MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION-CATANAUAN INC.

Catanauan Quezon, Philippines

PRELIMARY EXAMINATION
TEACHING MUSIC IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
BEED-III

NAME: _____________________________________ DATE: ___________________

I. Multiple choice. Choose the best answer by encircling the letter of the correct answer.

1. When choosing children’s songs to your students we must consider the following except…
a. Teach song that have simple rhythmic patterns.
b. Consider the breathing lengths of children
c. Understand the form and interpretation of music.
2. What are the 3 example statements/questions used with active listening in the choices below? (There should be 3
answers here. 3 pts.)
a. I understand you aren’t happy with your new car. What changes can we make to it?
b. I appreciate the time you’ve taken to speak to me.
c. So, you want us to build the new school in the style of the old one?
d. Are you okay with what you hear?
3. Profiling an artist in an imagined interview will give your students opportunities to experience music and
become…
a. Composer
b. Interpreter
c. Listener
4. Lyrics in songs help to retain word usage, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. This statement shows the
benefits of music in…
a. Creative thinking
b. Cognitive skills
c. Activates many areas of the brain.
5. This statement helps a child to improve his/her motor skills and coordination.
a. Children learn to perform various skills all at once when making music such as; listening, staying in tune and
keeping in time, memorizing, using imagination to convey a message.
b. Children learn how to think outside of the box.
c. Playing the piano where one has to look at sheet music to read the notes, use his/her hands to strike the keys,
listen whether the notes are correct in pitch and rhythm, and press the pedal/s with the foot.
6. In a musical appreciation, what musical concept are do we want our students to develop when playing a recording
of a marching brass band on parade?
a. High and low pitches
b. Dynamics (loud and soft sounds)
c. Timbres
7. In aiming for good singing attributes what do we need to consider? Cite 3 answers for this question. (3pts.)
a. Proper pronunciation of lyrics
b. Appropriate emotional response
c. Vocal registers
d. Breathing lengths
8. These are some suggested exercises in identifying aural problems except;
a. Listening experiences
b. Tone matching exercises
c. Curwen hand signal exercises
9. Encircle the letter of an example of an intellectual response in appreciating music, and put a square on the letter of
an example of affective response. (2 pts.)
a. “I know something about that song, it is in E major!”
b. “I love hearing the chorus of that song, it inspires me to do great things.

II. Modified True or False. Write T if the statement is TRUE. If the statement is false, change the
underline word/s to make it true. Write your answer on the space before each number.
_____________________1. Hearing is mostly passive-we, humans, hear a lot of sounds simultaneously without paying attention
to them.
_____________________2. When actively listening, it is good to ask some questions to further
deepen the learner's knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of a certain piece of music

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_____________________3. It is important to note that we cannot train our elementary students
effectively in music if we do not have a certain acceptable degree of vocal competency.
_____________________4. Aural problems refer to speech problems that impede speaking or correct pronunciation.
_____________________5. We are not to segregate poor singers from class, for this might affect them adversely.
_____________________6. When teaching pitches, it is important that students not only learn the pitch letters (A, B, C, up to G),
but also “applies" them -that is, to sing them using sol-fa syllables.
_____________________7. Note singing is used for teaching songs that are hard to read.
_____________________8. We, teachers, need not be accomplished singers or have an exquisite singing tone, but we must
possess the ability to read notes and to sing them correctly, in the right pitch and in the right rhythm.
_____________________9. It is important to give the students ample time to hear details within the music clearly, and this
sometimes requires several repeats in playing the recording.
_____________________10. When playing a track of music for the class, teachers must guide their students to identify music
elements, find the meaning and relationship between the sounds, silence, notes, phrases, sections, and lyrics.

Prepared by:

ALYSSA FARLIN M. LAZARO

Lecturer IV

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