6th Grade Music Theory

Question 1

How many counts does a dotted half note receive?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 2

What do dynamics tell you?

Accepted Answer

How loud or soft to play

Question 3

What are the lines (bottom to top) in bass clef?

Accepted Answer

G, B, D, F, A

Question 4

In a 3/2 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?

Accepted Answer

Half

Question 5

The top line of bass clef represents an "F"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Which of the following instruments is NOT a brass instrument?

Accepted Answer

Saxophone

Question 7

Which term means "silence"?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following instruments is NOT a percussion instrument?

Accepted Answer

Double Bass

Question 9

A flat symbol affects the note in what way?

Accepted Answer

Lowers the pitch

Question 10

Which of these is NOT a famous saxophone player?

Accepted Answer

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 11

The musical term for "end" is:

Accepted Answer

Fine

Question 12

Which of these is not a double reed instrument?

Accepted Answer

Tenor Saxophone

Question 13

This raises any pitch by a half step:

Accepted Answer

Sharp

Question 14

Who is considered to be the greatest jazz composer of all time?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 15

In a 4/4 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?

Accepted Answer

Quarter

Question 16

What are the lines (bottom to top) in treble clef?

Accepted Answer

E, G, B, D, F

Question 17

What are the spaces (bottom to top) in bass clef?

Accepted Answer

A, C, E, G

Question 18

Where did the French Horn originate?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 19

Which of these is a famous jazz trumpet player?

Accepted Answer

Miles Davis

Question 20

In 4/4 time, how many 8th notes are there in one beat?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 21

Which of these is the quickest tempo?

Accepted Answer

Presto

Question 22

Which of these is the slowest tempo?

Accepted Answer

Grave

Question 23

What does a dot do when it is next to a note?

Accepted Answer

Adds half of the length of the note

Question 24

How many counts does a half rest get?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 25

What term means "play loudly"?

Accepted Answer

Forte

Question 26

When and where was J.S. Bach born?

Accepted Answer

1685, Germany

Question 27

How many counts does a dotted quarter note receive?

Accepted Answer

1.5

Question 28

Who composed "Colossus"?

Accepted Answer

Larry Clark

Question 29

The top number of a time signature gives what information?

Accepted Answer

How many beats in one measure

Question 30

Which of these instruments does not play in a wind quintet?

Accepted Answer

English Horn

Question 31

What was the cause of J.S. Bach's death?

Accepted Answer

Botched eye surgery

Question 32

What are the spaces (bottom to top) in treble clef?

Accepted Answer

F, A, C, E

Question 33

"D" is the top line in treble clef.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

In a 15,168/1 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?

Accepted Answer

Whole

Question 35

Who composed "Cardiff Castle"?

Accepted Answer

Mark Williams

Question 36

The bottom number of a time signature gives what information?

Accepted Answer

What kind of note gets one beat

Question 37

How many 8th notes fit into a whole note?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 38

In a 6/8 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?

Accepted Answer

Eighth

Question 39

A dotted half note gets two and a half beats

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

How many counts does a dotted whole note receive?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 41

What is tempo?

Accepted Answer

How slow or fast to play

6th Grade Music Theory

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6th Grade Music Theory

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