Lesson 4: Accidentals - Quiz

Highlight the text below each question for the answer.

  1. What are accidentals?
    • Symbols written before notes that tell us to play the note half a pitch higher/lower than as written.
  2. What do sharps do?
    • Raise the note a half pitch higher.
  3. What do flats do?
    • Lower the note a half pitch lower.
  4. What do naturals do?
    • Cancels the effects of previous sharps/flats.
  5. True or false. Sharps/flats written on the first note in a measure are sustained throughout the same measure.
    • True.
  6. What's a Key Signature?
    • A collection of symbols placed after the Clefs symbols that signify raising or lowering the pitches of notes half a step.
  7. What's the order of sharps?
    • F, C, G, E, A, E, B
  8. B, E, A, D, G, C, F
    • The speed at which the music is played.

Next Section: In the next section, we will learn about common terminology used in the musical language.

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