Beat, and Meter
What is beat?
A. The heartbeat of music
B. A small purple vegetable
C. The notes in music
A. The heartbeat of music
A steady beat ______________.
A. is necessary to feel and count rhythms
B. helps you play louder
C. helps you sing higher
A. is necessary to feel and count rhythms
A phrase is a musical ________
A. story
B. opera
C. sentence
C. sentence
An accent mark over a note tells you to play it __________.
A. softer than usual
B. with more strength than usual
C. smoother than usual
B. with more strength than usual
What does a conductor do?
A. Composes the music
B. Plays all the instruments
C. Shows the beat with a baton and rehearses the musicians
C. Shows the beat with a baton and rehearses the musicians
There are ______________ beats.
A. blue and yellow
B. strong and weak
C. note and rest
B. strong and weak
An ostinato is a ____________
A. short repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern
B. concerto that ends with the sound of a gong.
C. bass guitar solo
A. short repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern
Melodic direction is ________________.
A. an exotic singing bird from South America
B. the shape or outline of the melody notes
C. a melody where the notes only go up
B. the shape or outline of the melody notes
Which picture below is a quarter note?
*This question uses a picture example. The teacher will trigger the picture example from the screen.
A
B
C
B
Lyrics are ____________.
A. letters that tell you how loud or soft to sing or play
B. the words of a musical composition
C. pitches that follow one another in a song
B. the words of a musical composition
A conductor of music _________________
A. is the leader who directs a musical group
B. keeps the choo-choo train on the track
C. is a metal wire through which electricity flows
A. is the leader who directs a musical group
A home tone is __________________
A. the most important pitch in a song, often "do".
B. when you hit a baseball over the fence in a game
C. the doorbell at your front door
A. the most important pitch in a song, often "do".
Which of the following would have been part of the Baroque Period?
A. Fancy video games
B. Fancy clothes and wigs
C. Fancy DVD's
B. Fancy clothes and wigs
Composers use diffeent dynamics to make music ________________.
A. faster
B. slower
C. more interesting
C. more interesting
What do we call an original piece of music?
A. Composition
B. Harmony
C. Measure
A. Composition
A meter of 2 is a ________ meter.
A. walking
B. marching
C. skipping
B. marching
What is a muscle that extends across the bottom of your ribcage and helps you breathe?
A. Spleen
B. Vocal cords
C. Diaphragm
C. Diaphragm
What is a composer?
A. One who plays an instrument
B. One who creates original music
C. One who builds an instrument
B. One who creates original music
What does "decrescendo" mean?
A. Gradually getting louder
B. Gradually getting softer
C. Stop playing or singing
B. Gradually getting softer
Which form starts with a verse, goes to the chorus, and comes back to the verse?
A. ABB form
B. ABA form
C. ABCD form
B. ABA form
What is the meter of this piece?
*This question uses an audio example. The teacher will trigger the audio example from the screen.
A. Meter of 2
B. Meter of 3
C. Meter of 4
B. Meter of 3
The pentatonic scale has __ notes.
A. 5
B. 4
C. 7
A. 5
What makes Baroque music fancy?
A. Ornaments like trills, turns, and appoggiaturas
B. Sharp, angry sounds
C. Powdered wigs
A. Ornaments like trills, turns, and appoggiaturas
What is embouchure?
A. The shape of the mouht in or on the mouthpiece
B. The mouthpiece
C. The way you hold a trumpet
A. The shape of the mouthpiece in or on the mouthpiece
Rondo form is also called ABA_A form.
A. C
B. B
C. Q
A. C