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






2. Very soft






3. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






5. Medium loud






6. The end






7. Loud






8. Smooth - connected






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






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






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






12. Rate of speed or pace of music






13. 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.






14. The end






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






16. Detached






17. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






18. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






20. Gradually getting slower






21. Plucked






22. Very - very loud (fff)






23. Loud






24. Moving the bow toward tip






25. Gradually getting louder






26. Plucked






27. With the bow






28. 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






29. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






31. Moderately slow






32. Detached






33. Very soft






34. Rate of speed or pace of music






35. Soft






36. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






38. Gradually get softer






39. Very very soft






40. Soft






41. Smooth - connected






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






43. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals






44. Two half steps






45. 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






46. Very - very loud (fff)






47. Medium soft






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






49. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals






50. Moving the bow toward frog