Music Test Knowledge

Question 1

What does One semibreve equal?

Answer 1

2 minims

Question 2

What does 1 minim equal?

Answer 2

2 crotchet

Question 3

What does 1 crotchet equal?

Answer 3

2 quavers

Question 4

What is Note Grouping?

Answer 4

Smaller note values in music are frequently “grouped” into beats that match the time signature.

Question 5

What is a Stem

Answer 5

The stem is the line attached to the note.

Question 6

What is Tempo?

Answer 6

Tempo is the proper word used to indicate the speed of the music.

Question 7

What is Treble clef and Notes

Answer 7

A treble clef is a symbol that you use when writing music to show that the notes on the staff are above middle C. Treble notes are located to the right of middle C on the keyboard.

Question 8

What are the Steps?

Answer 8

Each note is a certain distance apart from the next, forming a pattern that repeats.

Question 9

What is Key signatures?

Answer 9

C major, F major, G major, D major, A major, B major and E major.

Question 10

What is Melody Contour?

Answer 10

The shape of a melody over time.

Question 11

What are Triads?

Answer 11

Major and Minor

Question 12

What is Bass clef & Notes

Answer 12

The bass clef is a way to notate pitches below middle C. The bass note is the bottom support (or base) of the chord, upon which other voice parts rest on.

Question 13

Structure/Form

Answer 13

Binary – a piece of music with two main sections.
Ternary – a piece of music with three sections, the third section is a return to the first.
Rondo – a piece of music with a return to the first section with a different section in between.

Question 14

Texture

Answer 14

Musical texture is the density of and interaction between a work’s different voices.

Question 15

What are skips

Answer 15

Skips are the difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale. In other words, it is the interval between two successive.

Question 16

What are leaps

Answer 16

Leap is a movement from one note to another on a scale greater than a step.

Question 17

What are leaps

Answer 17

Leap is a movement from one note to another on a scale greater than a step.

Question 18

Sections of the Orchestra

Answer 18

There are four main sections in the orchestra; the strings, the woodwinds, the brass, and the percussion. In a full orchestra, there are a total of 45 instruments used.

Question 19

Tuned percussion

Answer 19

Tuned percussion is those which have been pitched to particular notes, and is usually set out like a piano keyboard.

Question 20

Untuned percussion

Answer 20

Untuned percussion instruments mostly only have one pitch or sound, e.g. bongo drums, cymbals, etc.

Question 21

12 Blues structure- Lyrical

Answer 21

The lyrics of a 12-bar blues song often follow what’s known as an AAB pattern. “A” refers to the first and second four-bar verses, and “B” is the third four-bar verse.

Question 22

12 Blues structure- Chordal

Answer 22

Chordal blues typically features three chords based on the first (written as I), fourth (IV), and fifth (V) notes of an eight-note scale.

Question 23

Musical phrases

Answer 23

A phrase is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combined to form melodies, periods, and larger sections.

Question 24

Ostinati

Answer 24

An ostinato is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.

Question 25

Unity & contrast

Answer 25

“Unity” refers to anything that is the same. In music and musical form, contrast is the difference between parts or different instrument sounds.