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WorksheetsQuiz 1: What is Music?
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which term best describes the tone color or tone quality of a sound?
What is the correct term for the grouping of beats into measures?
What term is used when the weak beat of a song gets the emphasis?
True or False: A major chord in music is usually associated with sad/serious tunes.
What type of chord is usually associated with sad/serious tunes?
What definition best describes the term "legato melody"?
Staccato melodies are melodies that are played ______________ or bluntly.
Sharply
Mortimer and Bella Goth are teaching their daughter, Cassandra. Mortimer is noticing that Cassandra is practicing with a metronome to keep the speed of the song constant. What term is used to describe the speed of the song?
Grant and Blaine are making a song for Spotify while their music producer, David Guetta, tells them that their melody is great, but they need to add more layers to the song. Which term best describes the layers of music?
Hannah is helping her friend with music homework. Her friend is unsure what a “beat” is. Which term below is the correct definition of “beat”?
A steady pulse you feel in a song.
Jesse and James are hearing something sing very high in frequency and very low in frequency. Which term best describe the highness or lowness in frequency/sound?
Pitch
Music is (a) put into sound and time.
What type of melody has a sense of direction to it?
Scalar Melody
Directional melody
Melodies with Jumps
What type of melody has notes that don't belong in the home key or musical scale?
Melodies with jumps
Staccato Melodies
Harmonic Melody
Chromatic melodies
Jesse and James are humming a melody together. They notice the type of melody they are humming has jumps in them. What type of melody best fits the description?
Legato Melodies
Scalar/Stepwise Melodies
Melodies with Jumps
Staccato Melodies
Click and Drag:
Label the remaining categories for time and sound.
