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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. Return to the beginning - play to the end






2. Detached






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






4. # - raises the pitch by one half step






5. The end






6. Moderately slow






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






8. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






9. Soft






10. Moderate - neither fast nor slow






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






12. Rate of speed or pace of music






13. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order






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






15. Two half steps






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






17. Very loud






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






19. Detached






20. With the bow






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






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






23. Gradually get softer






24. 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.






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






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






27. Moving the bow toward tip






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






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






30. Fast and lively






31. Return to the beginning - play to the end






32. Gradually getting softer






33. Gradually getting louder






34. Medium soft






35. Very soft






36. Medium loud






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






38. Plucked






39. Gradually get softer






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






41. Rate of speed or pace of music






42. Medium loud






43. Two half steps






44. Moving the bow toward frog






45. 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






46. The end






47. 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






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






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






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