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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. 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






4. # - raises the pitch by one half step






5. 4/4 meter - denoted C






6. Moderately slow






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






8. Very very soft






9. Soft






10. Detached






11. Very soft






12. Smooth - connected






13. Smooth - connected






14. 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






15. Gradually getting louder






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






17. Gradually getting slower






18. A five note scale






19. Loud






20. Moderately slow






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






22. Plucked






23. Two half steps






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






25. Rate of speed or pace of music






26. Very loud






27. A five note scale






28. Very loud






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






30. Gradually getting softer






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






32. Fast and lively






33. Gradually getting slower






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






35. With the bow






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






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






38. Moving the bow toward frog






39. Very - very loud (fff)






40. Very soft






41. Loud






42. Detached






43. 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






44. Gradually get softer






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






46. Moving the bow toward frog






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






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






49. Two half steps






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