Musical Elements
Quiz by Education Quizzes KS2
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
10 questions
Show answers
- Q1Which of the following is NOT an element of music?SymphonyTempoPitchTimbre30s
- Q2Pitch describes ____.whether a note has a high or low soundwhether music is fast or slowthe loudness or quietness of a notehow long a note lasts30s
- Q3Which of these words describes the volume of a note or musical phrase?DynamicsTimbreTempoDuration30s
- Q4Adagio, allegro and lento are words which tell a musician ____.what speed to playwhat notes to playhow smoothly to playhow loudly to play30s
- Q5In music, 'texture' refers to ____.whether the musicians are playing in tunethe combination of different sounds happening at the same timehow long a piece of music lastswhether the musicians are playing in time30s
- Q6Which of these is NOT a dynamic instruction?PianoPianissimoConcertoForte30s
- Q7Timbre describes ____.the sound different instruments make when they are played togetherthe pitch of an instrumentthe sound quality of a specific instrumentthe volume of a specific instrument30s
- Q8Which phrase best describes rhythm?The pattern made by long notes, short notes and silenceA steady beatA musical performance that makes you want to danceAn entire piece of music30s
- Q9What is duration?HarmonyHow many instruments are playing togetherHow long a note lastsHow high a note is30s
- Q10To which of these would you tap your toe?TempoVolumePitchBeat30s