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WorksheetsUnit 1 - The Elements of Music Vocabulary
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
How music moves in time
The duration of sounds and silences in time
Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Tempo
Fill in the blank: __________ - a regular, repeating pulse that underlies a musical pattern.
Beat
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
Fill in the blank: __________ - rhythmic patterns made up of grouping beats into measures or bars.
Meter
Tempo
Harmony
Melody
Fill in the blank: __________ - the speed of a piece of music.
Tempo
Pitch
Harmony
Dynamics
Fill in the blank: __________ - a tool used to measure the tempo of a piece of music.
Metronome
Tuner
Pitch Pipe
Hygrometer
Fill in the blank: __________ - dividing the beat, most often silently, into smaller units.
Subdivision
Syncopation
Accentuation
Modulation
Fill in the blank: __________ - meter that divides into two equal parts and then further subdivides into four.
Simple Meter
Compound Meter
Complex Meter
Irregular Meter
Fill in the blank: __________ - meter that divides into three equal parts.
Compound Meter
Simple Meter
Duple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Fill in the blank: __________ - groupings of two beats.
Duple Meter
Triple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Compound Meter
Fill in the blank: __________ - groupings of three beats.
Triple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Duple Meter
Single Meter
Fill in the blank: __________ - groupings of four beats.
Quadruple Meter
Triple Meter
Duple Meter
Single Meter
Fill in the blank: __________ - indicates how many beats are in each measure and which type of note will receive one beat.
Time Signature
Key Signature
Tempo
Clef
Fill in the blank: __________ - a note played for a quarter the duration of a whole note.
Quarter Note
Half Note
Eighth Note
Whole Note
Fill in the blank: __________ - a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note.
Half Note
Whole Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Fill in the blank: __________ - a note played for twice the duration of a half note or four times the duration of a quarter note.
Whole Note
Half Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Fill in the blank: __________ - a note played for half the duration of a quarter note.
Eighth Note
Whole Note
Sixteenth Note
Half Note
Fill in the blank: __________ - a note played for a quarter the duration of a quarter note.
Sixteenth Note
Eighth Note
Whole Note
Half Note
Fill in the blank: __________ - a rest played for a quarter the duration of a whole rest.
Quarter Rest
Half Rest
Eighth Rest
Whole Rest
__________ - a rest played for half the duration of a whole rest and twice the duration of a quarter rest.
Half rest
Whole rest
Quarter rest
Eighth rest
__________ - a rest played for twice the duration of a half rest or four times the duration of a quarter rest.
Whole rest
Quarter rest
Eighth rest
Sixteenth rest
__________ - a rest played for half the duration of a quarter rest.
Eighth rest
Sixteenth rest
Whole rest
Half rest
__________ - a rest played for a quarter the duration of a quarter rest.
Sixteenth rest
Eighth rest
Half rest
Whole rest
__________ - a standard unit of time within a piece of music which is designated by the time signature
Beat
Chord
Note
Scale
__________ - vertical lines that show how music is divided into measures according to the time signature
Bar lines
Staff lines
Ledger lines
Clef lines
__________ - vertical lines that represent the ending of a passage of music.
Double bar lines
Single bar lines
Repeat signs
Clefs
__________ - dots and lines that represent a section of music to be played multiple times.
Repeat signs
Clef
Time signature
Key signature
__________ - a succession of pitches in rhythm, usually perceived as the most memorable part of a song.
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
Tempo
__________ - the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as “higher” or “lower” often measured by its frequency.
Pitch
Volume
Tone
Timbre
__________ - the representation of a musical sound, often representing a specific pitch and/or rhythm.
Note
Chord
Scale
Harmony
__________ - succession of pitches typically shown in ascending or descending order.
Scale
Chord
Interval
Harmony
__________ - often sounding “happy,” can be represented in a chord, interval, or scale.
Major
Minor
Diminished
Augmented
__________ - often sounding “sad,” can be represented in a chord, interval or scale.
Minor
Major
Diminished
Augmented
__________ - often sounding “tense,” can be represented in a chord or interval.
Diminished
Augmented
Major
Minor
__________ - often sounding “dark,” can be represented in a chord or interval.
Minor
Major
Diminished
Augmented
__________ - the shape of a melody over time.
Contour
Harmony
Rhythm
Dynamics
__________ - the difference in pitch between two notes in a musical scale.
Interval
Chord
Melody
Harmony
__________ - the difference in pitch between any non-adjacent notes in a musical scale.
Leap
Step
Interval
Chord
__________ - the smallest interval, distance between two adjacent keys on a keyboard.
Semitone (half-step)
Whole tone (whole step)
