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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 loud






2. Return to the beginning - play to the end






3. Fast and lively






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






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






6. 4/4 meter - denoted C






7. Fast and lively






8. Moderately slow






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






10. 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.






11. Very soft






12. Gradually get softer






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






14. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






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






18. Very very soft






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






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






21. Return to the beginning - play to the end






22. Loud






23. Medium soft






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






25. Plucked






26. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






28. Very loud






29. Soft






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






31. The end






32. 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






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






34. Medium loud






35. The space between two bar lines






36. With the bow






37. Detached






38. Gradually getting slower






39. Detached






40. Moving the bow toward tip






41. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






42. Gradually get softer






43. Plucked






44. Very - very loud (fff)






45. Gradually getting louder






46. With the bow






47. Very - very loud (fff)






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






49. Smooth - connected






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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