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1.4 Notation

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the two most commonly used clefs.

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Alto Clef

d)

Tenor Clef

2.

Identify the type of note and the number of beats it receives in 4/4 time for the following.

a)

Dotted half note, 3 beats

b)

Half note, 2 beats

c)

Dotted quarter note, 1.5 beats

d)

Quarter note, 1 beat

3.

Identify the type of note and the number of beats it receives in 4/4 time for the following.

a)

Half note, 2 beats

b)

Quarter note, 1 beat

c)

Dotted half note, 3 beats

d)

Dotted quarter note, 1.5 beats

4.

What is this symbol?

a)

Sharp Sign

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Time Signature

5.

What does the symbol "#" represent in music notation?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Time Signature

6.

What is this symbol?

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Treble Clef

d)

Time Signature

7.

What does the "3/4" symbol represent in music notation?

a)

Staff

b)

Time Signature

c)

Bass Clef

d)

Sharp

8.

What is this symbol?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Sharp

c)

Flat

d)

Bass Clef

9.

What are the five horizontal lines on which music notation is placed called?

a)

Clef

b)

Staff

c)

Beam

d)

Notes

10.

What is the sign placed at the beginning of a staff to show the exact pitch of each line and space?

a)

Treble

b)

Bass

c)

Clef

d)

Dot

11.

Which clef is used for relatively higher pitches?

a)

Bass

b)

Treble

c)

Staff

d)

Beam

12.

Which clef is used for relatively lower pitches?

a)

Treble

b)

Bass

c)

Clef

d)

Notes

13.

What are the ovals that indicate pitch and duration called?

a)

Notes

b)

Beam

c)

Dot

d)

Staff

14.

What groups flagged notes together?

a)

Beam

b)

Clef

c)

Staff

d)

Dot

15.

What adds half of a note's duration to it?

a)

Dot

b)

Beam

c)

Notes

d)

Clef

16.

The top number of a time signature indicates:

a)

How many beats in a measure

b)

What type of note gets 1 beat

c)

Number of measures in a song

d)

What type of note gets 4 beats

17.

Select all that is true about the placement of a note on the staff: (Select 2)

a)

The higher the note on the staff, the shorter the duration

b)

The lower the note on the staff, the longer the duration

c)

The higher the note on the staff, the higher the pitch

d)

The lower the note on the staff, the lower the pitch

e)

The higher the note on the staff, the louder the note

18.

Which note in the rhythm corresponds to a half beat?

a)

Quarter note

b)

Eighth note

c)

Whole note

d)

Sixteenth note

19.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

8th Rest

20.

How many beats does a Half Rest represent?

a)

1 Beat

b)

2 Beats

c)

4 Beats

d)

½ Beat

21.

Which rest symbol represents ½ Beat?

a)

16th Rest

b)

Quarter Rest

c)

8th Rest

d)

Half Rest

22.

What is the name of the rest symbol that represents 4 Beats?

a)

Whole Rest

b)

Half Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

16th Rest

23.

Which rest symbol is this?

a)

8th Rest

b)

16th Rest

c)

Quarter Rest

d)

Half Rest

24.

The bottom number of a time signature indicates:

a)

How many beats in a measure

b)

What type of note gets 1 beat

c)

Number of measures in a song

d)

What type of note gets 4 beats

25.

Which saying is used to remember the treble clef lines in music?

a)

Every Good Boy Does Fine

b)

FACE

c)

Good Boys Do Fine Always

d)

All Cows Eat Grass

26.

Which saying is used to remember the treble clef spaces in music?

a)

Every Good Boy Does Fine

b)

FACE

c)

Good Boys Do Fine Always

d)

All Cows Eat Grass

27.

Which saying is used to remember the bass clef lines in music?

a)

Every Good Boy Does Fine

b)

FACE

c)

Good Boys Do Fine Always

d)

All Cows Eat Grass

28.

Which saying is used to remember the bass clef spaces in music?

a)

Every Good Boy Does Fine

b)

FACE

c)

Good Boys Do Fine Always

d)

All Cows Eat Grass

29.

What is the name of the musical symbol that looks like an open oval?

a)

Whole Note

b)

Half Note

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Eighth Note

30.

How many beats does a Half Note represent?

a)

1 Beat

b)

2 Beats

c)

4 Beats

d)

½ Beat

31.

What is the name of the musical symbol that represents ½ beat?

a)

Quarter Note

b)

Eighth Note

c)

Sixteenth Note

d)

Half Note

32.

What is the name of the musical symbol

a)

2 Eighth Notes (Beamed)

b)

2 Sixteenth Notes (Beamed)

c)

Quarter Note

d)

Whole Note

33.

How many beats do 2 Sixteenth Notes (Beamed) represent?

a)

1 Beat

b)

½ Beat

c)

2 Beats

d)

4 Beats

34.

The letters of the music alphabet are also the same as what?

a)

Black keys on the piano

b)

White keys on the piano

c)

First seven letters of the Greek alphabet

d)

First seven letters of the English Alphabet

35.

This image is a half rest

a)

True

b)

False

36.

This is an image of a

a)

half note

b)

quarter note

c)

whole note

d)

eighth note

37.

What is Key number 1?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

F

38.

What is Key Number 2?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

B

39.

What is Key number 3?

a)

F

b)

A

c)

B

d)

G

40.

What is Key Number 4?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

41.

What is Key Number 5?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

42.

What letter is associated with Key number 6?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

E

d)

G

43.

What is Key number 7?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

44.

What is Key Number 8

a)

F-Sharp

b)

G-Flat

c)

A-Flat

d)

B-Sharp

45.

What is the note associated with Key number 9?

a)

F-Flat

b)

C-Sharp

c)

A-Sharp

d)

E-Flat

46.

What is key number 10?

a)

A-Sharp

b)

A-Flat

c)

G-Flat

d)

F-Sharp

47.

Number 11?

a)

B-Flat

b)

B-Sharp

c)

A-Flat

d)

G-Sharp

48.

What notes are associated with number 12?

a)

C-Sharp

b)

D-Flat

c)

B-Double Sharp

d)

Q-Natural

49.

Name this note.

a)

A

b)

F

c)

G

d)

D

50.

Name this note.

a)

G

b)

F

c)

A

d)

C

51.

Name this note.

a)

G

b)

B

c)

D

d)

F

52.

Name this note.

a)

A

b)

E

c)

G

d)

B

53.

Name this note.

a)

A

b)

C

c)

F

d)

E

54.

Name this note.

a)

E

b)

C

c)

A

d)

F

55.

Name this note.

a)

F

b)

A

c)

C

d)

D

56.

Name this note

a)

G

b)

B

c)

E

d)

C

57.

Name this note.

a)

B

b)

A

c)

G

d)

F

58.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

G

c)

C

d)

F

59.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

E

c)

G

d)

B

60.

What note is this?

a)

D

b)

G

c)

B

d)

C

61.

What note is this?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

B

62.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

E

c)

D

d)

C

63.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

B

c)

D

d)

F

64.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

G

d)

E

65.

What note is this?

a)

F

b)

D

c)

E

d)

G

66.

What note is this?

a)

G

b)

B

c)

F

d)

D

67.

What note is this?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

G

d)

F