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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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1. 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.






2. Moving the bow toward frog






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






4. A five note scale






5. Medium loud






6. Loud






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






8. Medium soft






9. 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






10. Moderately slow






11. Smooth - connected






12. The end






13. Gradually getting slower






14. Plucked






15. The space between two bar lines






16. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






17. A five note scale






18. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






19. With the bow






20. Very soft






21. Very very soft






22. Gradually getting slower






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






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. 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






27. Rate of speed or pace of music






28. Very very soft






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






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






31. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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. Medium loud






34. The space between two bar lines






35. Moving the bow toward tip






36. Detached






37. Two half steps






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






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






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






41. Loud






42. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






43. Gradually get softer






44. Smooth - connected






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






46. Two half steps






47. Very loud






48. The end






49. Gradually getting softer






50. Very soft