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Middle School Orchestra

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names






2. Very soft






3. Medium soft






4. Medium soft






5. Very very soft






6. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






7. Very soft






8. Loud






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Gradually getting softer






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






16. Very very soft






17. # - raises the pitch by one half step






18. The space between two bar lines






19. Soft






20. 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






21. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






23. A five note scale






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






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






26. 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






27. A five note scale






28. Gradually getting slower






29. Plucked






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






31. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






32. With the bow






33. 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






34. Gradually getting louder






35. Gradually getting slower






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






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






38. Two half steps






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






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






41. Gradually get softer






42. Moving the bow toward tip






43. Soft






44. Very loud






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






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






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






48. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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







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