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






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






3. Moving the bow toward frog






4. Medium soft






5. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






7. Plucked






8. Medium soft






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






10. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






11. Two half steps






12. Detached






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






14. With the bow






15. Loud






16. Soft






17. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






19. Medium loud






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






21. Moderately slow






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






23. Gradually getting slower






24. 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






25. Very - very loud (fff)






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






27. The space between two bar lines






28. Moving the bow toward frog






29. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






30. Two half steps






31. Gradually getting softer






32. Return to the beginning - play to the end






33. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.






34. A five note scale






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






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






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






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






39. Gradually getting softer






40. Very loud






41. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






43. Gradually get softer






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






45. Loud






46. Soft






47. Gradually get softer






48. A five note scale






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






50. # - raises the pitch by one half step