7th & 8th Grade General Music Knowledge

Name that Tune

100

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is also known as this tune

The Alphabet Song (the ABCs)

200

This Tradition of Excellence book 1 song is originates from enslaved people on a banana plantation in the Caribbean

Banana Boat Song (also known as Day-O)

300

"Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh" is a line from this well-known Christmas tune 

Jingle Bells

400

This popular rock song begins with this rhythm: dotted quarter, 8th note, quarter note triplet, two half notes

Seven Nation Army

500

This famous national song begins with a descending then ascending arpeggio

Star Spangled Banner / U.S. National Anthem

Articulations

100

This is the default type of articulation for wind players

Tongue

200

This articulation looks like a greater than sign and indicates emphasis

Accent

300

This articulation direct you to shorten and separate a note

Staccato

400

This articulation directs string players to play several notes in one bow (one breath for winds)

Slur

500

This is the most subtle articulation, indicating smooth and subdued tonguing with no separation

Tenuto

Pitch

100

This symbol raises a pitch one half step

Sharp

200

This indicates what notes to play sharp or flat in a whole song or section

Key Signature

300

If a tuner shows a negative number, that means the pitch is....

Flat

400

Tuba and trumpet are this many octaves apart

2

500

How many half steps would you move to transpose from a Bb instrument (like clarinet) to an Eb instrument (like alto sax)?

5

Rhythm

100

How many beats is a dotted quarter note worth in 4/4 time?

1.5

200

This means there is emphasis somewhere besides the beat

Syncopation

300

What does the bottom number in a time signature tell you?

What type of note gets one beat (4 means quarter note, 2 means half note, 8 means 8th note)

400

A sixteenth note is called a 16th note because....

It is one 16th of a whole note (or takes 16 of them to make a whole note)

500

A measure of 1/1 time would look exactly the same as a measure of this time signature.

4/4, common time, 8/8, 2/2, etc.

Potpourri

100

What does it mean to breath or play in time?

Play at the same speed as the tempo

200

Breaking the beat down into faster/smaller rhythms

Subdividing

300

This means to change key

Transpose

400

Moving by half step

Chromatic

500

Type of minor scale with a raised 7th scale degree

Harmonic minor