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Year 5 & 6 Music Detectives Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'piano' mean in music?

a)

Loud

b)

Fast

c)

Soft/quiet

d)

slow

2.

Which tempo is fastest?

a)

Andante

b)

Presto

c)

Largo

d)

Slow

3.

Which note lasts 1 beat

a)

Minim

b)

Quaver

c)

Crotchet

d)

Semi-breve

4.

Which of these are quavers (not semi-quavers)?

a)

b)

c)

d)

5.

Choose all of the answers that are a type of musical structure.

a)

CBBC

b)

ABACADA

c)

ABA

d)

GBP

6.

What is TIMBRE?

a)

How loud something is

b)

How high or low a note is

c)

How fast or slow the music is

d)

The sound quality of a specific instrument or sound

7.

Which of these instruments has the highest pitch?

a)

Flute

b)

Cello

c)

Tuba

d)

Viola

8.

What is a melody?

a)

A rhythm

b)

A tune made out of notes

c)

When you sing a note that sounds good with another note

d)

How fast you are going

9.

The word that means layers of sound is:

(a)  

10.

Which is an example of a thick texture?

a)

An orchestra with lots of different parts weaving around each other

b)

An opera singer singing on her own

c)

Two violins playing the same melody in unison

d)

A choir singing the same melody altogether.

11.

Which of these instruments has the lowest pitch?

a)

double bass

b)

violin

c)

viola

d)

cello

12.

What is harmony?

a)

When 2 people sing the same tune

b)

A fast rhythm

c)

When 2 notes are played/sung together and sound good

d)

A clashing melody

13.

Which of these is Penny Pitch?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

14.

Which of these is Rory Rhythm?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

15.

Which of these is Toby Texture?

a)

b)

c)

d)

16.

The word that refers to how long or short a note is

(a)  

17.

What is pulse in music?

a)

The tune

b)

The heartbeat of the music

c)

How long or short a note is

d)

A type of rhythm

18.

Which of these is NOT a famous composer?

a)

Picasso

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Mozart

d)

Schumann

19.

Name as many composers as you can:

4 lines
20.

Which of these is an example of composing?

a)

Evaluating your friend's song

b)

Playing someone else's music

c)

Listening to a song

d)

Writing your own music

21.

Which of these are examples of performing?

a)

Our school choir doing a concert for parents

b)

A pair showing the melody they have written to the class on the recorder

c)

Playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin to 2 of your friends

d)

Making a song on the guitar on your own

22.

What is your favourite thing we have learnt in music this year so far?

4 lines
23.

Have you found the music monsters helpful for remembering musical vocabulary? Which is your favourite and why?

4 lines
24.

What is your favourite song we sing in singing assembly on a Monday?

4 lines
25.

Have the music monsters helped you with your musical vocabulary?

a)

I love them - they are cute, fun and they really help me!

b)

They are sometimes helpful.

c)

I'm not bothered about the music monsters, I'm ok without them

d)

They haven't helped me at all