SHOSYS ACADEMY 5 TEST: Knowledge Of Ways: Conventions Of Staff Notation
Kelvin Sholar
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2 Testing Recall Of Conventions Of Staff Notation
In Blog 5 we learned about the processes by which specific musical products are organized, and conventions of staff notation.
Here, remembrance is tested; the primary task for the student is to find cues in test questions that make it easy to remember answers. There may be more than one correct answer for a given test question. Correct answers are given at the end of this test.
1. The staff is like a graph of pitch with respect to:
a). space
b). time
c). mind
2. The staff is:
a). compose of five horizontal lines and spaces
b). compose of seven horizontal lines and spaces
c). compose of three horizontal lines and spaces
3. Horizontal lines and spaces of the staff represent:
a). beats
b). notes
c). pitches
4. Notes representing a given pitch at a given time are placed on appropriate:
a). line
b). space
c). ledger line
5. Ledge lines occur:
a). above the staff
b). below the staff
6. A clef is placed at the:
a). beginning of the staff
b). middle of the staff
c). ending of the staff
7. The two most common clefs are:
a). treble
b). soprano
c). bass
8. The grand staff has:
a). treble clef
b). soprano clef
c). bass clef
9. Notes have stems that go:
a). up
b). down
c). sideways
10. Note stems go up when:
a). placed above the middle of the staff
b). placed below the middle of the staff
c). placed on the middle of the staff
11. Note stems go down when:
a). placed above the middle of the staff
b). placed below the middle of the staff
c). placed on the middle of the staff
12. Notes have flags when they:
a). are separate
b). are connected
c). have small time-values
13. Notes have beams when they:
a). are separate
b). are connected
c). have small time-values
14. When a part of a composition is repeated, we use a:
a). repeat sign
b). treble clef
c). bass clef
15. Accidentals include:
a). naturals
b). sharps
c). flats
16. To signify which key a composition is in, the writer must use a:
a). time signature
b). key signature
17. Relative to a given key, a clef sign is followed by a given number of:
a). sharps
b). naturals
c). flats
18. A composition may start in one key and ____ to another:
a). undulate
b). transpose
c). modulate
19. A sharp is a signal to:
a). raise pitch
b). lower pitch
c). leave the pitch unchanged
20. A flat is a signal to:
a). raise pitch
b). lower pitch
c). leave the pitch unchanged
21. A natural is a signal to:
a). raise pitch
b). lower pitch
c). leave the pitch unchanged
22. When a silence occurs in staff notation we have a:
a). sharp
b). rest
c). flat
23. A time signature is the same as:
a). a key signature
b). a meter signature
24. How many numbers does a time signature consists of?
a). four
b). two
c). none
25. In a time signature, the upper number tells how many beats fall in a:
a). measure
b). key
c). composition
26. In a time signature, the lower number tells what kind of note gets the:
a). tone
b). note
c). beat
27. The farther we modulate from the key of C major, the more ____ must be adjoined to tones:
a). sharps and flats
b). rests and dots
28. As we project upwards in fifths from the key of C major, we add ____ to staff notation:
a). flats
b). sharps
29. As we project upwards in fourths from the key of C major, we add ____ to staff notation:
a). flats
b). sharps
30. In order to modulate through all fifteen keys, and to write all their respective ______ so that scales need no accidentals:
a). key signatures
b). time signatures
3 Test Answers
1. The staff is like a graph of pitch with respect to:
b). time
2. The staff is:
a). compose of five horizontal lines and spaces
3. Horizontal lines and spaces of the staff represent:
c). pitches
4. Notes representing a given pitch at a given time are placed on appropriate:
a). line
b). space
c). ledger line
5. Ledge lines occur:
a). above the staff
b). below the staff
6. A clef is placed at the:
a). beginning of the staff
7. The two most common clefs are:
a). treble
c). bass
8. The grand staff has:
a). treble clef
c). bass clef
9. Notes have stems that go:
a). up
b). down
10. Note stems go up when:
a). placed above the middle of the staff
11. Note stems go down when:
b). placed below the middle of the staff
12. Notes have flags when they:
a). are separate
c). have small time-values
13. Notes have beams when they:
b). are connected
c). have small time-values
14. When a part of a composition is repeated, we use a:
a). repeat sign
15. Accidentals include:
a). naturals
b). sharps
c). flats
16. To signify which key a composition is in, the writer must use a:
b). key signature
17. Relative to a given key, a clef sign is followed by a given number of:
a). sharps
c). flats
18. A composition may start in one key and ____ to another:
c). modulate
19. A sharp is a signal to:
a). raise pitch
20. A flat is a signal to:
b). lower pitch
21. A natural is a signal to:
c). leave the pitch unchanged
22. When a silence occurs in staff notation we have a:
b). rest
23. A time signature is the same as:
b). a meter signature
24. How many numbers does a time signature consists of?
b). two
25. In a time signature, the upper number tells how many beats fall in a:
a). measure
26. In a time signature, the lower number tells what kind of note gets the:
c). beat
27. The farther we modulate from the key of C major, the more ____ must be adjoined to tones:
a). sharps and flats
28. As we project upwards in fifths from the key of C major, we add ____ to staff notation:
b). sharps
29. As we project upwards in fourths from the key of C major, we add ____ to staff notation:
a). flats
30. In order to modulate through all fifteen keys, and to write all their respective ______ so that scales need no accidentals:
a). key signatures
4 Bibliography
Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Company, 1956
Gridley, Mark. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. Pearson Prentice Hall, 1978
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018