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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 loud (fff)






2. 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






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






4. Soft






5. Very soft






6. Moving the bow toward tip






7. Very loud






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






9. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






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






12. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






14. # - raises the pitch by one half step






15. Medium loud






16. # - raises the pitch by one half step






17. Gradually getting softer






18. Plucked






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






20. 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






21. Smooth - connected






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






23. Detached






24. With the bow






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






26. Gradually getting softer






27. Very - very loud (fff)






28. Gradually getting louder






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






30. Two half steps






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






32. Rate of speed or pace of music






33. Plucked






34. Two half steps






35. With the bow






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






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






38. The end






39. Soft






40. Very very soft






41. 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






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. The end






44. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






46. The space between two bar lines






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






48. Moving the bow toward tip






49. Return to the beginning - play to the end






50. Fast and lively