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WorksheetsElements of Music Quiz- Dynamics, Texture, Melody, and Harmony
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Define Dynamics
a)
How fast or slow the music is
b)
How short or long a sound is
c)
How loud or soft the music is
d)
How dense or sparse (full or empty) the music is
2.
What 2 categories of sound do dynamics fall into?
a)
Loud
b)
Soft
c)
Short
d)
Long
e)
Angry
3.
What does a crescendo tell you to do?
a)
Get louder
b)
Get softer
c)
Go faster
d)
Go slower
e)
Do a backflip
4.
What does a decrescendo tell you to do?
a)
Get louder
b)
Get softer
c)
Go faster
d)
Go slower
e)
Do a backflip
5.
Why are dynamics important to music?
4 lines
6.
Define Texture
a)
How fast or slow the music is
b)
How short or long a sound is
c)
How loud or soft the music is
d)
How dense or sparse (full or empty) the music is
7.
Why is texture important to music?
4 lines
8.
Define Harmony
a)
The beat that supports the band
b)
The chords that support the melody
c)
The dance you do with the music
d)
The shoes you wear on the night of a concert
9.
What is a chord?
a)
1 note played on its own
b)
2 or more notes played together
c)
A kind of string
d)
The thing Mr. Saint uses to conduct the band
10.
What is register?
a)
How high or low the music is
b)
How loud or soft the music is
c)
How fast or slow the music is
d)
How fun or boring the music is
11.
Is the bass line a high register, or a low register?
a)
higher register
b)
lower register
12.
Is a melodic accompaniment typically in a higher register, or lower register than the bass?
a)
Higher
b)
Lower
13.
What does a Major key sound like?
a)
Happy
b)
Sad
c)
Joyful
d)
Energetic
14.
What does a Minor key sound like?
a)
depressing
b)
Sad
c)
Gloomy
d)
Joyful
15.
Why is Harmony important in music?
4 lines
16.
What is the simplest definition of melody in music?
a)
A bunch of random notes
b)
A series of notes that sound like one thing-the part of a song you would recognize
c)
A pattern of chords
d)
A rhythm that repeats
17.
How does a melody work with other parts of a song, like harmony.
a)
It doesn’t work with anything else
b)
Harmony is based on the melody
c)
It always ignores harmony
d)
Harmony is more important than melody
18.
What words are used to describe the pitch (how high or low) of a melody?
a)
Fast, slow
b)
High, medium, low
c)
Soft, loud
d)
Major, minor
19.
How would you describe the range of a melody that ONLY uses three different notes?
a)
Wide range
b)
Narrow range
c)
Big range
d)
No range
20.
What does phrasing mean in a melody, and how does it connect to breathing?
a)
Phrasing doesn’t matter
b)
Phrasing divides a melody into sections, and you can breathe at the end of each section
c)
You should never breathe
21.
Why is melody considered the most important part of the music we listen to?
a)
It is the loudest part
b)
It expresses emotions and tells the main story of the music
c)
It is the easiest part to create
d)
It is the background of the music
22.
What is the term for a musical texture with a single melodic line without accompaniment?
a)
Monophonic
b)
Homophonic
c)
Polyphonic
d)
Heterophonic
23.
What is the term for the way different musical sounds and melodic lines interact or blend with each other?
a)
Texture
b)
Dynamics
c)
Form
d)
Beat
24.
Which of the following refers to the highness or lowness of a sound?
a)
Pitch
b)
Rhythm
c)
Dynamics
d)
Texture
25.
Define this term… Harmony
a)
a type of chord that has 3 notes
b)
two or more pitches that occur at the same time
c)
melody notes are far apart
d)
melody notes are close together
26.
What is the term for the regular pulse in music that you can tap your foot to?
a)
Beat
b)
Melody
c)
Dynamics
d)
Texture
27.
What is the term for the speed of the beat in a piece of music?
a)
Dynamics
b)
Tempo
c)
Harmony
d)
Texture
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