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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. Very very soft






2. Gradually getting louder






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






4. Smooth - connected






5. Gradually getting softer






6. 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






7. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






8. Moving the bow toward frog






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






10. 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






11. Detached






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






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






14. Gradually getting slower






15. Moving the bow toward frog






16. Loud






17. Very loud






18. 4/4 meter - denoted C






19. # - raises the pitch by one half step






20. Very - very loud (fff)






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






22. Fast and lively






23. Plucked






24. Gradually get softer






25. Two half steps






26. Moving the bow toward tip






27. Gradually getting softer






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Medium soft






36. 4/4 meter - denoted C






37. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






39. Rate of speed or pace of music






40. Gradually get softer






41. The space between two bar lines






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






43. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






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






46. Medium soft






47. 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






48. Plucked






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






50. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order