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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. # - raises the pitch by one half step






3. Medium soft






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






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






6. Medium loud






7. Fast and lively






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. Detached






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






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






12. Moderately slow






13. 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






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






15. Loud






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






17. Gradually getting slower






18. Very loud






19. The space between two bar lines






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






21. Smooth - connected






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






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






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






25. The end






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






27. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






30. Very loud






31. Smooth - connected






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






33. 4/4 meter - denoted C






34. Moving the bow toward tip






35. Very very soft






36. Medium soft






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






38. With the bow






39. Two half steps






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






41. Gradually getting louder






42. Plucked






43. Fast and lively






44. With the bow






45. 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.






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






47. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






48. Plucked






49. Moving the bow toward frog






50. Rate of speed or pace of music