Treble Clef Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Starting on G4, the second line of the treble staff, a melody rises by one staff position. Where does it land?
F4 in the first space
B4 on the middle line
A4 in the second space
A5 on a ledger line
2. Which staff line does the treble clef curl around to identify the note G?
The bottom line
The second line from the bottom
The middle line
The second line from the top
3. A note is placed in the space immediately below the bottom line of the treble staff, with no ledger line through it. Which note is it?
E4
C4
F4
D4
4. A note starts on A5, the first ledger line above the treble staff, and descends by one staff position. Where does it land?
F5 on the top line
G5 in the space directly above the staff
G4 on the second line
B5 in the space above the ledger line
5. On a treble-clef staff, which note is written on the middle line?
G4
B4
A4
D5
6. What does a sharp sign placed directly before a written note normally instruct the performer to do?
Raise the note by one diatonic letter name
Play the note one octave higher
Hold the note for an extra beat
Raise the note by one semitone
7. How is middle C normally positioned when written in treble clef?
On the first ledger line above the staff
In the bottom space of the staff
On the middle line of the staff
On the first ledger line below the staff
8. C5 is written in the third space of the treble staff. Where is the C one octave higher?
C5 in the same third space
B5 in the space above the first ledger line
C6 on the second ledger line above the staff
D6 in the space above the second ledger line
9. Counting both notes by letter name, what interval extends from E4 on the bottom line to F5 on the top line?
A seventh
An octave
A ninth
A tenth
10. F4 is in the first space and A4 is in the second space. What diatonic interval separates them?
A third
A second
A fourth
A fifth
11. Which sequence names the four treble-clef space notes from bottom to top?
E, G, B, D
E, C, A, F
G, B, D, F
F, A, C, E
12. A passage has F-sharp in its key signature. An F5 appears with no accidental beside it. Which written pitch is normally intended?
F-natural 5
F-sharp 5
E-sharp 5
G-flat 5
13. A melody moves up one staff position from B4 on the middle line. Which note comes next?
C5 in the third space
D5 on the fourth line
A4 in the second space
C4 on a ledger line below the staff
14. The notes E4, G4, and B4 are each moved up by one diatonic staff step. What sequence results?
G4, B4, D5
E-sharp 4, G-sharp 4, B-sharp 4
F4, A4, C5
D4, F4, A4
15. Using scientific pitch notation, which note sits on the first ledger line below a treble-clef staff?
C4, or middle C
D4
B3
E4
16. Which note is written on the first ledger line above the treble staff?
A5
G5
B5
F5