term 1 Diagnostic test

Name Date

1 Complete the table with the names of the instruments.

Percussion Pitched:
instruments Unpitched:

Brass:
Wind
Woodwind:
instruments
Other:

Bowed:
String
Plucked:
instruments
Struck:

2 Match.

It distinguishes between
pitch • • note values
voices and instruments.

It distinguishes long
dynamics • • voices and instruments
and short sounds.

It distinguishes quiet and

duration • • musical notes
loud sounds.

It distinguishes low and

timbre • • dynamic indicators
high sounds.

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3 Look at the time signatures and complete the balloons with note values and rests.

𝄾 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥
𝄻
4 2 3 4
4 4 4 4

4 Look at the scores and write the ways of singing that they represent.

        
 
  
  
 
  

            

          

 
 
         
 
      
      

5 Write the score again but change the ties for dotted notes.


                  

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6 Complete with the correct note values and numbers.

(   =  = 4 + =   (    = = + =   (   e = = + =


7 Write a descending diatonic scale and an ascending pentatonic scale.

 


8 Write the names of the vocal ensembles.

9 Write a rondo using these scores.

    
 
Part A Part B Part C

 
       
  



10 Follow the instructions to complete the score.

1. Write the time signature. 4. From the fourth bar on, the music gets
gradually quieter.
2. The last note of the second bar goes with the
first note of the third bar. 5. The last bar has a high Do semibreve.

3. The first crotchet must be a half longer. 6. The tempo is quick.

       
          
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1 Follow the instructions to complete the score.

1. Write the time signature using only numbers.

2. The score starts very quiet.
3. The second bar has only semiquavers, the first four are Sol and the last four are La.
4. We only play the third bar the first time, the second time we have to skip it.

          

2 Match.

metronome • metal object that when we hit it emits the note La or A

melody • way to represent music with visual symbols

musical form • device that produces a regular beat

graphic score • series of notes that move along in time, one after another

tuning fork • structure of a piece of music

3 Complete the information cards.

Name:  Name:  Name: 

Family:  Family:  Family: 

Group:  Group:  Group: 

How to tune it:  How to tune it:  How to tune it: 

  

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4 Write each instrument where it belongs.

balafon  sitar  erhu  bouzouki  accordion

5 Answer the questions and complete the table.

• What type of music was born 400 years ago? 

• The singers of this type of music don’t use microphones. Why not? 

• Do you remember the name of three pieces of music of this type and their composers?

Name Type of voice Pitch

soprano
female
low

high

bass

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1 Complete the information cards.

Name:  Name:  Name: 

Family:  Family:  Family: 
Group:  Group:  Group: 

2 Write the score without ties.

4
&4 ˙ œ œ œ œœœ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ

3 Complete the names of the dances and the countries that they come from.

Dance: Dance:
 

Origin: Origin:
 

Dance: Dance:
 

Origin: Origin:
 

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4 Look at the pictures and write the names of the ensembles and the instruments
that they include.

Ensemble:  Ensemble: 
Instruments:  Instruments: 
 

Ensemble:  Ensemble: 
Instruments:  Instruments: 
 

5 Explain in your own words.

Morse code: 


Aerophone: 


Pentatonic scale: 


Ronda: 


Soundtrack: 


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1 Write the names of the recording mediums. Then draw the corresponding sound-playing devices.

2 Remember the songs and write  with anacrusis  

or without anacrusis .

• Spread Peace Today:

• The Blues:

• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer:

• Moon River:

• Goodnight:

• Da Capo:

• In the City, Too Much Sound:

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3 Explain how these types of instruments make sounds and write the names of two instruments
of each type.

• Idiophones: 

• Membranophones: 

4 Look at the score and rewrite it using the repeat signs Fine and D.C. al Fine.

           
  
 

      
  
     

5 Define the words. Then answer the questions.

• Orchestra in ancient Greece: 

• Chamber orchestra: 

• Symphony orchestra: 

• What does the conductor do? 

• What is the position of the instruments in the orchestra? Complete the diagram.

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