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music jc

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 3hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a family of the orchestra?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Metalic

d)

Percussion

e)

String

2.

What family does the flute belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

String

d)

Woodwind

3.

What family does the saxophone belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

4.

Who controls the orchestra?

a)

Conductor

b)

Driver

c)

Violin player

d)

There is no one.

5.

Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?

a)

Piccolo

b)

Clarinet

c)

Tuba

d)

Bassoon

6.

Which of these is not a member of the String family?

a)

Violin

b)

Clarinet

c)

Viola

d)

Harp

7.

Which of these is not a member of the Brass family?

a)

Violin

b)

Trumpet

c)

French Horn

d)

Tuba

8.

Which of these is not a member of the Percussion family?

a)

Triangle

b)

Timpani

c)

Xylophone

d)

Flute

9.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Violin 
b)
Bassoon
c)
Trumpet
d)
Timpani
10.
Name this instrument of the woodwind family.
a)
Violin
b)
Double bass
c)
Flute
d)
Trombone
11.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Triangle
b)
Trumpet
c)
Cello
d)
Sandblocks 
12.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Double bass
b)
Viola
c)
Trumpet
d)
Clarinet
13.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Trumpet
b)
Viola
c)
Timpani
d)
Trombone
14.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Viola
b)
Cello
c)
Double bass
d)
Clarinet
15.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Double bass
b)
Cello
c)
Bass drum
d)
Tuba
16.
Name this instrument of the percussion family.
a)
Sandblocks
b)
Cymbals
c)
Trombone
d)
Saxophone
17.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Violin
b)
Harp
c)
Trumpet
d)
Xylophone
18.

What is an ostinato?

a)

A short repeated pattern

b)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

c)

Another word for ostinato

d)

When a musical phrase is repeated starting at a lower or higher pitch

19.

What is a hook in music?

a)

A short repeated pattern

b)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

c)

Another word for ostinato

d)

When a musical phrase is repeated starting at a lower or higher pitch

20.

What is a riff?

a)

A short repeated pattern

b)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

c)

Another word for ostinato

d)

When a musical phrase is repeated starting at a lower or higher pitch

21.

What is a sequence in music?

a)

A short repeated pattern

b)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

c)

Another word for ostinato

d)

When a musical phrase is repeated starting at a lower or higher pitch

22.

What is call and response in music?

a)

When 2 phrases are played one after another on different instruments

b)

When lots of call and responses are linked

c)

The distance between the highest and lowest notes

d)

The smallest distance between 2 notes e.g. C to C# or B to C

23.

What is musical dialogue?

a)

When 2 phrases are played one after another on different instruments

b)

When lots of call and responses are linked

c)

The distance between the highest and lowest notes

d)

The smallest distance between 2 notes e.g. C to C# or B to C

24.

What is range in music?

a)

The distance between the highest and lowest notes

b)

The smallest distance between 2 notes e.g. C to C# or B to C

c)

2 semitones e.g. F to G or E to F#

d)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

25.

What is a semitone in music?

a)

The distance between the highest and lowest notes

b)

The smallest distance between 2 notes e.g. C to C# or B to C

c)

2 semitones e.g. F to G or E to F#

d)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

26.

What is a tone in music?

a)

The distance between the highest and lowest notes

b)

The smallest distance between 2 notes e.g. C to C# or B to C

c)

2 semitones e.g. F to G or E to F#

d)

A short phrase of a song that is in the melody and is repeated / the catchy part of a song

27.

What is a melody (choose 2 answers)

a)

The beat

b)

The musical word for tune

c)

The most prominent layer

d)

The musical word for layers

28.

What is texture

a)

The musical word for layers

b)

How rough or smooth a sound is

c)

The tone

d)

Another word for speed in music

29.

What does tonality mean? (2 answers)

a)

The tone of the music

b)

How the notes are organised and how they work together

c)

Whether a piece is minor or major

d)

The layers in music

30.

What does minor mean

a)

Sounds more positive

b)

Sounds more negative / crunchy

31.

What does major mean

a)

Sounds more positive

b)

Sounds more negative / crunchy

32.

