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






2. 4/4 meter - denoted C






3. Detached






4. 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.






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






6. Very very soft






7. The end






8. Medium soft






9. Very very soft






10. Plucked






11. Gradually getting louder






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






13. Loud






14. Soft






15. Gradually getting softer






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






17. Moderately slow






18. Moving the bow toward frog






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






20. With the bow






21. Medium loud






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






23. 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






24. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






25. Gradually getting slower






26. 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






27. Moving the bow toward frog






28. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






29. Soft






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






31. Smooth - connected






32. Moving the bow toward tip






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






34. Return to the beginning - play to the end






35. 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.






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






37. Two half steps






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






39. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






41. Medium loud






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






43. # - raises the pitch by one half step






44. Very - very loud (fff)






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






46. Very soft






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






48. Gradually getting slower






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






50. Smooth - connected