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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Plucked






2. Two half steps






3. Medium soft






4. Gradually get softer






5. Medium loud






6. 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






7. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






10. The space between two bar lines






11. Gradually get softer






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






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. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






16. Soft






17. Gradually getting softer






18. Gradually getting softer






19. Medium loud






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






21. Very loud






22. Rate of speed or pace of music






23. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






25. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






26. Moderately slow






27. # - raises the pitch by one half step






28. Plucked






29. The space between two bar lines






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






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






32. Gradually getting louder






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Smooth - connected






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






39. Detached






40. Moving the bow toward tip






41. Medium soft






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






43. Soft






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






45. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






46. 4/4 meter - denoted C






47. Fast and lively






48. 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






49. With the bow






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