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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. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






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






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






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






6. Smooth - connected






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






8. Two half steps






9. Fast and lively






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






11. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






13. Gradually getting slower






14. With the bow






15. Very loud






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






17. Moderately slow






18. 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






19. Loud






20. With the bow






21. # - raises the pitch by one half step






22. Detached






23. Very - very loud (fff)






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






25. Very very soft






26. 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.






27. Gradually getting louder






28. A five note scale






29. 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.






30. Soft






31. Smooth - connected






32. 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






33. Return to the beginning - play to the end






34. Gradually get softer






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






36. Two half steps






37. Gradually getting slower






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






39. Gradually getting louder






40. The end






41. Plucked






42. Very - very loud (fff)






43. Fast and lively






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






45. The space between two bar lines






46. Loud






47. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






48. Very loud






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






50. Moderately slow