Free Printable I Can Read Music!

1.

What is a staff?

a)

the thing that all music is written on

b)

a note that has 4 beats

c)

a music symbol that means "loud"

d)

a music symbol that means "fast"

2.

How many lines are on a staff?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

5

d)

2

3.

How many spaces are on a staff?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

7

d)

5

4.

How do we describe the lines and spaces on a staff?

a)

with letters from the bottom to the top

b)

with numbers that put them in order from the bottom to the top

c)

with letters from the top to the bottom

d)

with numbers that put them in order from the top to the bottom

5.

What do we call the floating lines above and below the staff?

a)

ledger lines

b)

notes

c)

staff lines

d)

clefs

6.

What do you call the sign that drives the staff and tells us what pitches are on the lines and in the spaces?

a)

note

b)

staff

c)

scale

d)

clef

7.

What is this called?

a)

bass cleff staff

b)

treble clef staff

c)

major staff

d)

grand staff

8.

What is the name of the clef that goes on the top of the grand staff?

a)

whole note

b)

treble clef

c)

staff

d)

quarter rest

9.

What do you call the 2 numbers on the staff that come after the clef at the beginning of a piece of music?

a)

key signature

b)

meter

c)

time signature

d)

clef

10.

What is the top number in the time signature?

a)

the meter

b)

the pitch

c)

the volume

d)

the tempo

11.

What is the meter?

a)

how the beats are organized

b)

how fast or slow the beat is

c)

how loud or soft the music is

d)

how high or low the sound is

12.

What are measures?

a)

the lyrics of a song

b)

the things that the notes and beats are separated into

c)

instruments used in a band

d)

volume levels in music

13.

What are the lines called that separate the notes and beats into the measures?

a)

note dividers

b)

measure lines

c)

bar lines

d)

rhythm markers

14.

What is the symbol at the end of a piece of music that shows that the music has ended?

a)

double bar line

b)

repeat sign

c)

bass clef

d)

treble clef

15.

What is this?

a)

time signature

b)

meter

c)

clef

d)

key signature

16.

What is pitch?

a)

how loud or soft a sound is

b)

how fast or slow the music is

c)

how long the sound or silence is

d)

how high or low a sound is

17.

How many different pitches are there?

a)

10

b)

26

c)

3

d)

7

18.

How are there only 7 different pitches? What happens when I get the the 8th pitch?

a)

the pitch gets softer

b)

there are more than 7 different pitches

c)

the pitch gets louder

d)

the pitches repeat after 7

19.

What do you call the same pitch 8 notes apart?

a)

interval

b)

octave

c)

chord

d)

scale

20.

What do we use to name pitches?

a)

the letters of the musical alphabet

b)

numbers from 1-7

c)

notes

d)

lines and spaces

21.

How many letters are in the musical alphabet?

a)

10

b)

26

c)

3

d)

7

22.

What are the letters in the musical alphabet?

a)

ABCDEFGHIJ

b)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

c)

CDEFGAB

d)

RSTUVWX

23.

What is another name for the treble clef?

a)

A clef

b)

D Clef

c)

F Clef

d)

G Clef

24.

What is the acrostic (sentence) we use to remember the names of the notes on the LINES of the treble clef staff?

(a)

25.

What is the acronym we use to remember the names of the notes in the SPACES of the treble clef staff?

(a)

26.

What part of the note should you look at when you are trying to figure out the pitch?

a)

the note head

b)

the stem

c)

the flag

d)

the beam

27.

Why do some note stems go up and some stems go down?

a)

the stems change direction to keep the music looking neat and organized

b)

the stem changes direction with every other note

c)

stems always point down

d)

stems always point up

28.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

29.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

30.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

31.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

32.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

33.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

34.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

35.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

36.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

37.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

38.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

39.

Name this note:

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

e)

F

40.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

41.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

42.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

B

d)

D

e)

E

43.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

44.

Name this note:

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

e)

G

45.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

46.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

47.

Name this note:

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

48.

What do open and closed note heads, stems, flags, and beams attached to notes help us figure out?

a)

the pitch of a note

b)

the meter of the music

c)

the tempo of the music

d)

the duration of a note

49.

What does duration mean in music?

a)

how loud or soft a sound is

b)

how fast or slow the music is

c)

how long the sound or silence is

d)

how high or low the sound is

50.

What kind of note is this?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

51.

How many beats does this note last for?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 of a beat

52.

What kind of note is this?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

53.

What kind of notes are these?

a)

a pair of whole notes

b)

a pair of half notes

c)

a pair of quarter notes

d)

a pair of eighth notes

54.

How many beats does this note last for?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 of a beat

55.

What kind of note is this?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

56.

What is the duration of this pair of notes?

a)

4 beats

b)

3 beats

c)

2 beats

d)

1 beat

57.

What kind of note is this?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

58.

What is the duration of this note?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 of a beat

59.

What is the duration of this note?

a)

4 beats

b)

2 beats

c)

1 beat

d)

1/2 of a beat

60.

What is this note and what is its duration?

a)

dotted half note =

2 beats

b)

dotted quarter note =

3 beat

c)

dotted half note =

3 beats

d)

dotted whole note =

4 beats

I Can Read Music!

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