Copy of Intermediate Orchestra Music Assessment 2024 Fall

Notes have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Articulation affects what part(s) of a note?

• Beginning and end
• Beginning only
• Middle only
• End only
• Beginning and middle

In order to play the right notes, you must:

• Know how to play your instrument
• Know the note names, Know the fingering, Practice playing the correct note
• Know the note names, Know the fingerings
• Look at your neighbor's fingers while playing

If you play the right note at the wrong time, you are playing a ______?

• Right note
• Wrong note

Practice Makes:

• Perfect
• Permanent
• Cake
• Waffels

What is the difference between Balance and Blend?

• Balance is when you match your neighbor's sound. Blend is when you can hear the melody.
• Blend is when you match your neighbor's sound. Balance is when you can hear the melody.
• Blend is when you are intone with you neighbor, balance is when you play louder then your neighbor.

When two people play the same frequency you will hear:

• The sound of clashing waves
• An amplified sound, where both sounds blend into each other
• Distortion
• Doves crying

What factors create good tone on your instrument?

• Posture, Pressure, Contact, Equipment
• Posture, Fingerings, Rhythm, Equipment
• Posture, Breath, Muscle Control, Equipment
• Posture, Note Names, Initiation, Equipment

In order to play the most effective crescendo, you can:

• Get louder
• Get softer to get louder
• Get softer
• Get louder then get softer

What are two ways to play a staccato?

• Long and Connected
• Long and Lifted
• Lifted and Clipped (Stopped)
• Clipped and Splatted

In order to play a smooth musical phrase you need to:

• Lift the bow off the string
• Stop the bow
• Use heavy pressure on every note
• Adjust the pressure and speed of the bow to move the musical idea forward