- 1. Who described music as "the universal language of mankind"?
A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B) Victor Hugo
C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
- 2. What is considered the first musical instrument used by prehistoric humans?
A) Drum
B) Lyre
C) Human Voice
D) Flute
- 3. The earliest known form of musical notation was found in which ancient civilization?
A) Babylonia
B) Egypt
C) Greece
D) Rome
- 4. What important contribution did Pope Gregory the Great introduce during the Middle Ages?
A) Opera
B) Symphony
C) Gregorian Chant
D) Fugue
- 5. Guido d'Arezzo is credited for developing:
A) Modern musical notation
B) Electronic music
C) Opera singing
D) Gregorian chant
- 6. It is defined as the vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. What is it?
A) Music
B) Instruments
C) Sound
D) Speaker
- 7. What is the meaning of the word "Renaissance"?
A) Revive
B) Rebirth
C) React
D) Relief
- 8. What music doesn't play an instrument to compose a tune, they rather use a piece of software or an electronic device to deliver?
A) Electronic Music
B) Technology
C) Modern Music
D) Hip hop
- 9. Prehistoric men and women probably started making music as a way to imitate the sounds of . What is it?
A) Animals
B) Nature
C) Human
D) Plants
- 10. Which of the following is the first era of music?
A) Baroque
B) Medieval
C) Renaissance
D) Romantic
- 11. Music enhances a child's cognitive skills, including reading and language *1/1 development.
A) False
B) True
- 12. Listening to music only activates one small part of the brain.
A) True
B) False
- 13. Music can help improve mathematical and reasoning skills.
A) True
B) False
- 14. Music has no effect on creativity in children.
A) True
B) False
- 15. Music helps children develop better motor skills and coordination.
A) True
B) False
- 17. Atone symbol in music which has both pitch and time value.
A) Note
B) Staff
C) Rest
D) Bar Line
- 18. The note with the longest time value in standard notation.
A) Whole note
B) Quarter note
C) Eighth note
D) Half note
- 19. Two staves joined together by a brace, consisting of the treble and bass *1/1 staff.
A) Ledger line
B) Grand Staff
C) Measure
D) Double bar line
- 20. The symbol used to connect the bass and treble staff to form the grand staff.
A) Beam
B) Stem
C) Brace
D) Bar line
- 21. Short lines added above or below the staff to notate pitches beyond its range.
A) Rests
B) Measures
C) Beams
D) Ledger lines
- 22. The note that is located on a ledger line between the treble and bass staff.
A) Middle C
B) Low F
C) Quarter note
D) High G
- 23. Thin vertical lines that divide the staff into measures.
A) Line
B) Clefs
C) Ledger Line
D) Bar Line
- 24. Another term used to refer to "measures" in music.
A) Dynamics
B) Bars
C) Notes
D) Clefs
- 25. A single vertical line used to divide music into measures.
A) Double bar line
B) End double bar line
C) Repeat sign
D) Single bar line
- 26. Two vertical lines placed close together, used to separate two sections in *1/1 a piece.
A) Repeat sign
B) End double bar line
C) Single bar line
D) Double bar line
- 27. A thin bar line followed by a thick bar line, used to indicate the end of a piece.
A) End double bar line
B) Double bar line
C) Single bar line
D) Repeat sign
- 28. A sign that instructs a section of music to be played again.
A) Brace
B) Beam
C) Repeat sign
D) Clef sign
- 29. The musical staff consists of how many lines?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
- 30. The musical staff consists of how many spaces?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 5
- 31. The staff that usually carries the higher-pitched notes.
A) Treble staff
B) Ledger staff
C) Grand staff
D) Bass staff
- 32. The staff that usually carries the lower-pitched notes.
A) Grand staff
B) Ledger staff
C) Treble staff
D) Bass staff
- 33. The note value equal to half of a whole note.
A) Quarter note
B) Eighth note
C) Half note
D) Sixteenth note
- 34. The note value equal to one-fourth of a whole note.
A) Whole note
B) Eighth note
C) Quarter note
D) Half note
- 35. What is the other term for Bass Clef?
A) F
B) G
C) A
D) D
- 36. What does "ff" symbol mean?
A) Forte
B) Fortissimo
C) Largo
D) Lento
- 37. Which element of music refers to the "time" in music?
A) Rhythm
B) Timbre
C) Harmony
D) Melody
- 38. What does tempo mean in music?
A) Highness or lowness of pitch
B) Speed of a composition
C) Loudness of sound
D) Combination of chords
- 39. Which tempo mark means "very slow; stately"?
A) Presto
B) Allegro
C) Vivace
D) Largo
- 40. Which tempo marking means "brisk, lively"?
A) Largo
B) Vivace
C) Presto
D) Allegro
- 41. Which symbol indicates "very soft" in dynamics?
A) pp
B) ff
C) f
D) p
- 42. The svmbol ff in music means:
A) Gentle
B) soft
C) Very loud
D) Moderate
- 43. What is the linear or horizontal presentation of pitch?
A) Timbre
B) Harmony
C) Melody
D) Texture
- 44. If a melody moves upward, how does the tune flow?
A) In a repetitive way
B) In a descending direction
C) In a smooth connected way
D) In an ascending direction
- 45. A melodic range of one to three tones interval is called:
A) Wide Range
B) Open Range
C) Moderate Range
D) Narrow Range
- 46. What do we call the verticalization of pitch or the art of combining pitches into chords?
A) Form
B) Harmony
C) Rhythm
D) Timbre
- 47. Which tonality refers to the major key?
A) Major Tonality
B) Undetermined Tonality
C) Polyphonic Tonality
D) Minor Tonality
- 48. What tonality occurs when flats and sharps randomly appear in the piece *1/1 without a set key?
A) Minor Tonality
B) Polyphonic tonality
C) Undetermined Tonality
D) Major Tonality
- 49. Which texture has only a single melodic line? *
A) Polyphonic
B) Homophonic
C) Heterophonic
D) Monophonic
- 50. When two or more melodic lines are combined independently, it is called:
A) Monophonic
B) Heterophonic
C) Homophonic
D) Polyphonic
- 51. Which texture consists of a single melodic line supported by chords?
A) Polyphonic
B) Monophonic
C) Heterophonic
D) Homophonic
- 52. The overall structure or plan of a piece of music is called:
A) Melody
B) Dynamics
C) Form
D) Harmony
- 53. The form represented by "a b a" is:
A) Ternary
B) Variation
C) Strophic
D) Binary
- 54. The form represented by "a a a a" is:
A) Binary
B) Strophic
C) Ternary
D) Variation
- 55. Which element of music refers to the unique quality of sound produced by an instrument or voice?
A) Dynamics
B) Timbre
C) Rhythm
D) Form
- 56. A light voice or less effort in singing is described as:
A) Guttural
B) Chest Tone
C) Nasal
D) Head Voice/Falsetto
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