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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. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






3. Gradually get softer






4. Medium loud






5. Very - very loud (fff)






6. Medium soft






7. Moving the bow toward tip






8. Rate of speed or pace of music






9. 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.






10. Soft






11. # - raises the pitch by one half step






12. Gradually get softer






13. Gradually getting softer






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Return to the beginning - play to the end






20. Very loud






21. Very soft






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






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






24. Two half steps






25. A five note scale






26. The space between two bar lines






27. Fast and lively






28. Detached






29. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






31. Gradually getting louder






32. Moderately slow






33. 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






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






35. A five note scale






36. Medium soft






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






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






39. Detached






40. Fast and lively






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






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






43. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






45. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






47. 4/4 meter - denoted C






48. Smooth - connected






49. The end






50. Very - very loud (fff)