Elements Of Music Test
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Pre-Test/Post-Test of the elements of music learned in conjunction with a PBL unit for 5th graders entitled, "How do you know where your going if you don't know where you've been? "
- 1.Which element of music contains beat and no beat?
- A.
Melody
- B.
Rhythm
- C.
Harmony
- D.
Form
- 2.In which element of music do pitches go up, down, or stay the same.
- A.
Style
- B.
Rhythm
- C.
Melody
- D.
Texture
- 3.Which element talks about same and different and how they are organized?
- A.
Form
- B.
Texture
- C.
Harmony
- D.
Melody
- 4.Which form talks about two or more notes sounding at the same time?
- A.
Melody
- B.
Rhythm
- C.
Texture
- D.
Harmony
- 5.Which element describes the layers of music we hear?
- A.
Tone Color
- B.
Texture
- C.
Expression
- D.
Harmony
- 6.Which element talks about how loud and soft music is?
- A.
Expression
- B.
Rhythm
- C.
Melody
- D.
Tone Color
- 7.Which element talks about the way something sounds or the timbre of the voice or instrument?
- A.
Harmony
- B.
Melody
- C.
Tone Color
- D.
Expression
- 8.Musical terms are written in what language?
- A.
German
- B.
Chinese
- C.
French
- D.
Italian
- 9.Which meter has two or four beats to the measure?
- A.
Triple meter
- B.
Compound meter
- C.
Duple meter
- 10.What beats are accented in triple meter?
- A.
Beat 1
- B.
Beat 2
- C.
Beat 3
- D.
All three beats
- 11.Which words for tempo mean fast and very fast?(Select as many as you need)
- A.
Largo
- B.
Presto
- C.
Andante
- D.
Allegro
- E.
Adagio
- 12.Which two words for tempo mean slow and very slow?(Select as many as you need)
- A.
Largo
- B.
Presto
- C.
Andante
- D.
Allegro
- E.
Adagio
- 13.Which dynamic marking means medium soft?
- A.
Mezzo Piano
- B.
Piano
- C.
Mezzo Forte
- D.
Forte
- 14.Which dynamic marking means very loud?
- A.
P
- B.
Pp
- C.
Mf
- D.
Ff
- 15.What is shown by the symbol pp in music?
- A.
Very Loud
- B.
Soft
- C.
Medium soft
- D.
Very Soft
- 16.A melody may move up, down, or stay the same.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.A melody may step, skip, or leap only upward.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.If a harmony sounds very nice and the notes do not clash, what is this called?
- A.
Dissonance
- B.
Mezzo Forte
- C.
Piano
- D.
Consonance
- 19.If a piece of music has several different melody lines going at the same time the texture is...
- A.
Homophonic
- B.
Polyphonic
- C.
Monophonic
- 20.
- A.
Homophonic
- B.
Monophonic
- C.
Polyphonic
- 21.Name the instrument that is not in the Brass family.
- A.
Trumpet
- B.
Viola
- C.
Trombone
- D.
French Horn
- 22.Name the instrument that is not in the string family.
- A.
Violin
- B.
Bass
- C.
Cello
- D.
Tuba
- 23.Name the instrument that is not in the woodwind family.
- A.
Cymbals
- B.
Clarinet
- C.
English Horn
- D.
Flute
- 24.Name the instrument that is not in the percussion family.
- A.
Snare Drum
- B.
Guiro
- C.
Piano
- D.
Bassoon
- 25.A song that has many verses sung to the same music is called...
- A.
Ternary
- B.
Strophic
- C.
Round
- D.
Binary
- 26.A song that has a verse and chorus that is sung over and over again (AB) is called...
- A.
Binary
- B.
Strophic
- C.
Ternary
- 27.A person singing alone is singing a...
- A.
Duet
- B.
Trio
- C.
Solo
- D.
Quartet
- 28.
- A.
Solo
- B.
Duet
- C.
Trio
- D.
Quartet
- 29.If you are singing with a small group of people you are singing...
- A.
A solo
- B.
In an Ensemble
- C.
A quartet
- D.
A duet
- 30.Name the country from your heritage you are researching.
- 31.Name the style of music that your heritage country is famous for.
- 32.Describe the style of music you named and tell how the elements of music are used to make this style unique. (Use at least 3 elements in your description)
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