The Romantic era was a time when composers...

a)

Came up with new ways to compose

b)

Went back to Baroque music

c)

Got rid of the orchestra

d)

Explored the power of music

33.

Some composers composed pieces of extreme difficulty because...

a)

They wanted to impress their fans

b)

They wanted to trick people

c)

They wanted to be awkward

d)

They wanted to impress their families

34.

Composers began to use elements from

a)

Their own national traditions

b)

Other composers music

c)

Other composers national tradiations

d)

They didn't use anything new

35.

Chopin, who was born in Poland wrote music based on

a)

Polish songs

b)

Polish dances

c)

Polish poems

d)

Polish stories

36.

Which of these is a Romantic composer

a)

Tchaikovsky

b)

Mozart

c)

Beethoven

d)

Handel

37.

Which of these is a Romantic composer

a)

Haydn

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Monteverdi

d)

Wagner

38.

Which of these is NOT a Romantic composer

a)

Mozart

b)

Mendelssohn

c)

Rachmaninoff

d)

Tchaikovsky

39.

What was the status of the piano at this time

a)

Less popular

b)

Very expensive

c)

Never used

d)

Popular and affordable to a larger number of people

40.

What happened to the orchestra during this time

a)

It expanded to include brass and percussion instruments

b)

It got rid of the string section

c)

It got smaller

d)

It expanded but got rid of the conductor

41.

What section played the important parts during the Romantic period

a)

The string section

b)

The woodwind section

c)

They all played important parts

d)

The brass section

42.

The Romantic period developed

a)

New composition styles

b)

New instruments

c)

There were no developments

d)

A new way of writing music notation

43.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

44.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

G

b)

F

c)

D

d)

E

45.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

B

b)

D

c)

F

d)

A

46.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

C

b)

G

c)

E

d)

D

47.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

B

d)

G

48.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

G

b)

F

c)

C

d)

A

49.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

G

c)

F

d)

B

50.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

C

d)

F

51.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

E

d)

A

52.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

53.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

G

b)

F

c)

D

d)

E

54.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

B

b)

D

c)

F

d)

A

55.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

C

b)

G

c)

E

d)

D

56.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

B

d)

G

57.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

G

b)

F

c)

C

d)

A

58.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

G

c)

F

d)

B

59.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

C

d)

F

60.

What is the letter name of this note?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

E

d)

A

61.

What is another name for the Bass Clef?

a)

tenor clef

b)

F clef

c)

flat sign

d)

simple duple notes

62.

The Bass Clef represents high-pitched notes.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Which part of the bass staff is the base note 'D' on?

a)

third line

b)

second space

c)

fifth space

d)

above the line

64.

What is this symbol called?

a)

E clef

b)

bar

c)

question mark

d)

bass clef

65.

How many lines and spaces does the bass staff have?

a)

6 (six) horizontal lines and four spaces

b)

5 (five) horizontal lines and four spaces

c)

4 (four) horizontal lines and fourns spaces

d)

4 (four) vertical lines and three spaces

66.

What note is this?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

67.

What note is this?

a)

C

b)

B

c)

D

d)

E

68.

What note is this?

a)

C

b)

F

c)

D

d)

A

69.

What note is this?

a)

B

b)

A

c)

C

d)

G

70.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

C

c)

F

d)

D

71.

What note is this?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

72.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

A

c)

B

d)

E

73.

What note is this?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

74.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

75.

The 2 black dots on the bass clef fall on what lined note?

a)

D

b)

G

c)

A

d)

F

76.
What is the phrase used to identify the line notes on the in the bass clef? 
a)
Every Good Boy Does Fine
b)
Good Boys Do Fine Always
c)
All Cows Eat Grass
d)
Elvis's Guitar Broke Down Firday
77.

A short line added for notes above or below the range of a staff is called a _____________.

a)

Longitude Line

b)

Mini Line

c)

Ledger Line

d)

Latitude Line

78.

A staff has how many lines?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

79.

A staff has how many spaces?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

80.

What note is this?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

A

d)

F

81.

How many beats does the dotted quarter note get?

a)

1/2

b)

1

c)

1.5

d)

2

82.

How many beats does the dotted half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

83.

How many beats does the dotted whole note get?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8