Musical Performance for Year 1: Interactive Learning Quizzes

Question 1

Who leads and coordinates an orchestra?

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Conductor

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Concertmaster

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Composer

Question 2

We listened to two songs, one pop and one classical. Which of these is a way to tell the pop song apart from the classical song?

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Pop songs are usually faster than classical songs

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Pop songs have words, but classical songs don't

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Classical songs always have more instruments than pop songs

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Classical songs are always louder than pop songs

Question 3

What does 'tempo' mean in music?

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How fast or slow the music is

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How loud or soft the music is

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How high or low the music sounds

Question 4

When we play instruments like drums or shakers in music, what are we creating?

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A rhythm

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A tune

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A song

Question 5

In music, which symbol tells us how long to sing a note?

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A circle with a line through it

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Two lines next to each other

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A curved line

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A square with a line in the middle

Question 6

Which instrument in an orchestra produces the highest sound?

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Violin

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Cello

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Drum

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Guitar

Question 7

What special symbol at the beginning of the musical staff shows us where the music starts?

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A letter 'C' with a curly tail

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A big black dot

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A wavy line with five lines

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Two thick lines close together

Question 8

Let's sing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. Sing the first two lines like a big lion, with a loud voice. Then, sing the last two lines like a gentle kitten, with a soft voice.

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Sing the first two lines with a loud voice and the last two lines with a soft voice.

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Sing the whole song with a loud voice.

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Sing the whole song with a soft voice.

Question 9

Let's tap the beat of this rhythm together: quarter note, quarter note, eighth note, eighth note. Now, choose the musical symbols that match this rhythm.

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quarter note, quarter note, eighth note, eighth note

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half note, half note, quarter note, quarter note

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quarter note, quarter note, half note, half note

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eighth note, eighth note, half note, half note

Question 10

When we played the song faster the second time, what did we change?

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The speed

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The volume

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The pitch

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The rhythm

Question 11

In the C major scale, which note comes first?

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C

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A

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E

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G

Question 12

Which instrument has black and white keys that you press to make different sounds?

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Piano

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Guitar

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Violin

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Drum

Question 13

In a song, we have a part that we sing repeatedly. What is this part called?

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Chorus

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Verse

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Bridge

Question 14

Which of these instruments makes the biggest, lowest sound in an orchestra?

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Double bass

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Violin

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Cello

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Flute

Question 15

What word tells us how fast or slow a song is?

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Tempo

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Beat

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Pitch

Question 16

What part of our body do we use to make sound when we sing?

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Mouth

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Hands

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Feet

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Ears

Question 17

What do we use to keep a steady beat in music?

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Drums

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Guitar

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Piano

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Microphone

Question 18

What do we call a group of people who sing together?

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Choir

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Band

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Orchestra

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Team

Question 19

What is the name for how high or low a sound is?

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Pitch

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Volume

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Tempo

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Rhythm

Question 20

Which musical instrument do we play by blowing air into it?

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Flute

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Piano

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Guitar

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Drum

Question 21

What are the lines and symbols called that we use to write music?

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Staff

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Notes

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Lyrics

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Chords

Question 22

Can you name a musical instrument that you blow into?

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Flute

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Drum

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Violin

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Guitar

Question 23

Who leads a group of musicians?

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Conductor

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Composer

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Performer

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Singer

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a way to make music with your body?

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Writing

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Singing

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Clapping

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Stomping

Question 25

What is the name of the part of a song that is repeated?

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Chorus

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Verse

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Bridge

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Outro

Question 26

Which of these is a type of musical instrument that you pluck?

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Guitar

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Piano

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Drum

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Flute

Question 27

Who writes music?

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Composer

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Performer

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Singer

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Conductor

Question 28

Which of these is an instrument we can use to make music?

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Piano

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Book

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Ball

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Tree

Question 29

What do we use to sing?

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Our voice

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Our hands

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Our feet

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Our eyes

Question 30

Who leads a choir or band?

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Conductor

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Composer

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Singer

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Player

Question 31

What is the highness or lowness of sounds called?