Octave
Chord
__________ - distance between two pitches that are two half-steps apart.
Whole tone
Semitone
Octave
Perfect fifth
__________ - clef that places G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the staff.
Treble clef
Bass clef
Alto clef
Tenor clef
__________ - clef placing F below middle C on the second-highest line of the staff.
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
Alto Clef
Tenor Clef
__________ - set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch.
Staff
Chord
Scale
Note
__________ - the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously.
Harmony
Melody
Rhythm
Tempo
__________ - the distance between any two pitches.
Interval
Chord
Scale
Harmony
__________ - any set of pitches that are sounded simultaneously.
Chord
Melody
Scale
Harmony
__________ - notes that sound “good” or “stable” when played at the same time.
Consonance
Dissonance
Harmony
Melody
__________ - notes that sound “bad” or “unstable” when played at the same time.
Dissonance
Harmony
Consonance
Melody
__________ - when two or more musical parts that sound the same pitch are played at the same time.
Unison
Harmony
Dissonance
Counterpoint
__________ - a piece or section of a piece played featuring a single performer, who may be playing completely alone or supported by an accompaniment.
Solo
Duet
Trio
Quartet
__________ - the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound, or tone.
Timbre
Pitch
Volume
Rhythm
__________ - the musical parameter that determines how a single note is sounded, typically defines its beginning or end.
Articulation
Dynamics
Tempo
Pitch
__________ - slight variation in pitch of a single note at rapid succession.
Vibrato
Staccato
Legato
Crescendo
__________ - note of shortened duration, separated by a space before the note that may follow.
Staccato
Legato
Fermata
Crescendo
__________ - notes with smooth flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
Legato
Staccato
Marcato
Tenuto
__________ - playing notes without separation.
Slur
Staccato
Legato
Accent
__________ - to glide from one pitch to another.
Glissando
Staccato
Legato
Vibrato
__________ - an emphasis or stress on a particular note.
Accent
Pitch
Tone
Volume
__________ - a pause on a specific note, often held longer than its natural duration.
Fermata
Staccato
Legato
Crescendo
#5: ___________ - variation in loudness between notes or phrases, volume.
Dynamics
Tempo
Harmony
Melody
___________ - very loud.
fortissimo
forte
piano
mezzo forte
___________ - loud.
forte
piano
___________ - medium loud.
Mezzo forte
Pianissimo
Fortissimo
Crescendo
___________ - medium soft.
Mezzo piano
Forte
Pianissimo
Crescendo
___________ - soft.
piano
forte
___________ - very soft.
pianissimo
fortissimo
forte
piano
___________ - to gradually become louder.
crescendo
diminuendo
pianissimo
fortissimo
___________ - to gradually become softer.
decrescendo
crescendo
how the tempo, melody and harmony combine in a musical composition to determine the overall quality of the sound in a piece
Texture
Form
___________ - a melody, typically sung by a single singer or played by a single instrument player without accompanying harmony or chords.
Monophony
Polyphony
Homophony
Heterophony
___________ - a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line.
Heterophony
Homophony
Polyphony
Monophony
What is the term for a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that provide the harmony?
Homophony
Polyphony
Monophony
Heterophony
___________ - a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody.
Polyphony
Harmony
Monophony
Homophony
___________ - the relationship between two or more musical lines which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour.
Counterpoint
Harmony
Melody
Chord
__________ - the structure of a musical composition or performance.
form
rhythm
melody
harmony
__________ - a song that has two main parts, AB.
Binary form
Ternary form
Rondo form
Sonata form
__________ - a three-part musical form consisting of an opening section, A, a following section, B, and then a repetition of the first section, A.
Ternary form
Binary form
Rondo form
Sonata form
__________ - how the various parts of a song or piece are organized, typically using choruses and verses.
form
melody
rhythm
harmony
__________ - the memorable part of a song that usually repeats at least twice in the song.
What is a chorus?
What is a verse?
What is a bridge?
What is an intro?
__________ - a repeated section of a song that typically features a new set of lyrics each repetition, telling a story.
verse
chorus
bridge
intro
__________ - a contrasting section in a song that prepares for the return of the original chorus.
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Intro
__________ - opening section of a song.
Intro
Chorus
Bridge
Verse
__________ - closing section of a song.
outro
verse
chorus
bridge
__________ - form of music in which one verse, passage, or structure is repeated over and over, AAA.
Strophic form
Sonata form
Rondo form
Binary form
__________ - a musical form that contains a principal theme which alternates with one or more contrasting themes, ABACA.
Rondo
Sonata
Fugue
Minuet
What is the musical form that has a main theme or melody followed by variations of the same material?
Theme and Variations
Sonata
Fugue
Rondo
