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






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






3. 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.






4. Gradually getting slower






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






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






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






8. Smooth - connected






9. Two half steps






10. The end






11. Very soft






12. Gradually getting louder






13. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






14. Fast and lively






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






16. Moving the bow toward tip






17. Plucked






18. Detached






19. 4/4 meter - denoted C






20. A five note scale






21. Return to the beginning - play to the end






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






23. Gradually getting softer






24. Very - very loud (fff)






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






26. Moderately slow






27. Gradually getting softer






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






29. The space between two bar lines






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






31. With the bow






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. Moving the bow toward frog






37. Very very soft






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






39. Two half steps






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






41. Gradually get softer






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






43. Soft






44. Gradually getting louder






45. Gradually getting slower






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. With the bow