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






2. Moderately slow






3. Very soft






4. 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.






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






6. With the bow






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






8. Rate of speed or pace of music






9. Return to the beginning - play to the end






10. 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






11. Moderately slow






12. The end






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






14. 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






15. Gradually getting slower






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






17. Medium loud






18. 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






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






20. Very very soft






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






22. The space between two bar lines






23. # - raises the pitch by one half step






24. Detached






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






26. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






29. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






32. Moving the bow toward tip






33. Very loud






34. 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






35. Gradually getting softer






36. 4/4 meter - denoted C






37. A five note scale






38. With the bow






39. Fast and lively






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






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






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






43. Plucked






44. Soft






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






46. Gradually getting slower






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






48. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






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