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Music Literacy Concepts: SQA National 5 Music notation and signs quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. A curved line joins two notes of the same pitch. What does it tell the performer to do?

  2. A curved line joins two or more notes of different pitches. This is a:

  3. Da Capo (D.C.) tells a performer to:

  4. Dal Segno (D.S.) tells a performer to:

  5. In a time signature, the top number tells the performer:

  6. In the time signature 3/4, what does the bottom number (4) stand for?

  7. How many crotchet beats does a semibreve last?

  8. A sharp sign placed before a note:

  9. The treble clef is normally used for:

  10. A dot placed after a note:

  11. First- and second-time bars (marked 1. and 2.) tell the performer to:

  12. A natural sign placed before a note:

  13. From longest to shortest, the correct order of note values is:

  14. How is a tie different from a slur?