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MS General Music Assessment

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

E

d)

G

2.

What note is this?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

A

3.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

F

4.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

A

c)

D

d)

B

5.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

E

c)

G

d)

C

6.

What type of note is this?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Whole Note

d)

Eighth Note

7.

What type of note is this?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Whole Note

d)

Eighth Note

8.

What type of note is this?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Whole Note

d)

Eighth Notes

9.

What is the difference between a note and rest?

a)

A note represents sound, and a rest represents silence

b)

A note represents silence, and a rest represents sound

c)

A rest represents how loud or soft the music is, and a note represents how fast the music is

d)

A note represents how loud or soft the music is, and a rest represents how fast the music is

10.

What type of rest is this?

a)

Quarter Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Whole Rest

d)

Eighth Rest

11.

This note lasts for (a)   beat(s).

12.

This note lasts for (a)   beats.

13.

What part of the ukulele is this?

a)

Tuning Pegs

b)

Body

c)

Sound Hole

d)

Bridge/Saddle

14.

What does the bridge of the ukulele do? (white line piece in picture)

a)

Tightens the tension in the string causing the pitch to change

b)

Raises the strings up over the fingerboard allowing the strings to be pushed down to change the pitch being played

c)

Anchors the strings in place allowing for tension to be added

d)

Strummed to make sound

15.

What part of the ukulele is this?

a)

Headstock

b)

Body

c)

Sound Hole

d)

Saddle

16.

What country does the ukulele originate from?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

Hawai'i

17.

Where was the ukulele popularized? When you think of the ukulele, where do you think of?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Hawai'i

18.

What string instruments developed before the ukulele?

a)

Lute, Oud

b)

Tuba, Trumpet

c)

Trombone, Violin

d)

Didgeridoo, Gum Leaf

19.

What is the main difference between the Lute and the Oud?

a)

The oud has pairs of strings, and the lute has single strings

b)

The lute is pear shaped and the oud is shaped like a triangle

c)

The oud has a headstock that goes backwards, and the lute doesn't

d)

They are literally the same instrument

20.

What is this instrument?

a)

Ukulele

b)

Violin

c)

Trombone

d)

Lute

21.

Which of the following periods occurred first?

a)

Romantic Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Medieval Period

d)

Modern Period

22.

True or False: The Medieval Period featured lots of various instruments.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is sacred music?

a)

Music we consider to be extremely special

b)

Music sung solely for church

c)

Music sung solely outside of church

d)

Music that was super boring and unimportant

24.

The suffix -phony mean "sound." Which of the following would mean "many" "sound(s)" or melodies?

a)

Monophony

b)

Homophony

c)

Polyphony

d)

Chantophony

25.

Renaissance is a term meaning what?

a)

Modernization

b)

Revolution

c)

Rebirth

d)

Industrialization

26.

Four of the most important artists in history did their work during the Renaissance, they are easily remembered as the 4 members of _____?

a)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

b)

The 4 Horseman

c)

The 4

d)

The Hand

27.

Which silly sounding instrument developed late in the Renaissance period?

a)

Mouth Harp

b)

Flexatone

c)

Sackbut

d)

Hurdy Gurdy

28.

Madrigals and Chansons developed in the Renaissance they were:

a)

Polyphonic Songs (one was sung in French)

b)

Monophony Chants

c)

Pop Music of the time

d)

Written solely for church

29.

Who are considered to be the Big 3 composers in music?

a)

Ravel, Miley Cyrus, AJR

b)

Bach, Beethoven, Mozart

c)

Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

d)

Debussy, Mr. Kiser, Salieri

30.

Which composer is famously known for losing his hearing and being deaf?

a)

Mozart

b)

Mahler

c)

Beethoven

d)

Ray Charles

31.

True of False: The harpsichord came before the piano.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Baroque Period Music is known for being overly ornamented or in simpler terms, "_____".

a)

Simple

b)

Fancy

c)

Dramatic

d)

Minimal

33.

After the heavy ornamentation of the Baroque Period, the Classical Period saw a return to ______.

a)

Fanciness

b)

Dramatics

c)

Simplicity

d)

Minimality

34.

What is form in regards to music?

a)

Which instruments are used in each piece

b)

How fast or slow the music is

c)

The roadmap in which the music is organized or laid out

d)

The paper you have to fill out to take music class

35.

What is a concerto?

a)

A piece of music that features one or more instruments with accompaniment from an orchestra

b)

A small concert

c)

A very long concert

d)

A piece of music that features no conductor

36.

True or False: The real name for the piano is the pianoforte.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The Romantic Period was known for its music being extremely __________.

a)

Fancy

b)

Simple

c)

Dramatic

d)

Minimal

38.

What is Program Music?

a)

Music with a specific purpose

b)

Music to accompany a movie

c)

The paper you read at the concert

d)

Opera

39.

What is a motif?

a)

A fancy word used in literature

b)

A short recurring melody

c)

A 90 minute piece of music

d)

Something that represents something bigger

40.

Which famous movie franchise is known for its use of leitmotifs? (Hint, it is one of the most well known movie franchises in the world).

a)

How to Train Your Dragon

b)

Avengers

c)

Shrek

d)

Star Wars

41.

Which composer wrote an opera cycle about a special ring from space?

a)

Maurice Ravel

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Gustav Mahler

42.

Which musical period saw the rise of the largest and loudest orchestras?

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Baroque Period

c)

Impressionist Period

d)

Romantic Period

43.

What is this chord on the ukulele?

a)

Am

b)

F

c)

G

d)

Dm

44.

What is this chord on the ukulele?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

C

d)

Em

45.

How many fingers are used for the chord of F on the ukulele?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

2

46.

True or false: You move your middle finger when you change from Am to the F chord on the ukulele.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What is this chord on the ukulele?

a)

Am

b)

C

c)

G

d)

F

48.

What do we call the action of hitting/plucking the strings of the ukulele to make sound?

a)

Strumming

b)

Slapping

c)

Bowing

d)

Articulation

49.

What do we call the lines used to expand the staff?

a)

Lines 5 and 6

b)

Ledger Lines

c)

Leylines

d)

Limbo Line

50.

True or false: There is more than one type of Ukulele.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

How is a symphony different from a concerto?

a)

Both are multi movement works.

b)

One features a specific instrument.

c)

Both use voices

d)

One is sacred.

52.

Mozart Wrote two different kinds of operas. What were they?

a)

Opera sillyesque and Opera Seriosa

b)

Opera Romantico and Opera Musicale

c)

Opera Buffa and Opera Seria

d)

Opera Wagner and Opera Cryptido