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






2. The space between two bar lines






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






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






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






6. # - raises the pitch by one half step






7. Medium soft






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






9. The space between two bar lines






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






11. Gradually getting softer






12. Two half steps






13. Detached






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






15. Loud






16. 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






17. Moderately slow






18. Very soft






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






20. Very very soft






21. Medium loud






22. Fast and lively






23. The end






24. Moving the bow toward tip






25. Gradually get softer






26. Plucked






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






28. Very soft






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






30. Gradually getting softer






31. Detached






32. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






33. With the bow






34. Soft






35. 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






36. The end






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






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






39. Medium loud






40. Medium soft






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






42. Soft






43. Very loud






44. Moving the bow toward frog






45. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






46. 4/4 meter - denoted C






47. Moving the bow toward tip






48. Moderately slow






49. Smooth - connected






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