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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. Gradually get softer






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






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






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






5. Gradually getting softer






6. Medium loud






7. A five note scale






8. Very soft






9. Detached






10. Soft






11. Rate of speed or pace of music






12. Two half steps






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






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






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






16. The space between two bar lines






17. Gradually getting slower






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. Very very soft






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






26. With the bow






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






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






29. Rate of speed or pace of music






30. Gradually get softer






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






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






33. The space between two bar lines






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






35. Plucked






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






37. Gradually getting slower






38. Moving the bow toward frog






39. Return to the beginning - play to the end






40. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






41. The end






42. 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






43. Moving the bow toward tip






44. Very very soft






45. Return to the beginning - play to the end






46. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






47. 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.






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






49. Loud






50. Very - very loud (fff)