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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. Medium loud






2. Rate of speed or pace of music






3. The space between two bar lines






4. Very soft






5. Gradually getting softer






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






7. With the bow






8. Very loud






9. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






10. Moving the bow toward tip






11. Gradually getting softer






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






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






14. Detached






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






16. Gradually getting slower






17. Medium soft






18. Moving the bow toward frog






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






20. Medium soft






21. Very very soft






22. Plucked






23. Loud






24. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






25. A five note scale






26. With the bow






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






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






29. 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






30. Gradually get softer






31. Very very soft






32. The space between two bar lines






33. Moderately slow






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






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






36. The end






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






38. 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






39. Medium loud






40. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






43. Gradually getting louder






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Two half steps






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






50. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order