WorksheetsYear 5 & 6 Music Detectives Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 24mins
What does 'piano' mean in music?
Loud
Fast
Soft/quiet
slow
Which tempo is fastest?
Andante
Presto
Largo
Slow
Which note lasts 1 beat
Minim
Quaver
Crotchet
Semi-breve
Which of these are quavers (not semi-quavers)?
Choose all of the answers that are a type of musical structure.
CBBC
ABACADA
ABA
GBP
What is TIMBRE?
How loud something is
How high or low a note is
How fast or slow the music is
The sound quality of a specific instrument or sound
Which of these instruments has the highest pitch?
Flute
Cello
Tuba
Viola
What is a melody?
A rhythm
A tune made out of notes
When you sing a note that sounds good with another note
How fast you are going
The word that means layers of sound is:
(a)
Which is an example of a thick texture?
An orchestra with lots of different parts weaving around each other
An opera singer singing on her own
Two violins playing the same melody in unison
A choir singing the same melody altogether.
Which of these instruments has the lowest pitch?
double bass
violin
viola
cello
What is harmony?
When 2 people sing the same tune
A fast rhythm
When 2 notes are played/sung together and sound good
A clashing melody
Which of these is Penny Pitch?
Which of these is Rory Rhythm?
Which of these is Toby Texture?
The word that refers to how long or short a note is
(a)
What is pulse in music?
The tune
The heartbeat of the music
How long or short a note is
A type of rhythm
Which of these is NOT a famous composer?
Picasso
Vivaldi
Mozart
Schumann
Name as many composers as you can:
Which of these is an example of composing?
Evaluating your friend's song
Playing someone else's music
Listening to a song
Writing your own music
Which of these are examples of performing?
Our school choir doing a concert for parents
A pair showing the melody they have written to the class on the recorder
Playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin to 2 of your friends
Making a song on the guitar on your own
What is your favourite thing we have learnt in music this year so far?
Have you found the music monsters helpful for remembering musical vocabulary? Which is your favourite and why?
What is your favourite song we sing in singing assembly on a Monday?
Have the music monsters helped you with your musical vocabulary?
I love them - they are cute, fun and they really help me!
They are sometimes helpful.
I'm not bothered about the music monsters, I'm ok without them
They haven't helped me at all
