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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. A five note scale






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






3. Rate of speed or pace of music






4. Loud






5. Very very soft






6. Moderately slow






7. Rate of speed or pace of music






8. Soft






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






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






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






12. Gradually getting softer






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






14. A five note scale






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






16. Medium soft






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






18. Soft






19. Very - very loud (fff)






20. Very loud






21. Medium loud






22. With the bow






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






24. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






26. Fast and lively






27. Gradually get softer






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






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






30. Moving the bow toward frog






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






32. Gradually getting slower






33. The space between two bar lines






34. Moderately slow






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






36. Gradually getting louder






37. Very very soft






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






39. Two half steps






40. Medium soft






41. 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






42. Detached






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






44. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






45. Loud






46. 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.






47. Moving the bow toward tip






48. 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






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






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