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Fall Final Review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is sound?

a)

Relative highness or lowness of sound

b)

Sound that has a definite pitch

c)

Vibrations transmitted through air to the eardrum, sending impulses to the brain

d)

Distance between two tones

2.

What does pitch describe?

a)

Relative loudness or softness

b)

Relative highness or lowness

c)

Quality of sound

d)

Distance between two tones

3.

What is tone?

a)

Sound with no definite pitch

b)

Distance between two tones

c)

Sound that has a definite pitch

d)

Vibrations transmitted through air

4.

What is an interval?

a)

Distance between two tones

b)

Quality of sound

c)

Loudness

d)

Pitch range

5.

What is an octave?

a)

Distance between two tones

b)

Interval where the higher frequency is double the lower

c)

Group of beats

d)

Speed of music

6.

What does pitch range mean?

a)

Loudness

b)

Distance between two tones

c)

Distance between the highest and lowest tones an instrument can produce

d)

Quality of sound

7.

What are dynamics?

a)

Speed

b)

Loudness or softness

c)

Rhythm

d)

Tone color

8.

What is a dynamic accent?

a)

Gradually louder

b)

Emphasis of a note by playing it louder than surrounding notes

c)

Speed

d)

Gradually softer

9.

What is tone color (timbre)?

a)

Loudness

b)

Distance between tones

c)

Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument from another

d)

Speed

10.

Piano (p) means:

a)

Very soft

b)

Medium

c)

Loud

d)

Soft

11.

Mezzo means:

a)

Soft

b)

Medium

c)

Loud

d)

Very loud

12.

Forte (f) means:

a)

Soft

b)

Very soft

c)

Loud

d)

Medium

13.

Pianissimo (pp) means:

a)

Soft

b)

Medium

c)

Very soft

d)

Loud

14.

Fortissimo (ff) means:

a)

Loud

b)

Medium

c)

Soft

d)

Very loud

15.

Decrescendo means:

a)

Gradually louder

b)

Gradually softer

16.

Crescendo means:

a)

Gradually louder

b)

Gradually softer

c)

Very soft

d)

Medium

17.

Which is the highest female voice?

a)

Alto

b)

Tenor

c)

Soprano

d)

Bass

18.

Which is the lowest female voice?

a)

Alto

b)

Soprano

c)

Tenor

d)

Bass

19.

Which is the highest male voice?

a)

Bass

b)

Alto

c)

Tenor

d)

Soprano

20.

Which is the lowest male voice?

a)

Alto

b)

Tenor

c)

Soprano

d)

Bass

21.

Harpsichord belongs to which family of instruments?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

22.

Bassoon belongs to which family of instruments?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

23.

Which family of musical instruments does the Cello belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

24.

Which family of musical instruments does the Clarinet belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

25.

Which family of musical instruments do Cymbals belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

26.

Which family of musical instruments does the Flute belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

27.

Which family of musical instruments does the French Horn belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

28.

Which family of musical instruments does the Glockenspiel belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

29.

Which family of musical instruments does the Gong belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

30.

Which category of musical instruments does the guitar belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

31.

Which category of musical instruments does the harp belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

32.

Which category of musical instruments does the oboe belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

33.

Which category of musical instruments does the organ belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

34.

Which category of musical instruments does the piano belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

35.

Which category of musical instruments does the piccolo belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

36.

Which category does the Saxophone belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

37.

Which category does the Snare Drum belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

38.

Which category does the String Bass belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

39.

Which category does the Timpani belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

40.

Which category does the Triangle belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

41.

Which category does the Trombone belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

42.

Which category does the Trumpet belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

43.

What category does the Tuba belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

44.

What category does the Viola belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

45.

What category does the Violin belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

46.

What category does the Xylophone belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

e)

Keyboard

47.

What is a beat?

a)

Pattern of sound and silences in music

b)

Regular, recurrent pulse

c)

Speed of music

d)

Group of a fixed number of beats

48.

What is rhythm?

a)

Organization of beats into regular groups

b)

Pattern of sound and silences in music

c)

Speed of music

d)

Group of a fixed number of beats

49.

What is meter?

a)

speed of music

b)

organization of beats into regular groups

c)

device that keeps steady time

d)

regular pulse

50.

What is a measure?

a)

group of a fixed number of beats

b)

first beat of a measure

c)

speed of music

d)

accented beat

51.

What is a downbeat?

a)

accented weak beat

b)

first, or stressed, beat of a measure

c)

regular pulse

d)

speed of music

52.

What is syncopation?

a)

steady beat

b)

accenting a normally unaccented beat

c)

speed of music

d)

group of beats

53.

What is tempo?

a)

pattern of sound

b)

speed of music

c)

organization of beats

54.

What is a metronome?

a)

A device that produces a steady pulse

b)

A group of beats

c)

An accented beat

d)

A musical staff

55.

What does accelerando mean?

a)

Gradual slowing of tempo

b)

Lively tempo

c)

Gradual quickening of tempo

d)

Fast

56.

What does allegro mean?

a)

Slow

b)

Fast

c)

Much

d)

Gradual slowing

57.

What does molto mean?

a)

Much

b)

Fast

c)

Lively

d)

Slow

58.

What does ritardando mean?

a)

Gradual slowing of tempo

b)

Fast

c)

Lively

d)

Quickening

59.

What does vivace mean?

a)

slow

b)

lively tempo

c)

gradual slowing

d)

much

60.

What is notation?

a)

writing down music so pitches and rhythms are communicated

b)

five lines and spaces

c)

high pitch symbol

d)

two numbers showing meter

61.

What is a staff?

a)

five lines and spaces on which music is written

b)

combination of clefs

c)

low pitch sign

d)

tempo marking

62.

What is a sharp sign?

a)

symbol that lowers a note

b)

symbol that raises a note by a half step

c)

time signature

d)

high pitch clef

63.

What is a flat sign?

a)

symbol that raises a note

b)

symbol that lowers a note by a half step

c)

staff

d)

meter

64.

What is the treble clef?

a)

high pitch clef

b)

low pitch clef

c)

time signature

d)

tempo marking

65.

What is the bass clef?

a)

Sign indicating high pitches

b)

Sign indicating low pitches

c)

Meter

d)

Staff

66.

What is the grand staff?

a)

Two numbers showing meter

b)

Combination of treble and bass staves

c)

Single staff

d)

Tempo marking

67.

What is a time signature?

a)

Symbol that raises pitch

b)

Two numbers at the beginning indicating meter

c)

Group of beats

d)

Speed of music