soundswell.co.ukmusic education resources
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The QUIZZES below should 'auto-launch' the Acrobat Reader and display on screen. If you do not have Acrobat Reader software on your computer, it can be downloaded free of charge. To do this, please click on the Acrobat logo at the bottom of the list of quizzes, or go to the freedownloads page
When the quiz displays, you may choose to print directly, or save for future reference or duplication. If you are desperate for the answers to 'trivia' sheets, you can request them by e-mail. I would be pleased to have feedback from any music teachers or students using material from this site.
This page was updated and re-organised late April 2003. For more information on the quizzes click for details.
| Quiz Description | Click below to select |
| Recognition of basic music symbols. | QUIZ 1 |
| More recognition of basic music symbols. | QUIZ 2 |
| Musical symbols with questions. | QUIZ 3 |
| More musical symbols with questions. | QUIZ 4 |
| Note value 'sums' and requests to draw symbols. | QUIZ 5 |
| Note value 'sums' and chord recognition (Kbds). | QUIZ 6 |
| Chord recognition (Kbds) and 'italian' terms. | QUIZ 7 |
| Chord recognition (Kbds) and 'italian' terms. | QUIZ 8 |
| Musical symbol recognition. (Multiple choice format) | QUIZ 9 |
| Musical symbol recognition. (Multiple choice format) | QUIZ 10 |
| Mapping Tests | |
| Note values. Beats & Symbols 1. (A 'mapping' test) | MAP 1 |
| Note values. Beats & Symbols 2. (More 'mapping') | MAP 2 |
| Note values. Ancient & Modern?. (Vocabulary!) | MAP 3 |
| Trivia | |
| 50s Pop Trivia ...for granny and grandad! | TRIVIA 50 |
| 60s Pop Trivia ...for ageing hippies everywhere! | TRIVIA 60 |
| 70s Pop Trivia ...dust down your platforms! | TRIVIA 70 |
| 80s Pop Trivia ...get out the jump suits girls! | TRIVIA 80 |
| 90s & NOW Pop Trivia ...a 'reality TV' free zone! | TRIVIA 90 |
| Rock Trivia ...mainly contemporary rock! | ROCK TRIVIA |
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...and if you just can't get enough trivia, then check this site: www.ultquiz.co.uk
The quizzes offered here are aimed at early stage instrumental students, though they will also be useful in classroom situations. Intermediate and advanced quizzes will follow in due course. Note values range from whole notes to sixteenths, include reference to 'dotted' values and ties, but exclude triplets (etc). Except in the 'mapping' tests, note value sums avoid fractions of beats in the answers. The chord recognition element is mainly aimed at keyboard students, and the examples are loosely based around the C major triad in root position set in the bass clef an octave below middle 'C'. Each quiz sheet consists of ten questions and includes a mark box. The 'mapping' exercises and trivia sheets have different layouts.
Remember that you do not need to 'set' these quizzes (or tests) as an 'unaided task'. Try chatting through some of them with your students. This co-operative approach can be enjoyable and useful for student and teacher alike.