What is the order of sharps (#)?

If there's a dot after a note, what

happens?
a) A, B, C, D, E, F, G
b) G, A, B, E, F, C, D a) You play with stacatto
c) B, E, A, D, G, C, F b) The duration increases by half
d) F, C, G, D, A, E, B the original value
c) You play half of how long the
Which of these tempos is the fastest?
note was previously
a) Vivace d) You play with crescendo
b) Allegro
Are two notes that sound the same but
c) Andante
d) Largo have different note names called
semitone notes?
What do two half notes equal?
a) Yes
a) Eight quarter notes b) No
b) One quarter note
c) A whole note In written music, the flat sign comes
d) Six eighth notes before the note it relates to in the
staff.
If a note is above the third line on the
staff, which way should the stem go? a) True
b) False
a) up
b) sideways How many music letters are there in
c) up or down - it doesn't matter music?
d) down
a) 7
How many spaces are there between b) 10
the lines on a single staff? c) 8
d) 5
a) 7
b) 5 What does the top number of a time
c) 4 signature mean?
d) 6
a) Which note gets one beat
Where does the time signature b) How many minutes the song will
appear? take to play
c) How many beats a quarter note
a) At the end before the double gets
bar line d) How many beats per measure
b) At the end after the double bar
line What does the bottom number of a
c) In the beginning of the staff time signature mean?
after the clef sign
d) In the beginning of the staff a) How many beats in a measure
before the clef sign b) The value of each beat
c) How many beats a quarter note
gets
 d) How many minutes the song will Do the rest values equal the note
take to play values?

Where does the double-bar line mean a) Yes

you are? b) No

a) The beginning
b) The bridge
c) The chorus Use logic with this, if 'f'(forte) means
d) The end of a section loud, what would 'ff' mean?

What is the opposite of Staccato? a) to bang on the piano with all

your might
a) Crescendo b) the same as forte
b) Allegro c) very loud
c) Legato d) a little softer than loud
d) Andante
If you slur your notes, which style
"Piano" is not the full name of the would be the closest description of
Piano. how your notes would sound?
a) True a) Staccato
b) False b) Legato
c) Louder than normal
Which way does a flat go on a piano? d) Softer than normal
a) a half step up from the natural What are the notes to the Treble Clef
b) a half step down from the
line notes?
natural
c) two black keys down from the a) A, C, E, G
natural b) F, A, C, E
d) none of these c) E, G, B, D, F
d) G, B, D, F, A
What is the common name for the "G"
Clef? What are the notes to the Treble Clef
space notes?
a) none of these
b) bass clef a) F, A, C, E
c) treble clef b) A, C, E, G
d) brace clef c) G, B, D, F, A
d) E, G, B, D, F
What is the common name for the "F"
Clef? What are the notes to the bass clef
line notes?
a) bass clef
b) brace clef a) E, G, B, D, F
c) treble clef b) A, C, E, G
d) none of these c) G, B, D, F, A
d) F, A, C, E
 b) False

An enharmonic is . . . ?

a) Two pitches written the same

What are the notes to the bass clef but sound differently
space notes? b) A very slow speed
c) Two pitches written differently
a) F, A, C, E but sound the same
b) G, B, D, F, A d) A double grace note
c) E, G, B, D, F
d) A, C, E, G In a time signature(eg 4/4), what does
the top number stand for?
Which clef has the notes FACE in its
spaces? a) Number of measures
b) Beats in a measure
a) Tenor c) Note that gets the beat
b) Triad d) Repeat first measure that many
c) Tremolo
times
d) Treble
What is the order of flats in a key
Staccato means . . . ?
signature?
a) Short
b) Connected a) EADGCB F
c) Long b) BEADGC F
d) Detached c) ADGCBE F
d) DGCBEA F
The tempo is . . . ?
In a concert Eb key signature, how
a) Moderately loud many flats are there?
b) Rate of speed
c) Loud a) Not enough
d) Soft b) 3
c) 5
The fine is . . . ? d) 4

a) The middle What is a scale?

