MUSIC THEORY FIRST MONTH EXAMINATIONS

The notes on the piano repeat themselves in groups of 12 over and over again
a. True
b. False

How many notes do these eighth notes show?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 8

What do dynamics tell you?

a. How loud or soft to play
b. What to play
c. Not to play
d. To play faster

What is Tempo?
a. Not to play
b. How fast or slow to play
c. The notes to play
d. To repeat

What does a quarter rest mean?

a. Be quiet for 1 beat
b. Play for 3 beats
c. Be quiet for 2 beats
d. Play for 4 beats

Which notes are on the 1st and 2nd lines of the treble clef?
a. F&D
b. E&G
c. G&D

A staff is made up of 5 spaces and 5 lines.

a. True
b. False
A Dotted Half note gets two and a half beats.
a. True
b. False

What symbol tells you to play something over again?

a. Repeat Sign
b. Crescendo
c. Whole Note
d. A Flat

What term is used to "play loudly":

a. Forte
b. Piano
c. Pizzacato
d. Staccato

This note is D?

a. True
b. False

What is the key signature for the key of F?

a. Bb,Eb, Ab
b. Bb
c. Bb, Eb
d. Bb, Eb, Ab, Db

What are the spaces, in order, on the treble clef?

a. a, c, e, g
b. f, a, c, e
c. e,g,b,d
d. a,b,c,d

What are the lines, in order, on the treble clef?

a. e,g,b,d,f
b. g,b,d,f,a
c. b,d,f,e,g
d. f,a,c,e

Choose the correct note from the following picture.

a. C
b. A
c. E
d. G

Name this note [eighth note]

The bottom of the Time Signature tells which note gets one beat.
a. True
b. False

A ledger line is an extension of what?

a. The staff
b. The treble clef
c. The bass clef
d. The grand staff

An interval that is eight notes apart is called what?

a. octave
b. whole rest
c. half note
d. quarter rest
What connects two notes that are the same?
a. a tie
b. a beat
c. a bar
d. a chord

The sharps or flats at the beginning of a line of music is called the:

a. key measure
b. key time
c. key largo
d. key signature

How many beats does a whole note get? 4

is the number of eighth notes in a whole note.

a. 16
b. 2
c. 8
d. 4

Symbol that represents the length of silence.

a. Note
b. Rest
c. Tie
d. Flat

The name of the top line of the bass clef is [A]

There will be a if the music is over.

a. legato
b. double bar line
c. exclamation mark
d. happy face
Tempo is the of music.
a. Beat
b. Speed
c. Time
d. Counts

A line that connect two notes of the same pitch is called a tie .

Which number in the time signature tells you how many beats you have in a measure?
a. Bottom number
b. At the end
c. Top number
d. The middle

The speed of the music.

a. tempo
b. dynamics
c. expression
d. articulation

The distance between two bar lines.

a. Measure
b. Treble Clef
c. Time Signature
d. Dynamics

A is two numbers written at the beginning of every staff after the clef sign.
a. Key Signature
b. Time Signature
c. Clef
d. Staff

What is the name of the clef used for higher pitched instruments/voices?
a. Bass clef
b. Treble clef
c. Neutral clef
d. Cello clef

A half note gets beats.

a. 32
b. 2
c. 4
d. 1
In 4/4 time, there are four beats per measure.

There will be a at the end of a piece of music.

a. double bar line
b. tenuto
c. staff
d. legato

Raises any pitch by a half step.

a. Sharp
b. Flat
c. Natural
d. Note

A Time Signature is two numbers written at the beginning of every staff after
the clef sign

A natural sign cancels a sharp or flat within the same measure.

a. True
b. False

The number of beats in a measure indicated by the following time signature:

a. 4
b. 3
c. 12
d. 7

How many counts does a dotted half note receive? Three

A person who writes music is called a:

a. writer
b. decomposer
c. poet
d. composer

A crescendo is a dynamic marking which indicates to:

a. gradually decrease volume
b. gradually increase volume
c. repeat
d. sing softly

What note is this in G (treble) clef?

a. F
b. Bb
c. D#
d. A

Crescendo means to get: louder

Major chords sound happy.

a. True
b. False

A indicates the musicians are to hold a note until the conductor stops them.
a. vibrato
b. stop sign
c. staccato
d. fermata

Minor chords sound happy.

a. True
b. False

EGBDF The notes on the lines of the treble clef.

Which note gets 2 beats in 4/4 time?

a. quarter note
b. whole note
c. fourth note
d. half note

A whole note is held for four counts.

In 4/4 time, the quarter note receives the beat.

What is the degree of softness or loudness in music?

a. dynamics
b. form
c. texture
d. tone color

How many lines and spaces are there on a music staff?

a. 5 lines/4 spaces
b. 5 lines/5 spaces
c. 5 lines/6 spaces
d. 6 lines/4 spaces

This word means to play loud.

a. mezzo forte
b. piano
c. mezzo piano
d. forte

When two or more eighth notes are directly next to each other, they are joined by what?
a. Beam
b. Slur
c. Tie
d. Flag

is the curved line connecting notes of different pitch.

a. Octave
b. Slur
c. Dolce
d. Tenuto

The term for "the end" is:

a. find
b. finde
c. fine
d. fina

Draw a Sharp Sign in the blank. #

In the blank draw a flat sign. b

What is this?

a. quarter note
b. whole note
c. eighth note
d. quarter flag note

The spaces of the treble staff are:

a. A,B,C,D
b. A,C,E,G
c. F,A,C,E
d. F,A,D,E

This word means to play soft.

a. forte
b. mezzo forte
c. piano
d. crescendo

The main tune of a song is called the:

a. tone
b. harmony
c. melody
d. rhythm

Measures are small divisions in a piece of music. The time signature tells where to place the
divisions.

Ritardando means to:

a. speed up slightly
b. gradually get louder
c. sing in unison
d. gradually slow down

Which word describes music getting softer?

a. Crescendo
b. Decrescendo
c. Accelerando
d. Ritardando

Clef signs are used at the of each staff.

a. Beginning
b. Middle
c. End
MUSICAL MATH:
1. 1 whole note + 2 quarter notes + 1 half note = beats

2. 1 whole note + 1 dotted half note = ________________ beats

3. 2 half notes + 1 quarter note = ______________ beats

4. 2 eight notes + 3 quarter notes + 1 half note = ________________ beats

5. 4 sixteenth note + 2 sixteenth note + 1 eight note + 1 half note = _____________ beats

6. 3 sixteenth note + 1 dotted eight note + 1 half note = ___________ beats

7. 1 whole note + 1 dotted quarter note + 2 sixteenth note = _______ beats

8. 3 eight notes + 2 dotted quarter notes + 1 half notes = _________ beats

9. 1 whole rest + 1 whole note = ____________ beats

10. 3 quarter rest + 4 half notes + 1 dotted quarter notes = _______ beats