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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. Very - very loud (fff)






2. 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






3. # - raises the pitch by one half step






4. Very loud






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






6. Moving the bow toward frog






7. Rate of speed or pace of music






8. With the bow






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






10. Gradually get softer






11. 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






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. Medium soft






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






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






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






17. Gradually getting louder






18. A five note scale






19. Moving the bow toward tip






20. A five note scale






21. Loud






22. Very - very loud (fff)






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






24. 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






25. Gradually getting louder






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






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






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






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






30. Detached






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






32. Very very soft






33. Medium soft






34. Return to the beginning - play to the end






35. Plucked






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






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






38. The space between two bar lines






39. Gradually get softer






40. With the bow






41. Gradually getting softer






42. 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






43. Smooth - connected






44. 4/4 meter - denoted C






45. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






46. Two half steps






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






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






49. Gradually getting slower






50. 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