Elements of Music review game my version.ppt

1. Finish
Start
Melody
Harmony
Tempo and
Dynamics
Form
Rhythm
Timbre

2. Finish
Start
Melody
Harmony
Tempo and
Dynamics
Form
Rhythm
Timbre

3. This game will take you through the Elements of
Music. Click on the first box. Read through the
information on the screen, and click on the BEST
of the choices. Be careful, though. If you choose
the wrong answer, you’ll be taken back to the
initial screen, and you’ll have to start over!
HAVE FUN!
Click here to go back
and get started.

4. Which of the following is the best definition
for Melody?
The main tune/theme of
a piece of music.
A combination of short
and long notes combined
with moments of silence.

5. What are the 5 lines of the treble clef staff
going up from the bottom line?
G,B,D,F,A E,G,B,D,F

6. What is the name of the staff when you
combine the treble and bass clef staves
together?
Total Staff
Grand Staff

7. Which of the following is the C Major Scale?
C,D,E,F,G
C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C

8. A Sharp in front of a note means you do what
to the pitch?
Lowers it a half step
Raises it a half step

9. Go to harmony

10. Two or more notes played at the same time
is called what?
Notes Chord
Key Signature

11. What is a chord that has three notes and
the notes are the interval of a third apart?
Triad
Scale
Octave

12. Keys are divided into two big groups –
they are…
Major and
Minor
Major and
Perfect
Perfect and
Minor

13. Which note of a triad gives it its name?
The root
(bottom note)
Third
(middle note)
Fifth
(top note)

14. Which of these is true of an arpeggio?
The notes are
played
individually
There are 4 notes
The notes include
sharps or flats

15. Go to
Tempo and
Dynamics.

16. What is the definition of tempo?
The speed of
a piece of music
How loud or soft a
piece of music is

17. What dynamic marking means “very loud”?
FF PP

18. What term means to gradually slow down?
Ritardando Accelerando

19. Forte Crescendo
Which word below means to gradually
get louder?
Accelerando

20. Adagio
Allegro
Moderato
Piano
Which of the
following would be
the fastest tempo
marking?

21. Go to
form.

22. What is the definition of form?
Verse and Chorus Speed of Music
Specific sound
for instrument
or voice
Blueprint of a piece
of music

23. Which of these is NOT an actual
form?
Binary Form Singular Form Ternary Form

24. The radio version of Binary Form is:
A, B Verse, chorus Beginning, End

25. ABACA is a common layout for
what form?
Polyphony Rondo
Theme and
Variation

26. How many movements does a
symphony have?
3 4

27. Go to
Rhythm.

28. In a time signature, what does the TOP
number tell us?
How many beats are
there in each measure
What kind of note
gets ONE beat
A B

29. What kind of a note is worth 4 beats
In 4/4 time?
Half Note
A
Quarter Note
B
Whole Note
C

30. When you add a dot to the end of a
note, what does that do to the length
of the note?
Takes half of the
value of the note
away
A
It changes nothing
B
Adds half of the value of
the note to the length to
make it longer
C

31. How many beats are there in a measure
of 6/8?
Six
A Eight
B
Fourteen
C

32. Which of the following would add up to
5 total beats?
2 eighth notes
3 quarter notes
4 sixteenth notes
A
4 eighth notes
4 sixteenth notes
3 quarter nootes
B
3 eighth notes
2 quarter notes
4 sixteenth notes
C

33. What time signature would have 3
beats in a measure with a HALF note
worth one beat?
3/4
3/8
3/1
4/3
2/3
3/2
A
F
E
D
C
B

34. Go to After the
Timbre.

35. What section of instruments does
the oboe belong to?
Percussion Woodwind Brass

36. What voice part in a chorus is the
highest sounding?
Tenor Soprano
Alto

37. Which of the following is a non-
pitched percussion instrument?
Timpani Temple Blocks Xylophone

38. This woodwind instrument is made
of metal, uses a single reed, and is
used in jazz music.
Clarinet Saxophone Flute

39. The trumpet belongs to which
family?
string brass woodwind

40. Finish

41. You have finished the “Elements of
Music” Multiple Choice Quiz.
BRAVO!