Music Notes Quiz Game
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What does a sharp symbol normally tell a performer to do?
Lower the note by one semitone
Raise the note by one semitone
Hold the note for one extra beat
Play the note one octave higher
2. In a typical song, what is the name of the recurring section that usually returns with the same main lyrics and melody?
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Coda
3. When moving upward through the musical alphabet, which note comes directly after C?
G
B
E
D
4. In 3/4 time, which note value can last for one complete measure?
A dotted quarter note
A half note
A whole note
A dotted half note
5. A piece has a key signature containing exactly one sharp. Which note is normally sharpened by that signature?
F
D
G
C
6. A melody is transposed upward while every interval and rhythm remains unchanged. What happens to the melody?
Its overall pitch level rises while its contour and rhythm remain the same
Its rhythm changes while the pitches stay fixed
Its notes reverse direction but keep the original rhythm
Its final note becomes its first note
7. The two dots of a bass clef surround the staff line associated with which pitch?
C
D
F
A
8. Which pitch is written on the second line from the bottom of the treble staff?
E
F
B
G
9. What is the interval from C up to G when the notes are counted inclusively?
A perfect fifth
A perfect fourth
A major third
A major sixth
10. The notes C-C-G-G-A-A-G are paired with the words “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.” Which song is being represented?
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Happy Birthday to You
11. A song begins with a short, incomplete measure before the first full measure. What is this opening called?
A coda
An anacrusis or pickup
A cadence
An accidental
12. On a piano, which note is immediately to the left of every group of two black keys?
B
D
C
E
13. An F has been sharpened earlier in a measure. Which symbol placed before the next F restores its ordinary pitch for that measure?
A flat
A tie
A fermata
A natural
14. Two quarter notes are tied together across a barline. In 4/4 time, how many beats does the combined sound last?
One beat
Two beats
Three beats
Four beats
15. A 4/4 measure contains one half note followed by one quarter note. Which rest will complete the measure exactly?
A quarter rest
A half rest
A whole rest
An eighth rest
16. A 4/4 measure already contains three quarter notes. Which single note value will complete the measure exactly?
A half note
An eighth note
A quarter note
A dotted quarter note