Understanding signs and symbols test questions

1

What is the name of this symbol?

Staccato - dots that are above notes in music

Accent

Staccato

Diminuendo

2

What is the name of this symbol?

Muscial notes with arrows that look like greater than symbols underneath them

Accent

Staccato

Diminuendo

3

What does a crescendo tell you to do?

Dynamic crescendo - an arrow that looks like a less than sign underneath accents of notes showing music getting louder

To raise the note by a semitone

To play the notes once but for the value of both

To get gradually louder

4

What does a metronome mark tell you?

A metronome mark representing 80 beats per minute

How many beats are in every bar

What sharps or flats are in the music

What tempo (speed) the music should be played at

5

Which of these signs tells you to repeat what you have just played?

Musical notation then a symbol of a colon, a thin vertical line and a thick vertical line

Musical note above sheet music with an equals sign and an 80

Greyed out musical notation with a balck 'tr' and wavey vertical line above it

6

Which of these signs tells you to play the notes smoothly (legato)?

Muscial notes with arrows that look like greater than symbols underneath them

Legato symbol - a curved line above affected notes

Dynamic crescendo - an arrow that looks like a less than sign underneath accents of notes showing music getting louder

7

Which of the following is the key signature?

Musical notation with a symbol that looks like a hashtag

Musical notation then a symbol of a colon, a thin vertical line and a thick vertical line

Greyed out musical notation with a balck 'tr' and wavey vertical line above it

8

Which sign matches the style in which this music is being played?

A sharp key signature on F, quarter note on F, two quarter notes on D and E and a half note on F. Each note has a dot above it.

A sharp key signature on F, quarter note on F, two quarter notes on D and E and a half note on F. Each note has a greater than sign underneath it.

A sharp key signature on F, quarter note on F, two quarter notes on D and E and a half note on F. There is an arc underneath the notes.

9

Which sign matches the style in which this music is being played?

A sharp key signature on F, quarter note on F, two quarter notes on D and E and a half note on F. Each note has a greater than sign underneath it. There is a large less than sign at the bottom.

A sharp key signature on F, quarter note on F, two quarter notes on D and E and a half note on F. Each note has a greater than sign underneath it. There is a large greater than sign at the bottom.

Sharp key signature on F, 1/4 note on F, two 1/4 notes on D and E and a 1/2 note on F. Each note has greater than sign underneath it. Large arc that spans the notes at the bottom.

10

Which sign matches the style in which this music is being played?

Four quarter notes on D, C, B, A and a half note on G. TR and a wavy horizontal line above the first note.

Four quarter notes on D, C, B, A and a half note on G. Greater than signs above all the notes.

Four quarter notes on D, C, B, A and a half note on G. Dots above all the notes.