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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. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Fast and lively






7. Smooth - connected






8. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






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






11. Moderately slow






12. Return to the beginning - play to the end






13. Soft






14. Very soft






15. Moving the bow toward frog






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






17. # - raises the pitch by one half step






18. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






20. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






22. 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.






23. Very loud






24. Moving the bow toward frog






25. 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.






26. Soft






27. A five note scale






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






29. Very - very loud (fff)






30. Medium soft






31. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






32. Moderately slow






33. 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






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






35. The space between two bar lines






36. Very - very loud (fff)






37. 4/4 meter - denoted C






38. Plucked






39. Detached






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






41. Gradually getting louder






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






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






44. Very loud






45. Return to the beginning - play to the end






46. 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






47. Smooth - connected






48. Medium soft






49. Gradually get softer






50. Very very soft