📚 Part 1: Music Literacy — Identify and Choose

1. Which clef places middle C on the first ledger line below the staff?

Treble clef

Bass clef

Alto clef

Tenor clef

2. Which time signature shows four quarter-note beats per bar?

4/4

3/4

2/2

6/8

3. Which dynamic marking means "very soft"?

ppp

p

mf

f

4. Check all that apply: Which are elements of musical notation?

Dynamics

Tempo

Colour

Taste

Time signature

✏️ Part 2: Note Value Exercises

5. Calculate the total beats: 1 minim + 2 crotchets + 4 quavers = ____ beats. Will this fit in one 4/4 bar? Explain.

6. Fill in the number of beats (in 4/4 time):

a) Crotchet = ____

b) Semibreve = ____

c) Quaver = ____

7. Compose one bar of 3/4 (3 beats). Write a combination of note names/values that equals 3 beats (e.g. crotchet + crotchet + crotchet).

8. Count the beats: crotchet, quaver, quaver, crotchet = ____ beats.

🎵 Part 3: Word Search

9. Find these music words in the grid. Circle them and tick when found:

CLEF

QUAVER

CROTCHET

MINIM

SEMIBREVE

TEMPO

DYNAMICS

RHYTHM

MELODY

Grid (10×10):

S E M I B R E V E T

D Y N A M I C S E

C R O T C H E T M

M E L O D Y F G P

Z Q P L K R S T O

A B R H Y T H M K

Z Q U A V E R X Y

P L S M I N I M Q

B O T H E R E D I

E X A M P L E T S

Music Literacy Activities Worksheet

Music Literacy Activities Worksheet

📚 Part 1: Music Literacy — Identify and Choose

✏️ Part 2: Note Value Exercises

🎵 Part 3: Word Search

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