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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. The end






3. Gradually getting louder






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






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






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






7. Very soft






8. Gradually getting slower






9. Moving the bow toward tip






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. Very very soft






12. Rate of speed or pace of music






13. 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






14. 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.






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. Two half steps






17. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






18. The space between two bar lines






19. Detached






20. Gradually getting softer






21. Moderately slow






22. # - raises the pitch by one half step






23. With the bow






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






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






26. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






29. Medium soft






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






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






32. Return to the beginning - play to the end






33. A five note scale






34. 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






35. Plucked






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






37. Gradually getting louder






38. Very very soft






39. # - raises the pitch by one half step






40. Moving the bow toward frog






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






42. Medium soft






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






44. Gradually get softer






45. Return to the beginning - play to the end






46. Soft






47. Soft






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






49. Two half steps






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