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middle school Fall 2025 - 26 5th period

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is one way to increase your accuracy of notes
a)
Practice
b)
watch a video
c)
stay away from the music and play by ear
2.
What are Dynamics in music
a)
The shortness of notes
b)
The amount of notes in a pice of music
c)
The volume of a note or phrase
3.
What is phrasing in music?
a)
The same as a sentence , keeps breathing in time
b)
How quickly you play an idea
c)
A musical idea
4.
Does Appearance of the ensemble make a difference in how you are perceived as a performer in a Festival Performance?
a)
Yes, because any one out of uniform could be a distraction
b)
No because the audience is blocked and only interested in the sound
5.
How does one increase the volume of a phrase
a)
Gradually increase air flow
b)
open mouth
c)
tighten the vocal chords
d)
increase stomach pressure
6.
You are singing or playing a piece of music and see this sign #, what should you do to the note?
a)
lower a half step
b)
raise a half step
c)
play softer
d)
play louder
7.
What are the names of the notes indicated?
a)
F A B D
b)
E G B D
c)
F A C E
d)
A B C D
8.
What is the Music Alphabet?
a)
D E F G B A D A
b)
A B C D E F G H
c)
A B C D E F G A
9.
What are the names of the notes indicated?
a)
E G B D
b)
F A C E
c)
A B C D
10.
What are the names for this symbol?
a)
Treble Clef and G Clef
b)
Flat Sign and Sharp Sign
c)
Bass Clef and F Clef
d)
Bass Clef and Fermata
11.
What are the names of the notes indicated?
a)
A B C D
b)
A D F G
c)
A C E G
12.
What are the name of the indicated notes?
a)
G B D F A
b)
A B C D E
c)
F A C E
13.
What does the top number in a time signature tell you?
a)
Number of notes in a measure
b)
What type note gets one beat
c)
Number of beats per measure
14.
How many eighth notes would you need to create 2 measures in 3/4 time?
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
16
15.
How many beats is a quarter note worth in 6/8 time?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
3
d)
6
16.
How many quarter notes are there in ONE measure of 4/4 time?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
17.
How many beats per measure in the following example?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
18.
4/4 time means 4 beats per measure and a quarter note gets one beat.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
A whole is equal to 4 half notes.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
A Tempo tells us how fast we should go.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Which word means to gradually slow your tempo?
a)
Ritornello
b)
Ritardando
c)
Rhythmic change
d)
Ritend
22.
What does a Key Signature tell us?
a)
The order of sharps and flats
b)
Which scales we are using
c)
How many notes are in the scale
23.
Bb major has how many Flats?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
24.
What Key is the following example ?
a)
F major
b)
C major
c)
G major
d)
D major
25.
What key is this example ?
a)
D major
b)
F major
c)
C major
d)
A major
26.
What are dynamics in music?
a)
Speed
b)
Style
c)
Volume
d)
Articulation
27.
Which of the following are in the correct order from quietest to loudest.
a)
ff, f, mf, mp, p , pp
b)
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
28.
Which of the following lists the tempo vocabulary words from slowest to fastest?
a)
Presto, Allegro, Andante, Largo, Grave
b)
Vivace, Moderato, Adagio, Lento
c)
Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Vivace
29.
What does the following symbol tell us?
a)
Gradually slow down
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Gradually get quieter
30.
What does the word diminuendo or dim. tell us?
a)
Gradually get quieter
b)
Gradually get louder
c)
Gradually increase speed
31.
What is an interval in music?
a)
The distance between two measures
b)
The volume between two notes
c)
The distance between notes
32.
What is the interval in the following example?
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
2nd
d)
octave
33.
What is the interval in the following example?
a)
4th
b)
3rd
c)
2nd
d)
6th
34.
Circle of Fifths, starting with C moving to the right or clock wise are the sharp scales , Which of the following is the correct order of Keys?
a)
C D E F G A B C
b)
C F B E A D G
c)
C G D A E B F# C#
35.
Circle of Fifths, starting with C moving to the left or counter clock wise are the flat scales , Which of the following is the correct order of Keys?
a)
C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb C
b)
C D E G B F A C
c)
C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb
36.
What is tone quality?
a)
The overall quality of the sound in reqard to richness and perfection
b)
How the sound is created
c)
The lack of musical interpretation
37.
(1.1D.a) How many eighth notes would you need to create 2 measures in 3/4 time:
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
16
38.
A piece of music has no bar lines, if it is in 4/4 time and you have 8 quarter notes, how many measures will you have?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
39.
What are the two names for this symbol?
a)
F Clef and Bass
b)
C Clef and Alto
c)
G Clef and Treble
40.
There are 5 lines in a single staff?
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Why might a composer use a crescendo?
a)
Make the music softer
b)
Make the music shorter
c)
Make the music louder
d)
Make the music a faster tempo
42.
The flat sign means to do what to a pitch?
a)
Raise the pitch one half step
b)
Accent the note
c)
Decrease volume
d)
Lower the pitch one half step
43.
An interval is made up of the distance between how many notes?
a)
three
b)
two
c)
four
44.

What number is important to learn the Circle of Fifths

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

5

45.

What pitch is five above F

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

A