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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. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






3. Medium loud






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






5. 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.






6. Plucked






7. Soft






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






9. Very soft






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






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






12. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






15. 4/4 meter - denoted C






16. Very loud






17. Gradually getting slower






18. Loud






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






20. Two half steps






21. The space between two bar lines






22. A five note scale






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






24. Rate of speed or pace of music






25. Gradually getting softer






26. 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.






27. Moving the bow toward frog






28. Moderately slow






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






30. 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






31. A five note scale






32. Plucked






33. 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






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






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






36. Gradually getting louder






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






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






39. Return to the beginning - play to the end






40. Fast and lively






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






42. Moving the bow toward frog






43. Two half steps






44. Gradually getting slower






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






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






47. Very soft






48. With the bow






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






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