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






2. # - raises the pitch by one half step






3. 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






4. Return to the beginning - play to the end






5. Rate of speed or pace of music






6. Two half steps






7. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






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






11. Medium loud






12. Very soft






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






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






15. Gradually getting slower






16. Return to the beginning - play to the end






17. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






18. A five note scale






19. 4/4 meter - denoted C






20. Very very soft






21. Moving the bow toward tip






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






23. Very - very loud (fff)






24. A five note scale






25. Gradually getting softer






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






27. The end






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






29. 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






30. Very - very loud (fff)






31. Loud






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






33. Medium soft






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






35. Gradually get softer






36. # - raises the pitch by one half step






37. Moderately slow






38. 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






39. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Medium loud






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






46. Moving the bow toward tip






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






48. Very loud






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






50. Gradually getting slower