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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. Moving the bow toward frog






2. Two half steps






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






4. Gradually getting louder






5. Gradually get softer






6. Medium loud






7. Very loud






8. 4/4 meter - denoted C






9. Fast and lively






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






11. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






13. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






14. Soft






15. Plucked






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






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






18. The end






19. Rate of speed or pace of music






20. Moving the bow toward frog






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






22. Gradually get softer






23. Moderately slow






24. Gradually getting slower






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






26. 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.






27. Gradually getting softer






28. Smooth - connected






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






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






31. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






32. 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






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






34. Detached






35. Moderately slow






36. Detached






37. Return to the beginning - play to the end






38. The space between two bar lines






39. Very loud






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






41. 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






42. Loud






43. Moving the bow toward tip






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






45. Very soft






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






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






48. Plucked






49. 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






50. 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