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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. Moving the bow toward frog






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






3. 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






4. Gradually getting louder






5. With the bow






6. Smooth - connected






7. # - raises the pitch by one half step






8. The end






9. Return to the beginning - play to the end






10. Gradually get softer






11. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






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






14. 4/4 meter - denoted C






15. Gradually getting slower






16. 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






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






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






19. Moderately slow






20. Return to the beginning - play to the end






21. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






22. Medium soft






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






24. Gradually get softer






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






26. Soft






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






28. With the bow






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






30. Loud






31. A five note scale






32. Detached






33. Gradually getting softer






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Very - very loud (fff)






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






42. Very - very loud (fff)






43. Plucked






44. Very very soft






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






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. 4/4 meter - denoted C






48. Rate of speed or pace of music






49. Plucked






50. 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