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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 loud (fff)






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






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






4. Medium soft






5. Soft






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






7. Plucked






8. Moderately slow






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






10. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






13. A five note scale






14. Medium soft






15. Very very soft






16. Gradually getting softer






17. Gradually get softer






18. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






19. Gradually getting slower






20. Loud






21. A five note scale






22. Smooth - connected






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






24. Return to the beginning - play to the end






25. Medium loud






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






27. # - raises the pitch by one half step






28. Moving the bow toward tip






29. Moving the bow toward frog






30. Fast and lively






31. 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






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. Detached






34. Very loud






35. 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.






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






37. Very very soft






38. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






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






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






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






43. Rate of speed or pace of music






44. Soft






45. Gradually getting louder






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. The end






48. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






49. 4/4 meter - denoted C






50. Very - very loud (fff)