Notes and rests of various lengths

The six primary tempos in order from slowest to fastest is:

largo, adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, presto

What does the bottom number of the time signature indicate?

Type of note that gets one beat

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Very Basic Review of Music Theory for Choir

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A quiz for beginning high school choir students all about music theory and vocabulary. #choir #highschool #music #musictheory

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1
What are the vertical lines that divide up the music?
Double bar lines
Bar Staves
Bar lines
Staff lines
2
What is this symbol?
Musical Colon
Repeat Sign
Tenuto
Skip
3
What does this symbol tell you to do?
Get louder
Get softer
Get faster
Get slower
4
What is this curved line called and what does it tell you to do?
Slur, sing staccato
Tie, sing legato
Slur, sing legato
Tie, hold out note longer
5
What is the Italian and English for "mf"?
medium forte, mezzo-loud
mezzo forte, loud
mezzo forte, medium soft
mezzo forte, medium loud
6
This symbol does what?
Lowers a note by a whole step
Lowers a note by a half-step
Raises a note by a half-step
Raises a note by a whole step
7
What does this symbol tell you to do?
Get louder
Get slower
Get faster
Get softer
8
What are the short lines that extend the staff up and down called?
Extender Lines
Ledger Lines
Leader Lines
Bar Lines
9
This symbol that tells you what notes and scales will be used most in a song is called a:
Time signature
Tempo
Key signature
A Major
10
Legato means to sing:
Longer
Choppy
Louder
Connected
11
What is this symbol, which tells you to hold a note until the conductor cuts you off?
Cadence
Sequence
Tenuto
Fermata
12
What is the Italian and English for "p"?
piano, loud
piano, soft
pianissimo, very soft
piano, medium
13
Define a musical accent
A louder dynamic on one note
Gradually speeding up
Suddenly soft
A funny way of pronouncing things
14
What is the term for a unit of time that contains a group of beats?
Measure
Tenuto
Double Bar
Beat Group
15
"a tempo" means to:
Make the tempo faster
Sing in time
Stay together with the ensemble
Return to original tempo
16
What's the middle voice name for men?
Baritone
Bass
Barelytone
Tenor
17
What is rhythm
Notes and rests of various lengths
The steady pulse
The stress of the text
The beat
18
This is an example of a:
Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale
Dorian Scale
19
What is the Italian and English for "ff"?
forty five, 45
fortissimo, very loud
forte forte, loud loud
Freakin forte, incredibly soft
20
What are the four main parts of a choir from highest to lowest
Alto, Soprano, Tenor, Bass
Bass, Tenor, Alto, Soprano
Tenor, Alto, Soprano, Bass
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
21
This symbol that cancels a sharp or flat is called a:
Legato
Signature
Natural
Flat
22
What's the middle voice name for women
Altotone
Mezzosoprano
Alto
Baritone
23
Define A Cappella
Without accompaniment
Without voices
Without music
Without piano
24
The six primary tempos in order from slowest to fastest is:
presto, allegro, moderato, andante, adagio, largo
largo, adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, presto
adagio, largo, moderato, andante, presto, allegro
largo, adagio, moderato, andante, allegro, presto
25
What does the bottom number of the time signature indicate?
How many notes in the measure
Type of note that gets one beat
Number of beats in a measure
How many eighth notes will fit in a measure
26
What does the top number in time signature indicate?
Type of note that gets the beat
Type of beat that gets the note
Number of beats in one measure
Number of measures in the intro
27
Tempo refers to:
The time signature of a song
The length of a song
The speed of a song
The key of a song
28
The eight solfege syllables for a major scale from top to bottom are:
do, re, mi, so, la, fa, ti, do
la, ti, do, re, mi, fa, so, la
do, ti, la, so, fa, mi, re, do
do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
29
Ritardando means to do what?
Gradually get softer
Gradually get louder
Gradually speed up
Gradually slow down
30
What are the five lines that notes are placed on
Note lines
Staff
Bar lines
Double bar lines

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