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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 tip






2. Smooth - connected






3. Medium soft






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






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






6. Medium loud






7. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






8. Return to the beginning - play to the end






9. Medium loud






10. Return to the beginning - play to the end






11. Very - very loud (fff)






12. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






14. Very - very loud (fff)






15. Moderately slow






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






17. The space between two bar lines






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Very very soft






21. 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






22. The end






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






24. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






25. Rate of speed or pace of music






26. Gradually getting softer






27. With the bow






28. Plucked






29. Moving the bow toward tip






30. Moderately slow






31. 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






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






33. Gradually getting softer






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






35. Fast and lively






36. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






39. Loud






40. Moving the bow toward frog






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






42. The space between two bar lines






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






44. Very loud






45. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






47. Two half steps






48. Soft






49. Gradually getting louder






50. A five note scale