Bass Clef Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A student identifies the second bass clef line as B2 and the fourth line as F3. What interval do those notes form?
A third
A fourth
A sixth
A fifth
2. Three notes appear on the bottom, second, and third lines of the bass clef staff. Which triad do they spell?
F–A–C
A–C–E
G–B–D
C–E–G
3. One note is in the first bass clef space and another is on the fifth line. How are these two A notes related?
They are the same sounding pitch
They are a sixth apart
They are a seventh apart
They are one octave apart
4. The two dots of a bass clef surround a staff line. Which note belongs on that line?
D
A
F
C
5. A melody moves up one staff position from F3 on the fourth line of the bass clef staff. Which pitch comes next?
E3
A3
F-sharp 3
G3
6. While reading upward, you see a note in the second space of the bass clef staff. What is it?
B
D
C
E
7. Starting on B on the second bass clef line, a melody moves upward one staff position at a time for three more notes. Which notes follow B?
C, D, E
A, G, F
C, E, G
D, E, F
8. What is another standard name for the bass clef?
C clef
G clef
Tenor clef
F clef
9. Which sequence gives the five bass clef line notes from bottom to top?
G, B, D, F, A
E, G, B, D, F
A, C, E, G, B
F, A, C, E, G
10. A note is placed in the space immediately above the bass clef staff, without a ledger line through it. Which pitch is written?
A3
C4
B3
D4
11. A note is written on the middle line of a bass clef staff. Which note should a performer play?
D
C
E
F
12. Using scientific pitch notation, which note appears on the first ledger line above a bass clef staff?
A3
C4, or middle C
D4
B3
13. Which pitch is written on the first ledger line below a bass clef staff?
F2
E2
D2
G2
14. A melody moves from the bottom line to the first space and then to the second line of a bass clef staff. Which note sequence is written?
F, G, A
G, A, B
G, B, D
A, B, C
15. Which note occupies the top space of a bass clef staff?
F
G
A
E
16. A note sits in the space immediately below the bottom line of the bass clef staff. Which pitch is it?
F2
G2
E2
A2