Year 7 - Pitch - Test

Mr. P. Whiteman

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  1. What is ‘Pitch’?
  2. Your answer:
    The distance between 2 notes
    How high or low a note/sound is
    A tune


  3. A scale is a pattern of notes with set intervals - True/False?
  4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  5. What is the distance between two notes called?
  6. Your answer:
    Cadence
    Gap
    Interval
    Pitch


  7. What is the pattern of tones (T) & semitones (S) (intervals) for a major Scale?
  8. Your answer:
    TTSTTST
    TTSTSTT
    TSTTSTT
    TTSTTTS


  9. What notes are in the F major scale?
  10. Your answer:
    F G A Bb C D E F
    F G A A# C D E F
    F G A B C D Eb F
    F G A Bb C D Eb F


  11. What notes are there in the D major scale?
  12. Your answer:
    D E F G A B C D
    D E F# G A B C# D
    D E F# G# A B C# D
    D E Gb Ab A B Db D


  13. What do you call 2 or more notes played together at once?
  14. Your answer:
    Triad
    Root note
    Interval
    Chord


  15. What do you call 3 notes played together at once?
  16. Your answer:
    Triad
    Root note
    Interval
    Chord


  17. The rule for working out the notes when playing a triad is 'Miss 1, play 1, miss 1, play 1, miss 1' - True/False?
  18. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  19. What is the difference in sound between major & minor chords?
  20. Your answer:
    Minor is sad, major is happy
    Minor is happy, major is sad
    Neither of the above


  21. How can you work out the notes for a major chord?
  22. Your answer:
    Go up 5 semitones then 4 semitones
    Go up 3 semitones then 4 semitones
    Go up 4 semitones then 3 semitones
    Go up 3 semitones then 3 semitones


  23. How can you work out the notes for a minor chord?
  24. Your answer:
    Go up 5 semitones then 4 semitones
    Go up 3 semitones then 4 semitones
    Go up 4 semitones then 3 semitones
    Go up 3 semitones then 3 semitones


  25. What notes make up the triad of F major?
  26. Your answer:
    F Ab C
    F G# C
    F A C
    F D B


  27. What notes make up the triad of E minor?
  28. Your answer:
    E G# B
    E G B
    E G C
    E G Bb


  29. What are chords I, IV & V in G major?
  30. Your answer:
    G major, D major, E major
    G major, C major, D major
    G major, A major, E major
    None of the above


  31. What is a chord sequence?
  32. Your answer:
    Chords played in a set order
    Chords played in a random order
    None of the above


  33. What is the root note of a A Major triad?
  34. Your answer:
    A
    C
    C#
    E


  35. What is a broken chord?
  36. Your answer:
    A chord in which the notes are all played at the same time
    A chord in which the notes are played one after each other
    A chord that has random notes in it


  37. What is a ‘melody’?
  38. Your answer:
    An accompaniment
    A tune with notes played one after each other
    A chord in which the notes are played one after each other
    None of the above


  39. What are the 5 lines in Western Staff Notation called?
  40. Your answer:
    A Staff
    A Stave
    A Staff OR Stave
    None of the above


  41. What is the 'G Clef' another word for?
  42. Your answer:
    The time signature
    The bass clef
    The treble clef
    None of the above


  43. What is the mnemonic for the notes on the lines in the treble clef?
  44. Your answer:
    Every Good Dog Buries Eggs
    Every Good Boy Deserves Football
    FACE
    Good Boys Deserve Football Always


  45. What is the mnemonic for the notes in the spaces in the treble clef?
  46. Your answer:
    All Cows Eat Grass
    Every Good Boy Deserves Football
    Good Boys Deserve Football Always
    FACE


  47. What does a semibreve look like?
  48. Your answer:
    A black notehead with a stem
    An oval shape
    An oval shap with a stem
    None of the above


  49. How many beats long is a minim?
  50. Your answer:
    4
    2
    3
    1


  51. What is a 1 beat note called?
  52. Your answer:
    Quaver
    Minim
    Crotchet
    Semibreve


  53. How many beats long is a dotted minim?
  54. Your answer:
    3
    2
    1
    4


  55. The time signature shows how many beats in a bar - True/False?
  56. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  57. What is a bar?
  58. Your answer:
    A line which divides sections
    A group of beats
    None of the above


  59. What is the interval between a note and the next note above that has the same letter?
  60. Your answer:
    Cadence
    Octive
    Octave
    Pitch


  61. What is binary structure?
  62. Your answer:
    ABA
    ABAC
    AB
    BA


  63. What is 'a musical sentence' called?
  64. Your answer:
    Slur
    Phrase
    Melody
    None of the above


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