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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. Very soft






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






3. 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.






4. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






6. The end






7. Very - very loud (fff)






8. 4/4 meter - denoted C






9. With the bow






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






11. Loud






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






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






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






15. Very very soft






16. Very loud






17. Smooth - connected






18. Moving the bow toward frog






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






20. The space between two bar lines






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






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






23. Gradually getting slower






24. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






25. A five note scale






26. Rate of speed or pace of music






27. Fast and lively






28. With the bow






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






30. Detached






31. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






33. Moving the bow toward tip






34. Moderately slow






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






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






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






38. Moving the bow toward tip






39. A five note scale






40. Moving the bow toward frog






41. Loud






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. Gradually getting slower






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






48. Soft






49. 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






50. 4/4 meter - denoted C