp
c)
Flat
d)
Natural
5.
What type of note is this?
a)
Whole Note
b)
Half Note
c)
Quarter Note
d)
Eighth Note
6.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
7.
What is pictured?
a)
A fraction
b)
Time Signature
c)
Key Signature
8.
What is the name of the lines that appear at the end of the staff?
a)
Barline
b)
Repeat
c)
Double Barline
d)
Measure
9.
What is the name of the vertical line?
a)
Staff Line
b)
Barline
c)
Measure
d)
Dividing Line
10.
What is the name of this clef?
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor clef
d)
Bass Clef
11.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
2
c)
1
d)
1/2
12.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
13.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
14.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
15.
How many beats does this note receive?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
16.
This symbol tells us to raise the pitch of a note by one half step. What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Flat
b)
Sharp
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
17.
What is the name of this symbol?
a)
Sharp
b)
Flat
c)
Natural
d)
Hashtag
18.
What do you do when you see this symbol?
a)
Repeat the previous section of music
b)
stop the song
c)
sing louder
d)
do a dance
19.
What are the names of the SPACES in the treble staff?
(from bottom to top)
(from bottom to top)
a)
FACE
b)
ACEG
c)
EGBDF
d)
ECAF
20.
What is the phrase to remember the names of the LINES?
a)
Every-Good-Boy-Does-Fine
b)
All-Cows-Eat-Grass
c)
Great-Big-Dragons-Fly-Around
d)
Spaces-Spell-Face
21.
What is the musical alphabet?
a)
ABC
b)
ABCDE
c)
ABCDEFGA
d)
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
22.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Eighth Rest
b)
Sixteenth Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Half Rest
23.
What is this called?
a)
Pair of Quarter Notes
b)
Pair of Sixteenth Notes
c)
Pair of Eighth Notes
d)
Pair of Half Notes
24.
Bonus Questions: What is the name of this note?
a)
Dotted Quarter Note
b)
Dotted Half Note
c)
Dotted Sixteenth Note
d)
Dotted Eighth Note
25.
What does "mezzo" mean?
a)
Medium, Half
b)
Very, Most
c)
Loud, Strong
d)
Soft, Quiet
26.
Which dynamic level is the loudest?
a)
Piano
b)
Forte
c)
Mezzo Piano
d)
Mezzo Forte
27.
What does "forte" mean?
a)
Medium, Half
b)
Very, Most
c)
Strong, Loud
d)
Quiet, Soft
28.
Which term means "to gradually get softer?"
a)
Diminuendo
b)
Tacit
c)
Crescendo
d)
Piano
29.
Which is the best example of a "crescendo?"
a)
A flute plays softly followed by a sudden loud note from the orchestra.
b)
A slow piece of music gradually gets faster and faster.
c)
Strings start a passage of music at mezzo-piano and grow to forte over the course of eight beats.
30.
How should someone sing music with the pictured dynamic level?
a)
gradually slowing down
b)
perfectly
c)
medium loud
d)
softly
31.
What does the word "dynamics" mean?
a)
Loudness
b)
Tempo
c)
Speed
d)
Volume
32.
What does crescendo mean?
a)
Gradually get faster
b)
Gradually slow down
c)
Gradually get softer
d)
Gradually get louder
33.
What does decrescendo mean?
a)
Gradually die
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Gradually get softer
d)
Gradually slow down
34.
Whenever you see a decrescendo it means...
a)
slow down.
b)
speed up
c)
gradually get softer
d)
gradually get louder
35.
What does this symbol mean to do?
a)
Gradually get softer
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Be silent
d)
Be super loud
36.
What is this dynamic level?
a)
Mezzo Forte
b)
Mezzo Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Piano
37.
What Italian word is this symbol?
a)
Pianissimo
b)
Piano
c)
Forte
d)
Fortissimo
38.
what is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
G
d)
F
39.
What is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
40.
what is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
g
41.
what is the name of this note?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
42.
What is the name of this note?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
43.
What is this?
a)
half rest
b)
whole rest
c)
quarter rest
d)
eighth rest
44.
What is this note
a)
half note
b)
whole note
c)
quarter note
d)
no note
45.
How many spaces are on a staff?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
46.
what is the name of this note?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
g
47.
How many lines are on the staff?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
48.
What is another name for Treble Clef?
a)
A Clef
b)
G Clef
c)
B Clef
d)
D Clef
49.
What type of rest is pictured?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
e)
Sixteenth Rest
50.
What type of rest is pictured?
a)
Whole Rest
b)
Half Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Eighth Rest
e)
Sixteenth Rest
51.
Match the note/rest in the picture to the name.
a)
Half Rest
b)
Half Note
c)
Whole Rest
d)
Whole Note
52.
Beat
a)
a steady pulsing in a regular pattern
b)
an accidental that cancels a sharp or flat
c)
a sign written before a note that changes the pitch of that note slightly for an entire measure
d)
an interval with pitches sounded consecutively
53.
Duration
a)
the length of time a note or rest is sustained
b)
an accidental that lowers a note's pitch half step
c)
gradually louder
d)
the sign used to show higher pitches on the staff
54.
Composer
a)
a person who writes an original piece of music
b)
the length of time a note or rest is sustained
c)
playing soft
d)
an accidental that raises a note's pitch half step
55.
Rhythm
a)
the forward movement of music in time and the basis for "keeping time" in music
b)
an interval with pitches sounded consecutively
c)
treble and bass clef staves joined by a bracket
d)
the symbol that shows how many beats are in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat.
56.
Melody
a)
a series of pitches of varying intervals and duration arranged in a specific order to make a meaningful tune which is the basis for a piece of music
b)
Play very strongly
c)
the sign added to a note or rest that increases its duration by one-half
d)
a thin vertical line that separates measures
57.
Harmony
a)
two or more pitches sounded at the same time to create purposefully a pleasant or unpleasant sound
b)
four of these notes equal one quarter note
c)
rest for the number of bars shown
d)
an accidental that cancels a sharp or flat
58.
slur
a)
join two notes without tonguing
b)
a short, horizontal line that allows a note to be written outside the staff; also spelled leger
c)
the durational symbol that indicates silence in music
d)
rest for the number of bars shown
59.
Ledger Line
a)
a short, horizontal line that allows a note to be written outside the staff; also spelled leger
b)
two or more pitches sounded at the same time to create purposefully a pleasant or unpleasant sound
c)
a rhythm that accents a weak beat instead of a strong beat
d)
the sign added to a note or rest that increases its duration by one-half
60.
What is the term used to describe the speed or pace of a given piece in music?
a)
Dynamics
b)
Tempo
c)
Rhythm
d)
Melody
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