Beat/ Meter
Music facts
Singing
Music history
Rhythm/ Dynamics
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#1 What is beat?
A) the heartbeat of music B) small purple vegetable C) the notes in the music
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#3 What does a conductor do?
A) leads a musical group B) keeps the train on the track C) metal wire where electricity flows
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#9 What muscle helps us breathe and sing?
A) spleen B) vocal chords C) diaphragm
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#13 Which one is a part of the Baroque period?
A) fancy video games B) fancy clothes and wigs C) fancy DVDs
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#16 What does an accent tell us to do?
A) play softer B) play with more strength and louder C) play smoother than usual
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#2 What are the 2 kinds of beat?
A) blue and yellow B) strong and weak C) note and rest
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#7 What is an ostinato?
A) short repeated pattern B) song with a gong C) guitar solo
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#10 How many notes are in the pentatonic scale?
A) 5 B) 4 C) 7
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#14 What is a composer
A) somebody who plays an instrument B) someone who writes their own music C) someone who builds instruments
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#17 What does a quarter note look like?
A) a circle not filled in with a line B) a circle filled in with a line C) a circle filled in with a line and flag
300
#4 A meter od 2 is what kind of meter?
A) walking B) marching C) skipping
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#8 What is the home tone?
A) the most important note in the song usually do B) hitting a baseball over the fence C) your doorbell
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#11 What is a phrase?
A) musical story B) opera C) musical sentence
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#15 What makes Baroque music fancy?
A) ornaments like trills and appoggiaturas B) sharp angry sounds C) powdered wigs
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#18 What do dynamics do in music?
A) make music faster B) make music slower C) make music more interesting
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#5 What is the meter of this song?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4
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#20 What is an embouchure?
A) the shape of your mouth when you play an instrument B) the mouthpiece C) the way you hold the trumpet
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#12 What is melodic direction?
A) a type of bird B) the shape of the melody notes C) a melody where the notes only go up
400
#24 What form is verse, chorus, verse?
A) ABB B) ABA C) ABCD
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#19 What does decrescendo mean?
A) gradually get louder B) gradually get softer C) stop playing
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#6 What does steady beat help us do?
A) feel and count rhythms B) play louder C) sing higher
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#23 What is an original piece of music called?
A) composition B) harmony C) measure
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#22 What are lyrics?
A) letters to tell you to play loud and soft B) the words of a song C) pitches close together in a song
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#25 What is rondo form?
A) ABACA B) ABABA C) ABAQA
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#21 What does a conductor do?
A) composes the music B) plays all the instruments C) keeps the beat with a baton and rehearses musicians