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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. Loud






2. Soft






3. Moving the bow toward frog






4. Moderately slow






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






6. Soft






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






13. The end






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






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






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






17. Moving the bow toward frog






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






19. Moving the bow toward tip






20. Gradually getting louder






21. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






23. With the bow






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






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






26. Rate of speed or pace of music






27. Gradually get softer






28. Smooth - connected






29. Detached






30. 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.






31. Detached






32. Plucked






33. 4/4 meter - denoted C






34. Plucked






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






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






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






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






39. A five note scale






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






41. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






42. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






43. Very soft






44. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






46. Moving the bow toward tip






47. 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






48. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






50. With the bow