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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 getting slower






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






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






4. Plucked






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






6. Gradually get softer






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






8. Smooth - connected






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. The space between two bar lines






13. Moving the bow toward tip






14. Gradually getting softer






15. Very soft






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






17. Loud






18. Return to the beginning - play to the end






19. 4/4 meter - denoted C






20. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






21. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






23. 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






24. Two half steps






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






26. Medium soft






27. # - raises the pitch by one half step






28. Very - very loud (fff)






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






30. Very loud






31. Return to the beginning - play to the end






32. A five note scale






33. Detached






34. Fast and lively






35. Very very soft






36. 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






37. The end






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






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






40. Fast and lively






41. Plucked






42. With the bow






43. 4/4 meter - denoted C






44. Detached






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






46. Medium loud






47. Medium soft






48. Gradually getting louder






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






50. Rate of speed or pace of music