Quiz  /  Fundamentals of Music Theory Quiz

  • 1. 
    In the system of written Western musical notation, five lines drawn horizontally across a sheet of music are known collectively as:

  • the pitch
  • the clef
  • the staff
  • the ledger

  • 2. 
    On a staff, a notehead is represented by which of the following shapes?

  • a bar
  • a rectangle
  • a triangle
  • an oval

  • 3. 
    Which of the following is the name assigned to the symbol at the beginning of the staff that is used to determine the pitch of a particular line?

  • flag
  • clef
  • grand staff
  • ledger

  • 4. 
    The position of a single sound within the complete range of sound is known as:

  • timbre
  • tone
  • pitch
  • resonance

  • 5. 
    Which of the following is the term used to describe a small line that extends the musical staff above or below and that is drawn parallel to the staff across a notehead and sometimes across the note stem?

  • ledger line
  • accidental
  • octave
  • stave

  • 6. 
    Which scale is the only major scale that does not use sharps or flats?

  • C major
  • A major
  • D major
  • F major

  • 7. 
    The smallest musical interval (the distance between two adjacent notes) is known as:

  • a semitone
  • a major third
  • a first
  • a whole tone

  • 8. 
    A heptatonic scale consisting of five whole tones and two semitones represents which type of scale?

  • perfect fifth
  • pentatonic
  • diatonic
  • chromatic
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