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1
If a song has a Time Signature of 2/4, how many quarter notes can fit into one measure?
Two
Four
Eight
One
2
What are the names of the Instrument Families?
Metals/Membrane/Reeds/Shakers
Woodwind/Brass/Percussion/Strings
Drums/Brass/Violins/Woodwinds
Bass Drums/Kettle Drums/Maracas/Tambourines
3
What musical syllable is two syllables after Mi?
Sol
La
Ti
Re
4
What is the term for two or more different musical parts being played or sung at the same time?
Ostinato
Unison
Harmony
Oratorio
5
What folk song is about an Irish man with bad luck?
Old MacDonald
Ebeneezer Sneezer
Michael Finnegan
Peter Cottontail
6
What is the solfege symbol that is two syllables before do?
Sol
La
Mi
Re
7
What are two names for the part of the song that never changes and often repeats many times?
Intro/Ending
Dynamics/Volume
Speed/Tempo
Chorus/Refrain
8
What does the Italian term "mezzo" mean?
Very
Fast
Loud
Medium
9
What does this music symbol :II mean?
Soft gradually getting louder
Very loud
Slow down at the end of song
Repeat
10
What song did John Philip Sousa compose on his way back from Europe because he was homesick?
"My Home's in Montana"
"My Country Tis of Thee"
"God Bless the USA"
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
11
What is the musical term for repeating the last few lines of a song?
Fortissimo
Tag
Andante
Sonata
12
The recorder is in which Instrument Family?
Woodwind
Percussion
String
Brass
13
Beethoven spent much of his adult life in which European city?
Rome, Italy
Bonn, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Madrid, Spain
14
King George started a tradition of standing for which song?
"Hallelujah Chorus"
"My Country Tis of Thee"
"Star Spangled Banner"
"For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
15
Stephen Foster is known as the ________.
The March King
Greatest European composer ever
Maestro of Ragtime
Father of the American Folk Song
16
What is the name of the Awards show that honors the best songs of the year in all genres?
The Grammy Awards
The Academy Awards
The Tony Awards
The Emmy Awards
17
What is the musical term for five lines and four spaces?
measure
treble clef
staff
dynamic
18
This composer lost his hearing in the later years of his life.
Edvard Grieg
Ludwig von Beethoven
George Friedrick Handel
Billy Joel
19
Which instrument is NOT in the brass family?
Saxaphone
Trombone
French Horn
Baritone
20
What is the term for a group of six performers?
unison
septet
sextet
harmony
21
What does PIANISSIMO mean?
Italian term for very soft
French term for very soft
Italian term for a small piano
German term for soft
22
What term is used to define a specific category or or style of songs?
Genre
Collection
Symphony
Dynamics
23
What is the musical definition of Crescendo?
Loud gradually getting softer
Soft gradually getting louder
Very very soft
Gradually getting slower at the end of a song
24
What do you call the study of singing using the syllables "do re me fa sol la ti do"?
The Sound of Music
Accidentals
Musical Alphabet
Solfege
25
What is the name of the American composer that had an instrument invented and named after him?
John Philip Sousa
Charles Ives
Andrew Saxon
Stephen Foster
26
Which musical symbol sits on the staff to indicate that "you must have a high voice"?
Time Signature
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
Key Signature
27
This song was originally written as a poem during a war between the U.S. and England.
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
"Oh Canada"
"Star Spangled Banner"
"My Country Tis of Thee"
28
The sousaphone is a lighter version of what instrument?
Grammaphone
Tuba
Trombone
Baritone
29
Which woodwind instrument family does NOT have a reed?
Clarinet
Oboe
Flute
Saxaphone
30
What is the official instrument name for the "kettle drum?"
Vibraphone
Tympani
Bass Drum
Cabasa
31
What is the name of the American composer/performer who is/was from Detroit and born blind?
Kanyae West
Stephen Foster
Stevie Wonder
Billy Joel
32
Which song would probably NOT be performed over the Easter holidays?
"Jesus, Remember Me"
"Peter Cottontail"
"Were You There?"
"Immaculate Mary"
33
What do you call the group of musical terms that refers to the volume of a song?
Form
Solfege
Dynamics
Tempo
34
Which words could be used to describe a song written in a Minor key?
slow, low, repetitive, atonal
sad, spooky, creepy, depressing
joyful, peppy, happy, exciting
fast, high, melodic, flowing
35
This musical term refers to the speed of a song.
Tempo
Key Signature
Oratorio
Dynamics
36
What does the TIME SIGNATURE of a song tell you?
The speed of a song.
The dynamics of a song.
How many measures are in a song.
How many beats are in each measure of the song.
37
The piano is officially in which two instrument families?
Percussion/Woodwind
String/Percussion
Strings/Woodwind
Brass/String