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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. Loud






2. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






3. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






5. Detached






6. The end






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






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






9. Very - very loud (fff)






10. Gradually getting slower






11. Loud






12. 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






13. Gradually getting louder






14. Moving the bow toward frog






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. 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






17. Moving the bow toward tip






18. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






20. Moving the bow toward tip






21. Very soft






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






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






24. Detached






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. Moving the bow toward frog






27. Moderately slow






28. Smooth - connected






29. Gradually get softer






30. 4/4 meter - denoted C






31. Plucked






32. Medium soft






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






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






35. Medium loud






36. Gradually getting slower






37. Very - very loud (fff)






38. With the bow






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






40. 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






41. Gradually get softer






42. 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






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






44. With the bow






45. Soft






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






47. Very soft






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






49. Very very soft






50. Gradually getting louder