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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. 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






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. Very - very loud (fff)






4. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






6. Gradually get softer






7. 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






8. Plucked






9. Medium soft






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






11. 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






12. Gradually getting slower






13. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






15. Smooth - connected






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






17. # - raises the pitch by one half step






18. Loud






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






20. Gradually getting louder






21. Fast and lively






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






23. Gradually getting slower






24. Smooth - connected






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






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






27. Loud






28. Medium soft






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






30. Soft






31. With the bow






32. Fast and lively






33. Moderately slow






34. The space between two bar lines






35. Two half steps






36. Two half steps






37. Return to the beginning - play to the end






38. Gradually getting softer






39. Moving the bow toward tip






40. Gradually getting louder






41. Very loud






42. Very soft






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






44. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






45. Detached






46. 4/4 meter - denoted C






47. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






48. Soft






49. Moderately slow






50. The space between two bar lines