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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. Medium loud






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






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






4. The space between two bar lines






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






6. 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






7. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






9. Medium loud






10. 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.






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






12. Plucked






13. 4/4 meter - denoted C






14. Fast and lively






15. Moving the bow toward frog






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






17. # - raises the pitch by one half step






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






19. A five note scale






20. With the bow






21. A five note scale






22. Very loud






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






24. Very soft






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






26. Moderately slow






27. 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






28. Moving the bow toward tip






29. Very - very loud (fff)






30. Very soft






31. 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






32. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






33. Gradually getting louder






34. Fast and lively






35. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






36. Soft






37. Detached






38. Smooth - connected






39. 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.






40. Very very soft






41. Smooth - connected






42. Two half steps






43. With the bow






44. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






46. Loud






47. Very loud






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






49. Medium soft






50. Gradually getting slower