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Musical Terms

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Accidentals

a)

Notes of a chord played one after another (jumps)

b)

Sign that indicates weather a note is lowered or raised

c)

A sign at the beginning of a staff, determines the name, and pitch of notes on the staff

d)

Two or more pitches played at the same time

2.

Arpeggio

a)

Notes of a chord played one after another (Jumps)

b)

A combination of harsh or unpleasant sounds

c)

Sharps and flats shown beginning of staff

d)

Speed of a piece of music

3.

Bar Line

a)

Note in lowered half step

b)

Abbreviated as "D.C" - means the performer should jump back to the beginning of the piece

c)

A vertical line through the staff, used to mark music into sections

d)

A group of beats of division of time marked off by bar lines

4.

A combination of harsh or unpleasant sounds

a)

Melody

b)

Discord

c)

Bar Line

d)

Dal Segno (D.S)

5.

Two or more pitches played at once

a)

Trill

b)

Chord

c)

Clef

d)

Step

6.

A succession of tones forming a musical design, a part of a song people remember, consisting motion and rhythm

a)

Homophonic

b)

Discord

c)

Bar line

d)

Melody

7.

Half Step

a)

One half of a whole tone or whole step

b)

A group of beats (3/4 or 4/4)

c)

A series of notes, ascending or descending

d)

Rapid sounding of two notes

8.

Clef

a)

Speed of a peice

b)

Slight wavering of tone, used to embellish longer sonorities

c)

A sign at the beginning of a staff, determines the names and pitch of notes

d)

Sign that indicates if note is lowered or raised

9.

Pattern of beats in a composition (3/4 or 4/4)

a)

Arpeggio

b)

Meter

c)

Tempo

d)

Coda

10.

Modulation

a)

A symbol that cancels out previous accidentals

b)

Chord that provide a "punctuation"

c)

Short extra line drawn above or below staff

d)

The change from one key center to another

11.

M.M. (Maelzel's Metronome)

a)

Finishing section or passage of a musical composition

b)

Referring to inventor of the metronome and the number it should be set at intended tempo

c)

Lines below or above staff

d)

Two or more instruments playing the same pitch

12.

Speed of a piece

a)

Monophonic

b)

Tempo

c)

Meter

d)

Dynamics

13.

Scale

a)

Note lowered by a half step

b)

Two or more pitches at the same time

c)

Notes preformed in ascending to descending order

d)

A vertical line through the staff, used to mark music into sections

14.

Cadence

a)

A repeated musical rhythm

b)

Chords which provide a "punctuation"

c)

Single melodic line with no accompaniment

d)

Finishing section of a musical composition

15.

A scale that has 12 half steps (all sharps and flats)

a)

Chromatic Scale

b)

Creation and performance of a music spontaneously

c)

Set of numbers given at the beginning of a composition (where the time changes in a piece) to indicate meter

d)

Musical distance between any two notes

16.

Finishing section of a musical composition

a)

Polyphonic

b)

Octave

c)

Dynamics

d)

Coda

17.

Da Capo (D.C)

a)

One half of a whole tone or whole steps

b)

Performer should jump back to the begging of the piece

c)

Vertical line through staff, used to mark music into sections

d)

Written form of a composition (can see everyone's part on one sheet of music)

18.

Means performer should jump to the "sign" symbol in the music

a)

Timbre

b)

Dal Segno (D.S.)

c)

Tempo

d)

Da Capo (D.C)

19.

Dynamics

a)

Group of beats

b)

Levels of sound or volume in music

c)

Note is lowered a half step

20.

Note is lowered half step

a)

Natural

b)

Sharp

c)

Flat

21.

Note is raised a half step

a)

Flat

b)

Sharp

c)

Natural

22.

Symbol that cancels out any previous accidentals

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Natural

23.

A type of "round" where 2 or more voices enter at the same time, all voices have equal importance, theme is introduced

a)

Interval

b)

Fugue

c)

Tempo

d)

Polyphonic

24.

Musical texture consisting of a prominent melody and a accompaniment, most common texture of music

a)

Improvisation

b)

Homophonic

c)

Monophonic

d)

Ledger Lines

25.

Improvisation

a)

A group of beats of time marked off by bar lines

b)

Short extra lines drawn above or below staff

c)

Creation and performance of music spontaneously

d)

Makes a particular musical sound different from another even when they have same pitch and volume

26.

Interval

a)

Sharps and flats shown at beginning off staff

b)

Musical distance between any two notes

c)

Interval of eight notes in the natural scale

27.

Key signature

a)

Sharps and flats shown at the beginning of staff

b)

Speed of the piece

c)

A group of bears of time maarked off by bar line

28.

A musical texture consisting of aa single melodic line with no accompaniment

a)

Syncopation

b)

Ostinato

c)

Homophonic

d)

Monophonic

29.

Octave

a)

Interval of eight notes in the natural scale

b)

Two or more pitches played at once

c)

note is raised a half step

30.

Syncopation

a)

Displacement of the natural accent in music

b)

Creation and performance of music spontaneously

31.
What is the name of this symbol? 
a)
Treble Clef
b)
Alto Clef
c)
Tenor Clef
d)
Bass Clef
32.

This image is a half rest

a)

True

b)

False

33.

This is an image of a

a)

half note

b)

quarter note

c)

whole note

d)

eighth note

34.

What is the name of this symbol?

a)

Treble Clef

b)

Bass Clef

c)

Sharp

d)

Flat

35.

Interval between two successive notes of a musical scale

a)

Step

b)

Ledger Lines

c)

Ostinato

36.

Ledger Lines

a)

Slight wavering of tone used to embellish longer sonorities

b)

Short extra line on note above or below staff

c)

Rapid sounding of two notes on quick succession

37.

SLIGHT wavering of tone used to embellish longer sonorities

a)

Vibrato

b)

Trill

38.

RAPID sounding of two notes in quick succession

a)

Vibrato

b)

Trill

39.

Makes particular musical sound different from another even when same pitch and volume is being played

a)

Coda

b)

Discord

c)

Timbre

d)

Score

40.

Ostinato

a)

Repeated musical rhythm

b)

Levels of sound or volume in music

c)

Multiple independent melodic voices, all voices have equal importance

41.

Time signature

a)

Set of numbers given at the beginning of a composition to indicate meter (3/4 or 4/4)

b)

Two or more instruments playing the same note

c)

Change from on key center to the next

42.

Score

a)

Everyone's part in one sheet of music

b)

A "round" where 2 or mote voices enter at the same time, all voices have equal importance

43.

Measure

a)

One half of a whole tone or step

b)

A group of beats of time marked off by lines

c)

Indicate weather note is lowered or raised

44.

Musical texture consisting of multiple independent melodic voices, where all voices have equal importance

a)

Timbre

b)

Monophonic

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Unision

45.

Unision

a)

Two or more instruments playing the same note

b)

Note raise by a half step

c)

Musical distance between notes