Alfred's Essential Music Theory

Question 0

Lines and spaces on the staff are numbered:
Top to bottom
or
Bottom to top?

Answer 0

Bottom to top

Question 1

How many lines are on a staff?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

The treble clef evolved from a stylized version of what?

Answer 2

The letter G. The curl of the clef circles the note G (2nd line).

Question 3

What are the names of the notes if the treble clef lines from bottom to top?

Answer 3

E, G, B, D, F

Every good boy does fine

Question 4

What are the notes of the spaces of treble clef?

Answer 4

F, A, C, E

Question 5

The bass clef evolved from what?

Answer 5

A stylized letter F. It curls around the F on the 4th line. The two dots also surround the F. This is the F below middle C.

Question 6

What are the line notes of the bass clef from bottom to top?

Answer 6

G, B, D, F, A

Good boys do fine always.

Question 7

What are the space notes of the bass clef?

Answer 7

A, C, E, G

All cows eat grass.

Question 8

When the bass and treble clefs are connected by a brace it is called…

Answer 8

The Grand Staff.

Question 9

Which clef is also known as the G clef?

Answer 9

The treble clef.

Question 10

The line through middle C is called a ______line.

Answer 10

Ledger

Question 11

Which clef is also known as the F clef?

Answer 11

Bass clef

Question 12

Note stems extend downward on the _______ side when the note appears _______.

Answer 12

Left

On or above the 3rd line of the staff.

Question 13

Stems appear upward on the ______ side when the note appears ________.

Answer 13

Right

Below the 3rd line of the staff.

Question 14

The stem length should continue to…

Answer 14

The space or line with the same letter name, above or below.

Question 15

A double bar is written _______ (where) and is made up of ______.

Answer 15

At the end of a piece

One thin and one thick line, the thick one on the outside.

Question 16

On a grand staff the bar lines and double bars do/do not run through the entire staff.

Answer 16

Do

Question 17

In a time signature the upper number tells…

Answer 17

How many beats (or counts) are in each measure. E.g. In 3/4 time there are 3 beats in a measure.

Question 18

In a time signature the lower number indicates…

Answer 18

The type of note that receives 1 beat. In 3/4 time a quarter noted receives one beat.

Question 19

A whole rest means to rest…

Answer 19

For a whole measure.

Question 20

A half rest is equal to…

Answer 20

Half of a whole rest and therefore half a measure.

Question 21

A quarter rest is equal to…

Answer 21

A quarter of a whole rest.

Question 22

A whole rest is located…

Answer 22

Hanging from the 4th line.

Question 23

A half rest is located…

Answer 23

Sitting on the 3rd line.

Question 24

In 2/4 time what kind of rest is used for 2 beats?

Answer 24

A whole rest.

Question 25

In 2/4 time these are never used:

A _____ rest and a ______ note.

Answer 25

A half rest and whole note are never used in 2/4 time.

Question 26

In 3/4 time what is used for 3 beats of rest?

Answer 26

A whole rest.

Question 27

What are never used in 3/4 time?

Answer 27

A half rest and whole note.

Question 28

A dot after a note increases its duration by…

Answer 28

Half the original value.

Question 29

A tie joins what kinds of notes?

Answer 29

Two notes of the same pitch.

Question 30

A slur _______ (adverb) connects two or more notes of ______ pitches. This is also referred to as ________ playing or singing.

Answer 30

Smoothly
Different
Legato

Question 31

When all the stems are in the same direction, the slur is written on the side opposite the stems. When the stem direction is mixed the slur is written…

Answer 31

Above the notes.

Question 32

Describe a repeat sign

Answer 32

Two dots around the 3rd line and a double bar (thin, thick).

Question 33

Two or more 8th notes are connected by a ______.

Answer 33

Beam

Question 34

An eighth rest is equal to…

Answer 34

Half the value of a quarter rest.