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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. Distance from any key to the very next key up or down - black or white - with no key between; the smallest distance between to notes






2. Medium loud






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






4. Detached






5. A five note scale






6. Fast and lively






7. Very loud






8. 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.






9. Medium soft






10. Moving the bow toward frog






11. Gradually getting slower






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






13. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






15. Gradually get softer






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






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






18. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






19. Plucked






20. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






21. Smooth - connected






22. Fast and lively






23. Return to the beginning - play to the end






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






28. Two half steps






29. With the bow






30. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






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






33. Plucked






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






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






36. Very soft






37. The end






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






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






40. Gradually getting softer






41. Moving the bow toward tip






42. Moving the bow toward tip






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






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






45. Two half steps






46. Gradually getting slower






47. With the bow






48. Moderately slow






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






50. Gradually getting louder