Essential Elements Music Theory Quiz #1

Name: ______________________________

Grade: __________________

Definitions
Fill in the blank with the correct word for the definition. Spelling Counts!!!
1. The ________________________is the pulse of the music.
2. ________________________ means to pluck your instrument.
3. The ________________________ has 5 LINES and 4 SPACES.
4. A ________________________ is one beat of sound.
5. A ________________________ divides the music staff into measures.
6. A ________________________ indicates the end of the piece of music.
7. A ________________________ is one beat of silence.
8. ________________________ tell us how high or low to play and how long to play.
9. A ________________________ of music is what is between 2 bar lines.
10. A ________________________ indicates a set of note names.
11. A ________________________ tells a musician how many beats are in a measure and what kind of
note gets one beat.
12. A ________________________ tells a musician to go back to the beginning and play the music again.

Label
For questions 13-15, label the correct part of the music. Use starred (*) words from the word bank.

Cross-Curricular Bonus
How many beats in the musical equation below??

+ + +

= __________

beats