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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. 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






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






3. 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






4. Two half steps






5. Medium loud






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






7. Plucked






8. 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.






9. Moderately slow






10. Gradually getting louder






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






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






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






14. Loud






15. Gradually getting louder






16. Fast and lively






17. Very - very loud (fff)






18. 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






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






20. With the bow






21. Very loud






22. # - raises the pitch by one half step






23. Very loud






24. With the bow






25. 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






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. Very - very loud (fff)






28. Gradually getting softer






29. Gradually get softer






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






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






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






33. Moderately slow






34. Moving the bow toward tip






35. Plucked






36. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






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






39. Detached






40. Soft






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






42. Return to the beginning - play to the end






43. Fast and lively






44. Gradually get softer






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






46. Moving the bow toward tip






47. # - raises the pitch by one half step






48. A five note scale






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






50. Gradually getting slower






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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