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






2. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals






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






4. Very loud






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 loud






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Moving the bow toward tip






11. Gradually getting slower






12. With the bow






13. A five note scale






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






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






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






17. Plucked






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






19. Smooth - connected






20. 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.






21. Gradually getting softer






22. 4/4 meter - denoted C






23. With the bow






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






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






26. 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






27. Detached






28. Medium soft






29. Very - very loud (fff)






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






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






32. Gradually getting softer






33. Rate of speed or pace of music






34. Medium loud






35. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






36. The end






37. A five note scale






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






39. Moving the bow toward frog






40. Gradually get softer






41. Soft






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






43. 4/4 meter - denoted C






44. # - raises the pitch by one half step






45. Two half steps






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






47. Gradually getting louder






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






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






50. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order