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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. Gradually getting louder






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






3. # - raises the pitch by one half step






4. Return to the beginning - play to the end






5. Gradually getting softer






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






7. Fast and lively






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






9. The space between two bar lines






10. Two half steps






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






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






13. Fast and lively






14. 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






15. Medium loud






16. Gradually getting louder






17. Moving the bow toward tip






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






19. Very - very loud (fff)






20. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






21. Gradually get softer






22. Very soft






23. Very very soft






24. Moving the bow toward frog






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






26. Detached






27. Very loud






28. 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






29. Loud






30. Gradually getting softer






31. Medium loud






32. 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






33. Very very soft






34. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






35. Very loud






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






37. # - raises the pitch by one half step






38. Very soft






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






40. Gradually get softer






41. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






43. Moving the bow toward tip






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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.