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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. Smooth - connected






2. Gradually get softer






3. Very soft






4. Moving the bow toward frog






5. Smooth - connected






6. 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.






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






8. Very very soft






9. Medium loud






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






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






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






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






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






15. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






16. Gradually get softer






17. Plucked






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






19. Medium soft






20. 4/4 meter - denoted C






21. Very - very loud (fff)






22. Medium loud






23. Detached






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






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






27. Gradually getting slower






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






29. A five note scale






30. Very soft






31. Moving the bow toward frog






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






33. Moving the bow toward tip






34. Fast and lively






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. The space between two bar lines






41. Moderately slow






42. Fast and lively






43. Moderately slow






44. Gradually getting slower






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






46. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






47. Detached






48. Return to the beginning - play to the end






49. Soft






50. Rate of speed or pace of music