MUSIC QUIZ

1) In what era was music first considered an art form?

Baroque

Renaissance

Middle Ages

2) What is a trombone?

A wood wind instrument.

A brass instrument with a slide.

A type of drum.

3) Who invented the staff line?

Pope Gregory I

William Shakespeare

Guido of Arezzo

4) What kind of music was Gregorian Chant made for?

Sacrifice

Entertainment

Christian Church

5) What is a flute?

A wood wind instrument with buttons.

A wind instrument with a slide.

A type of guitar.

6) How does a violin make sound?

Strumming it with the fingers.

Drawing a bow across it.

Blowing across it.

 

7) What is an octave?

A note

Two notes with the same name but different frequencies.

Eight notes in one measure.

8) How many counts is a whole note in a 4/4 measure?

4

3

Undefined

9) What kind of performers ruled the Romantic era?

Pianists

Trumpeters

Wood winds

10) What is an accidental?

A note printed by mistake

A sharp or flat before a note lasting for the rest of the measure.

A sharp or flat after the time signiture.

11) These definitions come from Webster's Dictionary.

True

False

12) What time signature does cut time refer?

4/4

6/8

2/4

13) Where was opera invented?

Vienna, Austria

Florence, Italy

Paris, France

14) How many types of clefs are there?

2

4

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These questions were generated by Matt, Leland, and Yaquelin.