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
Don't Know
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These questions were generated by Matt, Leland, and Yaquelin.