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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. Smooth - connected






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






3. With the bow






4. Smooth - connected






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






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






7. Medium loud






8. Soft






9. 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






10. Moderately slow






11. Moderately slow






12. Medium soft






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






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






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. Gradually getting softer






17. Plucked






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






19. Medium loud






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






21. # - raises the pitch by one half step






22. 4/4 meter - denoted C






23. 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






24. Gradually getting slower






25. Gradually getting louder






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






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






28. Very soft






29. Moving the bow toward frog






30. Moving the bow toward frog






31. Gradually get softer






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Very soft






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






36. The end






37. Very very soft






38. Two half steps






39. # - raises the pitch by one half step






40. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






41. Return to the beginning - play to the end






42. Very loud






43. Soft






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






45. Moving the bow toward tip






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






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






48. Loud






49. Detached






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