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orchestra vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term that means to gradually get louder?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo
c)
allegro
d)
accelerando
2.
What is the term that means to gradually slow down?
a)
decrescendo
b)
diminuendo
c)
accelerando
d)
ritardando or rallantando
3.
What does the fermata tell us to do?
a)
Gradually speed up
b)
Gradually slow down
c)
Hold the note until the conductor releases it.
d)
Play the note really short.
4.
What Key Signature has 0 sharps or flats
a)
C major
b)
G major
c)
D major
d)
A major
5.
What is the name of this rest?
a)
Eighth Rest
b)
Sixteenth Rest
c)
Quarter Rest
d)
Half Rest
6.
Common time is the same as which time signature?
a)
2/2
b)
3/4
c)
2/4
d)
4/4
7.
Common time is represented by what letter?
a)
C
b)
T
c)
4/4
d)
C with a vertical line through it
8.
The top number in the time signature (4/4) tells:
a)
how many measures per line
b)
how many beats per measure
c)
the type of note that keeps the steady beat
d)
number of notes per measure
9.
A slur connects:
a)
two different pitches
b)
two of the same pitches
c)
two notes of equal value
d)
none of these
10.
What is the definition of articulation?
a)
Length and style of bowing
b)
Another word for accent
c)
Legato
d)
Marcato
11.
Which articulation is separated?
a)
Legato
b)
Staccato
c)
Marcato
d)
Stringendo
12.
How many eighth notes in a dotted quarter note?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
0
d)
1.5
13.
What is the name of this bowing technique?
a)
Slur
b)
Tie
c)
Hooked
d)
Detache
14.
Name the clef sign.
a)
treble
b)
alto
c)
bass
15.
Name the clef sign
a)
treble
b)
alto
c)
bass
16.
What does this symbol mean?
a)
repeat
b)
staccato
c)
andante
17.
Define this symbol
a)
tie
b)
hooked bow
c)
slur
18.
A dotted quarter note gets _____ beat(s).
a)
half of one 
b)
one
c)
one and a half
d)
two
19.
An eighth note gets _____ beat(s).
a)
half
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
20.
A half note gets _____ beat(s).
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
21.
A quarter note gets________ beat(s).
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
22.
This rest sign gets how many beats of silence?
a)
half
b)
one
c)
two
d)
four
23.
Name the key displayed.
a)
C major
b)
D major
c)
E major
d)
F major
24.
Name the key displayed.
a)
C major
b)
D major
c)
E major
d)
F major
25.
Name the key displayed.
a)
C major
b)
D major
c)
G major
d)
F major