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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. Medium loud






2. Rate of speed or pace of music






3. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






4. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






5. Two half steps






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






7. Gradually get softer






8. Soft






9. Medium loud






10. Very very soft






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






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






13. The end






14. Gradually getting louder






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






16. Gradually getting softer






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






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






19. Gradually getting slower






20. Moderately slow






21. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






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






24. Moving the bow toward frog






25. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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. Plucked






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






29. Moving the bow toward frog






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. Moderately slow






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






33. Very very soft






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






35. Very loud






36. Gradually getting slower






37. 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






38. Loud






39. 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






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






41. Very soft






42. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






43. Detached






44. Rate of speed or pace of music






45. With the bow






46. 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






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






48. Gradually getting louder






49. Very - very loud (fff)






50. The end






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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