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






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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






6. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






8. Medium soft






9. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






11. Medium soft






12. Very very soft






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






14. Fast and lively






15. 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






16. Smooth - connected






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






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






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






20. Gradually getting louder






21. Moving the bow toward frog






22. 4/4 meter - denoted C






23. Gradually getting softer






24. 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






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






26. Fast and lively






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






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






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






30. Gradually getting slower






31. Smooth - connected






32. With the bow






33. Very - very loud (fff)






34. 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.






35. With the bow






36. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






37. Moving the bow toward tip






38. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






39. Loud






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






41. Gradually get softer






42. Very - very loud (fff)






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






44. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






47. Soft






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






49. 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






50. Very loud