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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Moving the bow toward frog






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






4. Gradually get softer






5. 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






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






7. Gradually getting softer






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






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






10. Very - very loud (fff)






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






12. Smooth - connected






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






14. Two half steps






15. Moderately slow






16. Very loud






17. Loud






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






19. Detached






20. With the bow






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






22. Smooth - connected






23. Gradually getting slower






24. Very soft






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






26. Very very soft






27. Gradually get softer






28. Fast and lively






29. Soft






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






31. Very loud






32. Loud






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






34. Medium soft






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






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






37. Plucked






38. Detached






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






40. Moving the bow toward tip






41. 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






42. # - raises the pitch by one half step






43. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






45. Soft






46. With the bow






47. Very soft






48. Medium soft






49. Moderately slow






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