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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. Gradually getting louder






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






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






4. 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






5. Medium soft






6. Very very soft






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






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






9. Return to the beginning - play to the end






10. Moving the bow toward tip






11. Moving the bow toward frog






12. 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






13. Very very soft






14. Moderately slow






15. # - raises the pitch by one half step






16. Medium loud






17. Very - very loud (fff)






18. 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.






19. Gradually getting louder






20. Gradually getting softer






21. Fast and lively






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






23. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






24. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






25. Return to the beginning - play to the end






26. Rate of speed or pace of music






27. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






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






30. Soft






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






32. Very loud






33. With the bow






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






35. Two half steps






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






37. Fast and lively






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






39. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






40. Moving the bow toward frog






41. Gradually getting softer






42. Gradually getting slower






43. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






44. A five note scale






45. Gradually getting slower






46. Plucked






47. The space between two bar lines






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






49. Very loud






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