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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. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






2. Moving the bow toward tip






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






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






5. Detached






6. Loud






7. The space between two bar lines






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






12. 4/4 meter - denoted C






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






14. Gradually getting louder






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






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






17. Two half steps






18. Detached






19. Medium soft






20. With the bow






21. The space between two bar lines






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






23. Smooth - connected






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






25. Rate of speed or pace of music






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






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






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






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






30. Very - very loud (fff)






31. Very loud






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






33. 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






34. The end






35. Moving the bow toward frog






36. Moderately slow






37. Very - very loud (fff)






38. With the bow






39. Gradually get softer






40. Soft






41. Plucked






42. Gradually get softer






43. Return to the beginning - play to the end






44. The end






45. 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






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






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. Fast and lively






49. Fast and lively






50. 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