b) The beginning
c) The end a) When the accent falls on the
d) Feeling good about the music weak beats
b) Something you would find on a
Piano is louder than forte. fish
c) A series of notes that follow a
a) True definite pattern of half and
b) False
whole steps
d) Random notes as instructed by
Adagio means slow.
a conductor
a) True
8va means what? How is a legato played?

a) Play as written a) quickly

b) Play an octave lower b) enlongated
c) Play an octave higher c) loudly
d) Be silent, don't play d) smoothly

What is the correct order of sharps in a What time signature is C (common

key signature? time) equal to?

a) FCGDAEB a) 3/4
b) GDAEBFC b) 4/4
c) CGDAEBF c) 2/4
d) DAEBFCG d) 3/8

There is a term known as a double What does a fermata do?

sharp.
a) It makes you slow down the
a) True tempo.
b) False b) It makes you play more loudly.
c) It makes you hold a note longer
A tempo means what? than its normal value.
d) It makes you play smoothly.
a) Resume the original tempo
b) Gradually slower What is used to slow tempo?
c) Pick up the indicated new
tempo a) ritardando
d) Gradually faster b) staccato
c) legato
How many flats are in the Eb major d) andante
key
What does adagio mean?
a) 1
b) 2 a) quickly
c) 3 b) loudly
d) 4 c) softly
d) slowly
How do you play a note with a
staccato? Another word for 'very fast' is?

a) detached or separated a) allegro

b) loudly b) presto
c) enlongated c) accelerando
d) softly d) andante
What is another word for
decrescendo?

a) diminuendo
b) dimendo In 4/4 time, how many beats is a
c) crescendo dotted crotchet?
d) descendo
a) 3 and a half
What does a slur do? b) half
c) 1 and a half
a) joins two notes of the same d) 2 and a half
pitch
b) joins two notes of different How many flats are in the key
pitches signature for the key of A flat major?
c) detach two notes of the same
a) one
pitch
b) three
d) joins two chords
c) six
In 4/4 time, how many beats is a d) four
dotted minim? What is the enharmonic spelling of A
a) 2 sharp?
b) 3
a) G sharp
c) 1
b) B flat
d) 4
c) A natural
In 4/4 time, how many beats is a d) C natural
minim? How many "perfect" intervals are
a) 3 there?
b) 4
a) four
c) 1
b) two
d) 2
c) six
In 4/4 time, how many beats is a d) one
semibreve?

a) 2 Which key signature has five sharps?

b) 1
c) 4 a) C Major
d) 3 b) B Major
c) b minor
In 4/4 time, how many beats is a d) E Major
crotchet?
What is the relative minor of A Major?
a) 1
b) 3 a) e sharp minor
c) 4 b) f sharp minor
d) 2 c) A Flat Major
d) c flat minor
How many flats are in G flat Major? d) Texture

a) six What is the word for the features and

b) two characteristics that distinguish
c) three different types of music?
d) seven
a) Form
What is the order of the flats? b) Pitch
c) Texture
a) C, F, D, G, B, A, E d) Style
b) D, F, A, C, B, E, G
c) B, E, A, D, G, C, F What is the word for the quality of a
d) F, C, G, D, A, E, B
sound that distinguishes it from
What is the word for the speed of the another - also known as tone color?
music?
a) Timbre
b) Tempo
a) Meter
c) Soprano
b) Dynamics
d) Mood
c) Tempo
d) Band
What is the word for the quality of a
What is the word for the volume of the sound - can be high, middle or low?
music?
a) Pitch
b) Round
a) Tempo
c) Duration
b) Rondo
d) Counterpoint
c) Meter
d) Dynamics
What is a group of singers called?
What is the word for how the music
a) Chorus
makes you feel? b) Orchestra
c) Band
a) Rondo d) Conductor
b) Style
c) Mood