Leyte National High School

SPA – INSTRUMENTS
S.Y 2017-2018

EXAMINATION

Directions: Choose the correct answer by shading the box provided in your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is true about Rondalla?

a. It originated in Spain
b. Also known as “Filipino String Band”
c. Meaning to do “Rounds”
d. All of the above
2. Who among the pioneers of Rondalla is considered as the “Father of Rondalla”?
a. Celso S. Espejo
b. Juan Silos Jr.
c. Antonio J. Molina
d. Jose Estacion
3. Which refers to the street musicians who beg for alms?
a. Comparza
b. Estudiantina
c. Rondalla
d. Murza
4. This means a group of musicians playing on the stage.
a. Murza
b. Estudiantina
c. Comparza
d. Rondalla
5. Which of the following instrument plays a role to that of the clarinet, the trumpet or the violin in an
orchestra?
a. Octavina
b. Banduria
c. Laud
d. Piccolo
6. This instrument is similar in shape with the guitar but smaller in size.
a. Octavina
b. Guitar
c. Laud
d. Bass
7. What instrument provides a fundamental group tone and gives solidness in rhythm?
a. Guitar
b. Bass
c. Banduria
d. Octavina
8. The standard no. of strings for Banduria, Laud and Octavina are 3 strings each.
a. True
b. False
9. In tuning the instruments of Rondalla, what key should we refer to?
a. Key of C Major
b. Key of Bb Major
c. Key of F Major
d. Key of G Major
10. If the first string is tuned in G, the sixth string should be tuned in?
a. B
b. F
c. F#
d. G
11. What is the purpose of dynamics in a piece of music?
a. To express how loud or quiet the music should be played
b. To illustrate a key signature
c. To represent a change of speed
d. To show a change of time signature
12. Which element of music best describes how “high” or “low” notes sound?
 a. Pitch
b. Rhythm
c. Texture
d. Timbre
13. In terms of duration, which is longest of those notes?
a. Dotted eight note
b. Minim
c. Semi-breve
d. Semi-quaver
14. What does the marking “mezzo forte” (mf) mean?
a. Moderately loud
b. Moderately quiet
c. Very loud
d. Very quiet
15. What does “andante” mean?
a. At a moderately “walking” pace
b. Gradually getting faster
c. Very fast
d. Very slow
16. What is a “homophonic” texture?
a. A single and unaccompanied voice
b. Multiple voices varying a main melody simultaneously
c. The overlapping of several melodic voices in a piece
d. Where one voice stands out on top of a backing harmony
17. What best describes the effect of a “ritardando”?
a. A gradual increase of volume
b. A sudden pause
c. Changing of key signature
d. Gradually getting slower
18. A half note is made of how many eight note beats?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Six
d. Eight
19. Binary form is made up of how many sections?
a. One (A) – a single section often repeated
b. Two (AB)
c. Three (ABA)
d. Five (ABACD)
20. What is a time signature?
a. A set time limit for the performance
b. A signed calendar date printed on the score
c. A way of showing how many beats a bar is made up of
d. The average time a piece of music takes to play
21. How many beats are in ¾ time signature?
a. 3 eight note beats
b. 3 crotchet beats
c. 4 half note beats
d. 4 crotchet beats
22. How many sharps or flats are in the key of G Major?
a. None
b. 1 sharp (F sharp)
c. 2 flats (B and F flat)
d. 3 sharps (F, C and G sharp)
23. How many eight notes are in a 6/8 time signature?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
24. What major key signature has three sharps?
a. A major
b. D major
c. E major
 d. F major
25. What does a key signature illustrate?
a. How many chord changes occur in the music
b. The central melodic themes of the music being played
c. The number of piano keys used to play the piece
d. Which and how many sharps/flats are used in the music
26. How many beats are in a 12/8 time signature?
a. 8 crotchet beats per bar
b. 8 eight note beats per bar
