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






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






3. Detached






4. Moving the bow toward frog






5. 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.






6. Gradually getting softer






7. Gradually getting softer






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






9. With the bow






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






11. Fast and lively






12. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






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






15. Very loud






16. Very very soft






17. 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






18. Loud






19. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






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






22. 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






23. Very soft






24. Two half steps






25. Gradually getting louder






26. Moving the bow toward tip






27. Gradually get softer






28. Very soft






29. Plucked






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






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






32. Moderately slow






33. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






34. Plucked






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






36. Medium soft






37. Very very soft






38. Gradually getting slower






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






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






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






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






43. Smooth - connected






44. A five note scale






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






46. # - raises the pitch by one half step






47. Moderately slow






48. # - raises the pitch by one half step






49. 4/4 meter - denoted C






50. 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