Grade 7 VPA Revision Test

Answer all questions

1. Which note is referred to as a half note

a) semi-breve

b) semiquaver

c) minim

d) crotchet

2. If you insert a bass clef on a clef, what is name of the third space?

a) G

b) E

c) F

d) C

3. A short line drawn above o below a stave is called a....

a) ledger

b) clef

c) slur

d) non of the above

4. A.....joins notes which are at the same pitch

a) tie

b) slur

c) dot

d) triplet
5. Which one of these is a software for writing music

a) libias

b) cyber

c) finale

d) tonic solfa

6. Choose the odd one out

a) Bach,

b) Beethoven,

c) Shubbert,

d) Kirsty Coventry

7. Allegretto means....

a) at a moderate tempo

b) fairly faster

c) at a walking pace

d) very fast

8. Which of these is not a music dynamic

a) andante

b) piano (p)

c) forte (f)

d) moderato
9. Staccato means....

a) cutting musical style

b) short and detached

c) smooth

d) the end of a musical performance

10. The art of joining musical notes is called..

a) chromatics

b) beaming

c) scaling

d) matching

11. What is the key signature of G Major

a) It has 1 sharp

b) it has 3 sharps

c) it has I flat

d) it has 2 flats

12. Who among these is a poet?

a) Miriam Makeba

b) Steven Chipfunyise

c) Zambukira

d) Albert Nyati

13. Who wrote the poem entitled " My daughter"

a) Steven Chipfunyise

b) Albert Nyati

c) Zambukira

d) Miriam Makeba

14. The exact positioning of actors on a stage or during a performance is called...

a) motivation

b) cinematography

c) blocking

d) improvisation

15. Which one of these is not an element of dance?

a) pitch

b) effort

c) time

d) space

16. On which dance do we sing a song called " Kanya ndokanyaira"

a) amabhiza

b) Chinyambera

c) Mhande

d) Dinhe

17. Which of these is not a characteristic of

African music
a) its event specific

b) there is a call and response pattern

c) it has vocables , whistling and ululations

d) Voices are pitched using a piano

18. An artist who has training in engineering and art I called a/ an...

a) archaeologist

b) architect

c) Portrait specialist

d) calligrapher

19. Which of these is not a visual arts career?

a) painting

b) drawing

c) song writing

d) cartooning

20. Which of these i not a musical instrument?

a) microphone

b) voice

c) Piano

d) violi