BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - HIGH SCHOOL

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

SECOND QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST

MUSIC EDUCATION GRADE 7

Name: ______________________________ Score: ___________________________

Section: ______________________________ October
Date: 23, 2014
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Teacher: ______________________________ Parent’s Signature: _______________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

1. Read all the statements very carefully.

2. Use black ballpen in answering the questions.
3. Avoid glancing and asking questions from your classmates.
4. STRICTLY NO ERASURE.

I. IDENTIFICATION
SKILLS TESTED: Knowledge and Comprehension
DIRECTIONS: Identify what is being asked in each item below. Choose your answer inside the box and
write it on the space provided before the number. (10 pts.)

movement range metronome time signature

syncopation dot tie rhythm
accent beat shape tempo

________________1. The underlying pulse of music

________________ 2. The stress or emphasis on a note to make it sound louder

________________ 3. That which is produced by the combination different durations

________________ 4.  A curved line connecting tones of the same pitch

________________ 5. It adds one-half of the value of the note it goes with

________________ 6. A special kind of rhythm where a note on a weak beat of a measure is accented and
held over into a strong beat

________________ 7. The numbers which tell how many beats there are in one measure (top number), and
what kind of note is going to get one beat or count (bottom number).

________________ 8. Any device that produces regular, metrical ticks (beats, clicks) — settable in beats
per minute

________________ 9.  The pitch distance from the lowest to the highest tone of a song

________________ 10. The difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale

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II. DRAWING MUSICAL SYMBOLS
SKILLS TESTED: Knowledge and Application
DIRECTION: Draw the following symbols on a staff. (2 pts. each)

1. A beat mark under the quarter note -

2. An accent above the dotted eight note -

3. A tie connecting the two half notes-

4. A fermata above the whole note-

5. A four-four time signature right after the G-Clef-

III. GIVING OF VALUE

SKILLS TESTED: Analysis and Application
DIRECTION: Give the value of the given notes on the given time signature (1 pt. each)

Time Kind of Value

Signature Notes (beats)
3
4
2
2
6
8
2
4
9
8

IV. MATCHING TYPE

SKILLS TESTED: Knowledge and Analysis
DIRECTION: Match the Italian tempos to their English meaning by writing the letters of the correct
answer on the space provided.

______1. Presto a. very fast

______2. Andante b. walking pace
______3. Accelerando c. gradually becoming fast
______4. Allegro d. fast
______5. Prestissimo e. very very fast

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V. IDENTIFYING MELODIC MOVEMENTS
SKILLS TESTED: Analysis and Application
DIRECTION: Analyze the following notations and write whether it using a STEP, SKIP, LEAP or
REPEATED movement

_______________1.

_______________2.

_______________3.

_______________4.

_______________5.

VI. FILL IN THE BLANKS

SKILLS TESTED: Knowledge and Application
DIRECTION: Fill in the missing lyrics of “Kung ang Ulan ay Puro Tsokolate.”

KUNG ANG ULAN AY PURO TSOKOLATE

Kung ang (1)_____________ ay puro (2)__________
O anong (3) ______________ ng ulan
Ako’y (4) __________________
At ako’y (5)_____________________
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
O anong sarap ng ulan.

VII. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE

SKILLS TESTED: Synthesis and Evaluation
DIRECTION: Answer the following in essay form.

1. What do you think is the most important use of a metronome and why?
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2. Which do you think is more important in a song, its rhythm or its melody? Explain your answer.
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Good Luck!!!

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