APPENDIX 1

If after checking your answers you find that you have more than four questions wrong, it is recommended that you review the sections of this book that cover the topics in which the missed questions were focused.

Example #1:

1. Identify and name the clefs of the five staves.
Answer: From top to bottom, (Treble, Treble, tenor, bass, bass)

2. What is the name of the accidental at the beginning of the staves?
Answer: B Flat

3. Using the name of the accidental, identify the key the composition it is written in.
Answer: F Major

4. Are there any other accidentals used in the excerpt?
Answer: No

5. How many measures are in this excerpt?
Answer: Four

6. What is the time signature of the composition?
Answer: Four-Four time, (4/4 time)

7. What is the name of the first note on each staff?
Answer: D

8. The smallest note duration in this excerpt is a sixteenth note.
Answer: True

9. The largest note duration in this excerpt is a whole note.
Answer: False. The largest note duration is a dotted-half note.

10. The smallest rest duration in this excerpt is an eighth rest.
Answer: False. The smallest rest duration is a sixteenth.

11. The largest rest duration in this excerpt is a sixteenth rest.
Answer: False. The largest rest duration is a sixteenth.

12. What is the duration of the dotted-quarter note in measure two of the bottom staff?
Answer: 1 1/2 beats

13. Looking at the time signature of the excerpt, how many beats per measure are there?
Answer: 4

14. Looking at the time signature of the excerpt, a dotted half note would carry:
Answer: 3 beats.

15. What is the tempo of this excerpt?
Answer: 120-beats per minute.