REVISION QUESTION
1. Which of these accidentals reduces the pitch of a note by
a semitone?
(a) Sharp
(b) Flat
(c) Natural
(d) Minim
2. Which of these accidentals raises the pitch of a note by a
semitone?
(a) Sharp
(b) Flat
(c) Natural
(d) Minim
3. Which of these accidentals restores a note to its original
position?
(a) Sharp
(b) Flat
(c) Natural
(d) Minim
4. Which of the listed music notes has half beats value?
(a) Minim
(b) Crotchet
(c) Semibreve
(d) Quaver
5. The American name of a minim note is
(a) Whole note
(b) Quarter note
(c) Half note
(d) Eighth note
6. Which of the notes below has two beats value.
(a) Half note
(b) Whole note
(c) Quarter note
(d) Eighth note
7. A whole note has ------- beats
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 8
8. The American name for semiquaver is
(a) Whole note
(b) Sixteenth note
(c) Eighth note
(d) Half note
9. Which of these musical notes has an oval shape
(a) minim
(b) quaver
(c) crotchet
(d) semibreve
10. Which of these musical notes has a beat value
(a) minim
(b) crotchet
(c) quaver
(d) semiquaver
11. Symbols used in writing music to represent the pitch
and duration of a sound are called
(a) Clefs
(b) Time signature
(c) Key signature
(d) Musical notes
12. Which of the following is not a musical note.
(a) Minim
(b) Quaver
(c) Semibreve
(d) Treble clef
13. A time signature has ------- numbers
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 1
14. The upper figure of a time signature tells us the
(a) Type of beat
(b) Number of beat
(c) Name of beat
(d) The number of lines
15. A scale consists of ------- notes.
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 5
16. The F major scale begins and ends with letter
(a) G
(b) B
(c) F
(d) E
17. The second letter of the F major scale is
(a) G
(b) D
(c) Bb
(d) Ab
18. The fifth letter of the F major scale is
(a) C
(b) G
(c) A
(d) E
19. Which of the following represents the letters found in
the ascending scale of F major?
(a) F G C E D A Y F
(b) F G A Bb C D E F
(c) F E D C Bb A G F
(d) G A B C D E F G
20. Which of the following represents the letters found in
the descending scale of F major?
(a) F G C E D A Y F
(b) F G A Bb C D E F
(c) F E D C Bb A G F
(d) G A B C D E F G
21. The F major scale has ----- flat.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1
22. The recorder is a ----- instrument
(a) Brass
(b) Wood-wind
(c) Percussion
(d) strings
23. Christmas is celebrated on the ------- of December
every year.
(a) 24th
(b) 25th
(c) 26th
(d) 28th
24. ----------- celebrates Christmas.
(a) Traditionalists.
(b) Christians
(c) Musilims
(d) Pagans
25. ------- are songs Christians sing during Christmas
period.
(a) Passion songs
(b) Funeral songs
(c) Carols
(d) Marching songs
26. The upper number of a time signature tells us the
(a) Type of notes in a bar
(b) The number of notes in a bar
(c) The number of bars on a stave
(d) The number of clefs on a stave
27. The recorder requires ------- for sound production
(a) Water
(b) Oil
(c) Air
(d) Food
28. When C on the piano is raised by a semitone, it
becomes
(a) Ab
(b) C#
(c) D#
(d) Eb
29. When E on the piano is reduced by a semitone it
becomes
(a) Eb
(b) F#
(c) Ab
(d) C
30. When A on the piano is reduced by a semitone it
becomes
(a) D
(b) Ab
(c) Eb
(d) Bb