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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. Very very soft






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






3. Very - very loud (fff)






4. Moderately slow






5. Moving the bow toward frog






6. Gradually getting softer






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The space between two bar lines






12. Gradually get softer






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






14. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






16. # - raises the pitch by one half step






17. Very soft






18. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






20. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






23. Fast and lively






24. Soft






25. 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.






26. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






28. Gradually getting slower






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. Very loud






31. # - raises the pitch by one half step






32. Medium soft






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






34. Gradually getting louder






35. The end






36. Very soft






37. The end






38. Detached






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






40. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






42. 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.






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






44. Medium loud






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






46. Smooth - connected






47. Plucked






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






49. Moving the bow toward frog






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