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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. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






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






4. Detached






5. Soft






6. With the bow






7. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Two half steps






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






15. 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






16. A five note scale






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Gradually getting louder






22. Moving the bow toward frog






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






24. Plucked






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






26. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






28. Very - very loud (fff)






29. Very - very loud (fff)






30. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






31. Very soft






32. A five note scale






33. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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. Medium soft






36. Very soft






37. Return to the beginning - play to the end






38. Fast and lively






39. Very loud






40. 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






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






42. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






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






46. Gradually getting softer






47. With the bow






48. 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.






49. Medium loud






50. 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