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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. Rate of speed or pace of music






2. Medium loud






3. Loud






4. Moving the bow toward tip






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






6. Gradually getting slower






7. Gradually get softer






8. Very - very loud (fff)






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






10. 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






11. Plucked






12. Two half steps






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






14. 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






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






16. With the bow






17. The end






18. Loud






19. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






20. Very soft






21. Fast and lively






22. 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






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






24. Fast and lively






25. The space between two bar lines






26. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






28. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






30. Gradually getting louder






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






32. Moving the bow toward frog






33. 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.






34. The space between two bar lines






35. Very very soft






36. Moderately slow






37. Return to the beginning - play to the end






38. Plucked






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






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






41. 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.






42. Gradually getting louder






43. Gradually getting softer






44. Very loud






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






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






47. Very soft






48. Gradually getting softer






49. 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






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