c. 12 crotchet beats per bar
d. 12 eight note beats per bar
27. What is a “common time”?
a. A method of describing a repeated pattern rhythm
b. An alternative way of writing the 4/4 time signature
c. The average speed of a piece
d. The grouping of equal rhythm
28. How many sharps or flats are in the key of C major?
a. None
b. 1 flat (B flat)
c. 1 sharp and 1 flat (F sharp and B flat)
d. 2 sharps (F and C sharp)
29. What note corresponds to the first line of a staff in a treble clef?
a. C
b. A
c. E
d. G
30. A ledger line is an extension of what?
a. The staff
b. The treble clef
c. The bass clef
d. The grand staff
31. Symbol that represents the length of silence.
a. Note
b. Rest
c. Tie
d. Flat
32. The name of the top line of the bass clef is ____?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
33. When two or more eight notes are directly next to each other, they are joined by what?
a. Beam
b. Slur
c. Tie
d. Flag
34. The speed of the music.
a. Tempo
b. Dynamics
c. Expression
d. Articulation
35. What is the name of the clef used for higher pitched instruments/voices?
a. Bass clef
b. Treble clef
c. Neutral clef
d. Cello clef
36. Raises any pitch by a half-step.
a. Sharp
b. Flat
c. Natural
d. Note
37. There will be a ________ at the end of a piece of music.
a. Double bar line
 b. Tenuto
c. Staff
d. Legato
38. A _________ indicates the musicians are to hold a note until the conductor stops them.
a. Vibrato
b. Stop sign
c. Staccato
d. Fermata
39. Ritardando means to:
a. Speed up slightly
b. Gradually get louder
c. Sing in unison
d. Gradually slow down
40. The phrase for treble clef is _______.
a. ACFE
b. FACE
c. CAFE
d. FAEC
41. Which of the following is an enharmonic equivalent to B-sharp?
a. C – flat
b. C
c. A – sharp
d. A – flat
42. Clef signs are used in music to indicate whether a pitch is high or low.
a. True
b. Flase
43. Time signatures are important because they establish the beat.
a. True
b. False
44. Notes on the right side of the keyboard are:
a. Loer
b. Louder
c. Softer
d. Higher
45. An eight note is how much shorter than a quarter note?
a. 2 times
b. 4 times
c. 1.5 times
d. 3 times
46. Syncopation is a shift of accent onto the weak beat.
a. True
b. False
47. This symbol separates music into measures.
a. Fermata
b. Clef
c. Barline
d. Staff
48. How many lines and spaces are there on a music staff?
a. 5 lines/4 spaces
b. 5 lines/5 spaces
c. 5 lines/6 spaces
d. 6 lines/4 spaces
49. What does the bass clef identify?
a. G above middle C
b. Middle C
c. F below middle C
d. A above middle C
50. A combination of the Treble Clef and Bass Clef; clefs are linked together with a brace.
a. Grand staff
b. Key signature
c. Time signature
d. Treble clef
51. A group of sharp or flat sign that indicates the key of the music that follows.
 a. Time signature
b. Ritardando
c. Grand staff
d. Key signature
52. The term Tempo is used to describe the ________ of the music.
a. Melody
b. Pulse
c. Speed
d. Length
53. C –flat is the enharmonic pitch of which of the following?
a. B – sharp
b. B
c. A – doublesharp
d. Both B & C
54. Tells the musician to repeat a group of measures.
a. Decrescendo
b. Dynamics
c. Repeat sign
d. Rallentando
55. Provide the definition of “Fine”
a. Play in a detached style
b. Go back to the beginning
c. The end or finished
d. Well done
56. Moderately loud.
a. Mezzo forte
b. Fortissimo
c. Piano
d. Mezzo forte
57. What is the purpose of a natural sign?
a. Cancels out a flat
b. Cancels out a sharp
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
58. One quarter note + one half note = one whole note.
a. True
b. False
59. The tempo marking _______ indicates a moderately fast pace.
a. Allegretto
b. Allegro
c. Vivace
d. Andante
60. Largo and lento:
a. Indicate dynamics
b. Are slow tempo markings
c. Are articulate marks
d. Are fast tempo markings

Prepared by:

DARYL T. SALCEDA
SPA-Rondalla Trainer