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






2. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






4. Gradually get softer






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






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






7. Plucked






8. The end






9. Detached






10. Medium soft






11. 4/4 meter - denoted C






12. Very very soft






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






14. # - raises the pitch by one half step






15. 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.






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. Very loud






18. Gradually getting louder






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






20. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






22. 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






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






24. Detached






25. Fast and lively






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






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






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






29. Loud






30. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






31. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






32. Moderately slow






33. 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






34. Gradually getting slower






35. Gradually getting softer






36. Smooth - connected






37. Moving the bow toward tip






38. A five note scale






39. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






40. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






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






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






44. The space between two bar lines






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






46. 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






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






48. Very - very loud (fff)






49. Moderately slow






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