Singapore O-Level Music (6085) Elements of Music and Notation quiz quiz

Five

Four

Six

Seven

It fixes the line for middle C only

It fixes the fourth line as F, used for lower pitches

It fixes the second line from the bottom as G above middle C, used for higher pitches

It is used only for percussion

To show dynamics

To mark the end of a piece

To indicate the tempo

To extend the staff for notes above or below its five lines

Compound duple time

Simple triple time

Simple duple time

Compound triple time

It makes the note shorter by half

It increases the note's value by half its original length

It makes the note staccato

It raises the note by a semitone

It joins two different pitches to be played smoothly

It makes a note louder

It joins two notes of the same pitch into one sustained sound

It speeds up the tempo

T T T S T T S

T S T T S T T

S T T S T T T

T T S T T T S

F major

E flat major

B flat major

G major

The minor key sharing the same key signature, built on the sixth degree (a minor third below the tonic)

The minor key a perfect fifth higher

The minor key with the same tonic note

The minor key a semitone lower

By counting the black keys between the notes

By the time signature

By counting the letter names inclusively from the lower note to the upper note

By the dynamic marking

A minor third then a major third

Two major thirds

A major third then a minor third

Two minor thirds

Root position

First inversion

Second inversion

Third inversion

Very soft

Very loud

Gradually softer

Moderately loud (mezzo-forte)

Play the notes smoothly and connected

Play the notes loudly

Slow down gradually

Play the notes short and detached

A slow tempo

A fast, lively tempo

A walking pace

Very slow and solemn

It applies only to the single note it is attached to

It raises that note by a semitone and applies for the rest of that bar unless cancelled

It changes the time signature

It applies to the whole piece