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






2. Gradually get softer






3. 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.






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






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






6. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






7. Gradually getting louder






8. Moving the bow toward frog






9. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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. Moving the bow toward tip






12. Medium loud






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






14. The space between two bar lines






15. Medium loud






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Very - very loud (fff)






21. Plucked






22. Medium soft






23. Detached






24. 4/4 meter - denoted C






25. Very soft






26. Fast and lively






27. Gradually getting softer






28. A five note scale






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






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






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






32. Gradually getting slower






33. Very loud






34. The space between two bar lines






35. Moving the bow toward frog






36. Gradually getting slower






37. 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






38. Soft






39. 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






40. Moderately slow






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






42. Soft






43. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. The end






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