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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. Gradually get softer






2. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






4. 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






5. Gradually getting louder






6. Very loud






7. Two half steps






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






9. Medium soft






10. Gradually getting louder






11. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






12. Very soft






13. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






15. Moving the bow toward frog






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






17. Medium soft






18. Medium loud






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






20. Very very soft






21. Soft






22. Return to the beginning - play to the end






23. 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






24. Detached






25. Very loud






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






27. Soft






28. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






29. Very - very loud (fff)






30. With the bow






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






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






33. Two half steps






34. Gradually get softer






35. Very soft






36. 4/4 meter - denoted C






37. Smooth - connected






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






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






40. 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






41. Medium loud






42. # - raises the pitch by one half step






43. Very very soft






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






45. A five note scale






46. The end






47. 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






48. Gradually getting slower






49. Gradually getting softer






50. Loud