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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 tip






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. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






5. A five note scale






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






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






8. Detached






9. Medium soft






10. Fast and lively






11. Plucked






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






13. Soft






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. Gradually get softer






16. Fast and lively






17. Very - very loud (fff)






18. # - raises the pitch by one half step






19. Detached






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






21. Return to the beginning - play to the end






22. # - raises the pitch by one half step






23. The end






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






25. Soft






26. Gradually getting softer






27. A five note scale






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






29. The end






30. Rate of speed or pace of music






31. Loud






32. 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.






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






34. Moving the bow toward tip






35. Smooth - connected






36. Gradually getting slower






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






38. With the bow






39. Gradually get softer






40. Medium loud






41. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






44. Very loud






45. Moderately slow






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






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






48. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






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