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A Musical Quiz to Test Your Knowledge!
See if you know the answers to these questions about music and the flute.
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Good luck!




General Music Quiz
1.   Give another name for whole note.
2.   Name the order of flats in the key signature.
3.   Name the order of sharps in the key signsture.
4.   How many major key signatures are there?
5.   1 1/2 note + 1 1/4 note + 1 dotted 8th note + 2 32nd notes =         beats?
6.   What does relative minor mean?
7.   True or False? -- Accidentals are only good for one note at a time.
8.   What is meter?
9.   What is a fermata?
10. What are dynamic markings used for?
11. What is compound time?
12. What is tempo?
13. 4 16th notes + 1 8th note + 2 16th notes + 1 dotted 1/2 note = ____ beats?
14. What is intonation?
15. True or False? -- Timbre refers to a form of rhythm.
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Some Common Music Terms to Define
Tempo Terms
Style Terms
1.   Allegro
2.   Andante
3.   Allegretto
4.   Grave
5.   Lento
6.   Adagio
7.   Larghetto
8.   Presto
9.   Moderato
10. Vivace
11. Ritardando
12. Accelerando
13. Rallentando
14. A tempo
15. Ritenuto
 1.  Giocoso
2.  Dolce
3.  Marcato
4.  Tranquillo
5.  Cantabile
6.  Agitato
7.  Legato
8.  Maestoso
9.  Leggiero
10. Espressivo
11. Grandioso
12. Grazioso
13. Scherzando
14. Sostenuto
15. Pesante
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Flute Facts Quiz
1.  True or False? -- The flute is an member of the aerophone family.
2.  Are flutes side-blown or end-blown?
3.  What are the 3 major parts of the flute called?
4.  What does the word embouchure mean?
5.  Who invented the majority of modern flute mechanism that we use today?
6.  Name the other two most common modern flutes besides the concert flute in C.
7.  What is an etude?
8.  True or False? -- Mozart wrote his "Flute Quartets" for four C flutes.
9.  Name a famous flute teacher of the 18th Century.
10. Name two well-known marches for concert band that have similar piccolo solos.
11. What is the first woodwind instrument to be added to 18th Century brass bands?
12. What types of flutes are usually found in a flute choir?
13. True or False? -- The bass flute sounds an octave higher than the concert flute.
14. Name two major flute quartets written by contemporaries of Beethoven.
15. What are some other types of ethnic flutes?
16. True or False? -- In Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", the flute portrays a duck.
17. Name two early 20th Century French flute teachers who collaborated in writing
      an advanced  method we still use today at the college level.
18. Who composed "Syrinx" for solo flute?
19. Name three major works for symphony orchestra that feature alto flute solos.
20. A flute player is referred to as which: fluter, flutenist, flutist, or flautist?
Quiz Answers





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