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Semester 1 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the instrument families?

a)

String, Brass, Woodwind, Drums

b)

String, Metal, Wood, Wind

c)

String, Percussion, Brass, Woodwind

d)

Metal, String, Piano, Percussion

2.

Which family does the clarinet belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

Woodwind

d)

String

3.
What family does this instrument belong to?
a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Metal
d)
Percussion
4.

What is a characteristic of the Brass family?

a)

Strumming strings

b)

Blowing air into a reed

c)

Buzzing lips into a mouthpiece

d)

Shaking the instrument

5.

What is a characteristic of the String family?

a)

Buzzing lips into a mouthpiece

b)

Strumming, plucking, or bowing strings

c)

Blowing air into a reed

d)

Shaking the instrument

6.
What is the name of this family?
a)
String
b)
Percussion
c)
Woodwind
d)
Brass
7.

Which family includes the saxophone?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

Woodwind

d)

String

8.
What is the name of this family?
a)
Brass
b)
Drum
c)
Wood
d)
Percussion
9.

This instrument belongs to which family?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

String

d)

Percussion

10.
What family would these belong to?
a)
Percussion
b)
Brass
c)
Woodwind
d)
String
11.

How do you create sound in the Percussion family?

a)

Blowing air into a reed

b)

Strumming strings

c)

Scraping, striking, or shaking the instrument

d)

Buzzing lips into a mouthpiece

12.

Which family does the violin belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

String

d)

Percussion

13.

Which musical element describes the regular pattern of long and short note lengths?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Form

c)

Melody

d)

Timbre

14.

Which element of music involves the layering of sounds?

a)

Texture

b)

Harmony

c)

Timbre

d)

Pitch

15.

What is the term for how loud or quiet the music is?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Form

d)

Harmony

16.

This term describes the "flavor" or "color" of sound.

a)

Texture

b)

Timbre

c)

Tempo

d)

Pitch

17.

This is another word for ‘tune’.

a)

Pitch

b)

Harmony

c)

Melody

d)

Texture

18.

This musical element occurs when two notes of different pitch are sounded together.

a)

Melody

b)

Harmony

c)

Rhythm

d)

Pitch

19.

This term describes how the music is organized.

a)

Form

b)

Texture

c)

Instrumentation

d)

Harmony

20.

What is the purpose of BALANCE in audio?

a)

To repeat a passage

b)

To store percussion sounds

c)

To adjust relative volume levels between instruments

d)

To apply effects to a signal

21.

A physical or virtual control that gradually increases or decreases the level of the overall audio.

a)

Fader

b)

Master Fader

c)

Dynamics

d)

Loop

22.

Which of the following is NOT a common effect in music production?

a)

Reverb

b)

Delay

c)

Loop

d)

Distortion

23.

What is the role of a FADER in audio mixing?

a)

To apply effects

b)

To repeat sequences

c)

To adjust audio signal levels

d)

To store sound patterns

24.

A device with buttons that correspond to percussion sounds stored in computer memory. Patterns may be recorded into the memory and played back, or patterns may be played back through a computer.

a)

Drum Machine

b)

Fader

c)

Master Fader

d)

Loop

25.

Which term refers to the relative volume levels between instruments?

a)

Loop

b)

Balance

c)

FX

d)

Track

26.

In common time, how many beats does a quarter note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

27.

In common time, how many beats does a whole note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

28.

In common time, how many beats does a half note get?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

29.

What are your academic goals for the next three weeks?

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30.

What did you enjoy most about your break?

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