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Middle School Orchestra

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






2. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord






3. Fast and lively






4. Medium soft






5. Gradually getting slower






6. Play through the first ending to the repeat sign then go back to the beginning and skip the first ending and play the second ending






7. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction






8. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point






9. Detached






10. Two half steps






11. Moderately slow






12. Moving the bow toward tip






13. Soft






14. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures






15. Very - very loud (fff)






16. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature






17. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played






18. Gradually getting softer






19. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures






20. Very very soft






21. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat






22. Plucked






23. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






24. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section






25. Very soft






26. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat






27. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.






28. The space between two bar lines






29. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.






30. Fast and lively






31. Plucked






32. The end






33. # - raises the pitch by one half step






34. Gradually get softer






35. With the bow






36. Soft






37. Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff






38. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.






39. Very - very loud (fff)






40. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names






41. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






42. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together






43. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.






44. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.






45. Moving the bow toward frog






46. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow






47. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature






48. Very very soft






49. Loud






50. Smooth - connected