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Pitch

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Tempo

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Volume

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Rhythm

Question 32

When we play music 'forte', we play it:

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Quickly and loudly

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Slowly and softly

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With a moderate tempo and volume

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Sadly and quietly

Question 33

What makes steady beats special?

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They have a clear and even pulse

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They are fast and irregular

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They are slow and unpredictable

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They change tempo frequently

Question 34

What do we use to show the beginning and end of a song?

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Bar lines

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Clef

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Time signature

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Note

Question 35

Which of these is a string instrument?

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Violin

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Drum

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Clarinet

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Piano

Question 36

What do we call the speed of music?

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Tempo

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Volume

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Pitch

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Rhythm

Question 37

Which of these instruments belongs to the percussion family?

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Drum

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Piano

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Guitar

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Violin

Question 38

Who is the person who leads an orchestra?

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Conductor

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Composer

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Musician

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Singer

Question 39

What is the name of the symbol that tells you to stop playing?

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Double Bar Line

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Coda

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Fermata

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Crescendo

Question 40

What is the name of the musical sign that means you should play the notes very short and separately?

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Staccato

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Trill

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Slur

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Tremolo

Question 41

Which of these activities would help you warm up your voice for singing?

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Humming

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Coughing

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Whispering

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Yelling

Question 42

Which group of instruments usually plays the main melody in an orchestra?

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Strings

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Woodwinds

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Brass

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Percussion

Question 43

Listen to the two recordings. Which one is an example of a rhythmic pattern, and which one is an example of a melodic pattern?

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Recording A: A series of repeated drumbeats.

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Recording B: A sequence of notes played on a flute, with different pitches.

Question 44

To make music by blowing air, we use a

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Trumpet

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Guitar

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Violin

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Drum

Question 45

Animals that make a 'moo' sound are

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Cows

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Cats

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Dogs

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Birds

Question 46

We use our to hear sounds like music.

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Ears

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Hands

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Eyes

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Nose

Question 47

When a sound is very high or very low, we call it

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Pitch

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Rhythm

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Volume

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Tempo

Question 48

Music that is played quickly is said to be in a

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Fast

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Slow

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Medium

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Moderate

Question 49

The small black dots on music paper tell us which

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Note

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Song

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Instrument

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Rhythm

Question 50

Which instrument do we play by drawing a bow across its strings?

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Violin

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Piano

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Drums

Question 51

When musical notes are arranged in a special way, what do we call the resulting musical phrase?

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Tune

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Rhythm

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Harmony

Question 52

Which of these is a musical instrument?

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Piano

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Book

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Car

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Tree

Question 53

What symbol tells us to sing softly?

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p

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f

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cresc.

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dim.

Question 54

Who leads a band or orchestra?

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Conductor

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Singer

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Dancer

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Composer

Question 55

What is a musical scale?

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Notes ordered in a row

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A type of instrument

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A way to write music

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A group of musicians

Question 56

What do a sharp and a flat do?

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A sharp raises the note by a half step, while a flat lowers it by a half step.

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A sharp lowers the note by a half step, while a flat raises it by a half step.

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A sharp and a flat do the same thing.

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There is no difference between a sharp and a flat.

Question 57

What does a metronome do?

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Helps musicians keep a steady beat

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Helps musicians tune their instruments

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Helps musicians write music

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Helps musicians learn new songs

Question 58

What do we call it when a song has a start, a middle, and a finish?

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Song structure

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Verse

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Chorus

Question 59

Which of these is NOT a way to create music?

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Sleeping

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Singing

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Playing an instrument

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Dancing

Question 60

What do musicians use to keep track of the beat?

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A metronome

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A clock

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A calendar

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A stopwatch

Question 61

What is the name of the space between two musical notes?

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Interval

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Step

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Jump

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Scale

Question 62

Which of these is NOT a musical note?

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Z

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A

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B

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C

Question 63

What do we call the sign that tells us to play a note softly?

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Piano

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Forte

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Crescendo

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Diminuendo

Question 64

What is a musical instrument that we hit to make sound?

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Drum

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Book

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Car

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Ball