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






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






3. 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






4. Loud






5. Smooth - connected






6. Gradually get softer






7. Two half steps






8. 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






9. Very very soft






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






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






12. Moving the bow toward frog






13. Soft






14. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






16. 4/4 meter - denoted C






17. Very - very loud (fff)






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






19. The space between two bar lines






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






21. Two half steps






22. Very soft






23. Detached






24. Gradually getting slower






25. Plucked






26. Return to the beginning - play to the end






27. A five note scale






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






29. 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






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






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






32. A five note scale






33. 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.






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






35. 4/4 meter - denoted C






36. Rate of speed or pace of music






37. Medium soft






38. Smooth - connected






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






40. Very loud






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






42. Moving the bow toward frog






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






44. Moving the bow toward tip






45. Soft






46. Detached






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






48. 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.






49. Gradually getting softer






50. The space between two bar lines