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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. The space between two bar lines






2. Gradually getting softer






3. A five note scale






4. 4/4 meter - denoted C






5. Gradually getting louder






6. A five note scale






7. Rate of speed or pace of music






8. Moving the bow toward frog






9. Smooth - connected






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






11. Gradually get softer






12. Very - very loud (fff)






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






14. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






16. Gradually getting louder






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






18. Fast and lively






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






20. Gradually get softer






21. 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






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






23. Gradually getting slower






24. Plucked






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






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






27. Soft






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






29. 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






30. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






32. Medium soft






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






34. With the bow






35. Moderately slow






36. Medium soft






37. Two half steps






38. Very loud






39. 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






40. # - raises the pitch by one half step






41. Detached






42. The space between two bar lines






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






44. Fast and lively






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






46. 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






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






48. Loud






49. 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.






50. Moving the bow toward tip