Music Terms Quiz #1
Source: Kid Music Theory
Music Terms Quiz #1:
And you thought you wouldn’t get any quizzes here didn’t you? Sorry, you do have to know this stuff. Maybe not everything right away, but I want to make sure you aren’t blown away by Music Terms in the near future. To study for this test, simply go to the article Music Terms.
Most of the information is there, but not everything. You can also read up on Dotted Notes, Note Rest Timing, Octaves, The C Scale Notes and the G Scale Notes.
The Questions:
Question 1:
It is 5 horizontal lines. This is where notes are placed. It is a _____.
Question 2:
This tells us how many beats there are in each measure. It is a ____ _________.
Question 3:
This tells us to play a selection over once again. It is called a ______.
Question 4:
The beginning of a song, also known as a kick-off. It is an ____________.
Question 5:
This is the distance from the 2nd fret to the 3rd fret on the same string. This would be a ____ ____.
Question 6:
This is a really big word that stands for sharps, flats and naturals. They are __________.
Question 7:
This is what divides the staff into equal parts. This is a _______.
Question 8:
It can have a head, a head and a stem or a head, a stem and a flag. It is a ____.
Question 9:
With a time signature the top number means: _____ __ _______.
Question 10:
With a time signature the bottom number means: ___ ____ _________ ___ ____.
Question 11:
4/4 time for a time signature is sometimes called: _____ ____.
Question 12:
The speed that a song is played is called the songs _____.
Question 13:
This staff is located below the notation staff. It refers to notes more graphically than it does actual notes it is called __________ or ___ for short.
Question 14:
This is the staff that guitars, mandolins, banjos, violins and most other lead instruments play on. It is call the ______ Clef.
Question 15:
This is the staff that bass instruments play. It is called the ____ staff.
Question 16:
This is the distance from a starting note in the scale up until you reach that note once more. It is referred to as an ______.
Question 17:
A period of silence where no sound is made by the instrument is call a ____.
Question 18:
A representation of guitar strings, frets and fingerings all together on one graphic is called a _____ _______.
Question 19:
What would you call this? C D E F G A B C. This is called the _ _____.
Question 20:
What would you call this? G A B C D E F G. This is called the _ _____. It is also known as one ______.
Question 21:
A Whole note has only an open ____ for a symbol and it has ____ beats of time.
Question 22:
A Half note has only an open ____ and a ____ and it has ___ beats of time.
Question 23:
A Quarter Note has a _____ ____ and a ____ and it has ___ beats of time.
Question 24:
An Eighth note has a _____ ____ a ____ and a ____ and it carries ___ ____ beats of time.
Question 25:
A dot placed after a note head adds ___ ____ to the amount of time for the note.
Answers to Question Above:
1. Staff
2. Time Signature
3. Repeat
4. Introduction
5. Half Step
6. Accidentals
7. Measure
8. Note
9. Beats Per Measure
10. The note receiving the beat
11. common time
12. tempo
13. tabulation TAB
14. treble
15. bass
16. octave
17. rest
18. chord diagram
19. c scale
20. g scale, octave
21. head, four
22. head, stem two
23. solid head, stem, one
24. solid head, stem, one half
25. one half
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