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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. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






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






5. Medium soft






6. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






7. Medium soft






8. A five note scale






9. Soft






10. Very soft






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






12. 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.






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






14. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






16. 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.






17. Two half steps






18. Gradually getting slower






19. Very loud






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






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






22. Very very soft






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






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






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






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






27. Gradually getting softer






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






29. The end






30. Moving the bow toward frog






31. 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






32. Rate of speed or pace of music






33. Soft






34. Fast and lively






35. 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






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






37. The space between two bar lines






38. The space between two bar lines






39. With the bow






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






41. Moderately slow






42. Gradually get softer






43. With the bow






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






45. A five note scale






46. Moving the bow toward tip






47. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






49. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






50. 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