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Render's Music Theory Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Alto Clef

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Tenor Clef

2.

What is this symbol called?

a)

Bass Clef

b)

Alto Clef

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Tenor Clef

3.

What do we call this section of music?

a)

Time Signature

b)

Key Signature

c)

Measure

d)

Bar line

4.

What is this section of music called?

a)

Measure

b)

Staff

c)

Time Signature

d)

Key Signature

5.

What is the symbol called that ends a piece of music?

a)

Repeat sign

b)

Bar line

c)

Measure

d)

Double barline

6.
What note lasts 2 beats in 4/4 time?
a)
Half Note
b)
Quarter Note
c)
Whole Note
d)
Eighth Note
7.
What is the musical term that has to do with the speed of music?
a)
Tempo
b)
Dynamics
c)
Melody
d)
Harmony
8.
What is the musical term that deals with the main musical theme of a song?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Tempo
d)
Dynamics
9.

The five horizontal lines music is written on is called a....

a)

Ledger Lines

b)

Measure

c)

Staff

d)

Notes

10.

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Staff

d)

Ledger Lines

11.

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

d)

Double Sharp

12.

Lines through the music to indicate the division of measures

a)

Measure

b)

Bar Line

c)

Staff

d)

Treble Clef

13.

This symbol tells us to hold the note until the conductor cuts us off. What is it called?

a)

Rests

b)

Notes

c)

Fermata

d)

Tie

14.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Bar Lines

b)

Measures

c)

Staff

d)

Repeat Signs

15.
Treble clef space notes are
a)
GBDF
b)
FACE
c)
ABCD
d)
ACEG
16.
Bar lines divide the staff into ________.
a)
boxes
b)
songs
c)
measures
d)
lines
17.

Which of the following dynamic markings means quite quiet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.
What does this symbol mean?
a)
Louder
b)
Repeat
c)
Stop
d)
Softer
19.
What is the name of this symbol
a)
Piano
b)
Forte
c)
Flat
d)
Fermata
20.
What is this symbol?
a)
Piano
b)
Medium Piano
c)
Mezzo Piano
21.
What letters make up the music alphabet?
a)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
b)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
c)
A, B, C, D, E, F
d)
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
22.
What is the name of this pitch?
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
23.

What is good singing posture?

a)

Feet flat on the ground

b)

Back straight

c)

head straight

d)

all of the above

24.
TEMPO describes the __________ of the Music...
a)
Length
b)
Volume
c)
Speed
d)
Height
25.
Slow, Walking Speed
a)
ALLEGRO
b)
MODERATO
c)
GRAVE
d)
ANDANTE
26.
Fast Tempo
a)
FORTE
b)
ALLEGRO
c)
MODERATO
d)
ANDANTE
27.
Medium Speed
a)
MODERATO
b)
ALLEGRO
c)
GRAVE
d)
ANDANTE
28.
Gradually Slowing Down
a)
PRESTO
b)
ADAGIO
c)
Accelerando (accel)
d)
Ritardando (rit)
29.
Gradually Speed up
a)
ADAGIO
b)
ACCELERANDO
c)
PRESTON
d)
RITARDANDO
30.
Slow
a)
ADAGIO
b)
PRESTO
c)
ACCELERANDO
d)
RITARDANDO
31.
Very FAST
a)
ADAGIO
b)
ACCELERANDO
c)
PRESTO
d)
RITARDANDO
32.

Music theory is the study of how music is ______ and understood.

a)

played

b)

written

c)

ignored

d)

sold

33.

Harmony is defined as ____.

a)

A series of individual pitches

b)

Simultaneously sounded pitches that create chords and support the melody

c)

A type of rhythm

d)

A musical scale.

34.

multi bar rest

a)

rest for the number of bars shown

b)

the distance between two pitches

c)

gradually increase the tempo

d)

playing or singing for the first time a musical piece never seen before

35.

slur

a)

join two notes without tonguing

b)

a short, horizontal line that allows a note to be written outside the staff; also spelled leger

c)

the durational symbol that indicates silence in music

d)

rest for the number of bars shown

36.

key signature

a)

sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece that show what key to play in

b)

playing soft

c)

an accidental that lowers a note's pitch half step

d)

gradually softer

37.

Theses are the sharps, flats, and natural not in the key signature that appear in the music.

a)

Notes

b)

Rests

c)

Accidentals

d)

Clefs

38.

What is the name of this major key signature?

a)

G Major

b)

E Major

c)

A Major

d)

D Major

39.

This key signature represents what major key?

a)

C

b)

Bb

c)

F

d)

G

40.

This key signature represents what major key?

a)

Eb

b)

Ab

c)

Bb

d)

A