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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. Very loud






2. Very very soft






3. Fast and lively






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. Gradually getting softer






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






9. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






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






13. Soft






14. Return to the beginning - play to the end






15. Medium loud






16. A five note scale






17. 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.






18. 4/4 meter - denoted C






19. Moving the bow toward tip






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






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






22. 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






23. Moderately slow






24. Plucked






25. 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






26. Smooth - connected






27. Medium soft






28. Two half steps






29. Detached






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






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






32. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






33. Moving the bow toward tip






34. Medium loud






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






36. Gradually getting louder






37. The space between two bar lines






38. Gradually getting softer






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






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






41. 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






42. Gradually get softer






43. Rate of speed or pace of music






44. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






46. Smooth - connected






47. Gradually get softer






48. 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






49. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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