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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 very soft






2. Very soft






3. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






5. Two half steps






6. Plucked






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






8. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






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






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






13. Medium loud






14. 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.






15. Moving the bow toward frog






16. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






18. 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






19. Gradually get softer






20. Fast and lively






21. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






23. A five note scale






24. Gradually getting louder






25. 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






26. Very - very loud (fff)






27. Very very soft






28. 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






29. Gradually getting softer






30. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






31. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






33. Very loud






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






35. The space between two bar lines






36. 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






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






38. Plucked






39. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






40. Loud






41. Moderately slow






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






43. Two half steps






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






45. Soft






46. Gradually getting louder






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






48. The space between two bar lines






49. Moderately slow






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