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Orchestra Vocab Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where will you find a Double Bar Line?

a)

Beginning of music

b)

End of music

c)

In between important sections

d)

In the middle of a piece

2.

Ledger lines do the following:

a)

Extend notes above the staff

b)

Extend notes below the staff

c)

Extend notes above and below the staff

d)

Shrink the staff

3.

Which Key Signature has 2 sharps?

a)

C Major

b)

D Major

c)

G Major

d)

F Major

4.

What connects multiple 8th notes?

a)

Stems

b)

Flags

c)

Beams

d)

Nothing

5.

Two or more pitches sounding at the same time create what?

a)

Harmony

b)

Melodies

c)

Arpeggios

d)

Intervals

6.

Common Time is also known as what?

a)

4/4

b)

2/4

c)

3/4

d)

2/2

7.

What key signature has one sharp?

a)

G Major

b)

D Major

c)

F Major

d)

C Major

8.

What curved line connects two notes of the SAME pitch?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Tenuto

9.

What curved line connects two notes of DIFFERENT pitches?

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Tenuto

10.

Notes that occur before the first full measure are known as...

a)

Extra Notes

b)

Pickup

c)

Anacrusis

d)

A Mistake

11.

Sharps, Flats, and Naturals are examples of what?

a)

Accidents

b)

Accidentals

c)

Note Markings

d)

Note Modifiers

12.

The distance between two notes is what?

a)

An interval

b)

A Half Step

c)

A Whole Stap

d)

Distance

13.

What articulation is used to separate notes?

a)

Tenuto

b)

Accent

c)

Marcato

d)

Staccato

14.

Hooked bowing is...

a)

two or more notes played in the same direction.

b)

two or more notes played in opposite directions

c)

playing notes tied together

d)

playing notes staccato

15.

How loud or soft you play is known as what?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Articulation

d)

Style

16.

Forte means...

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

17.

Piano means...

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

18.

The art of freely creating music as you play is...

a)

Improvisation

b)

Harmonizing

c)

Adding chords

d)

Faking a test

19.

This tempo means fast.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

20.

This tempo means medium tempo.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

21.

This tempo means slower, walking tempo.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

22.

What does a time signature tell us?

a)

How many beats are in a measure.

b)

What type of note gets the beat.

c)

What notes are changed by accidentals.

d)

How many beats are in a measure and what type of note gets the beat.

23.

What term is this an example of?

a)

Fermata

b)

Grand Pause

c)

Hold

d)

Eyeball

24.

What do you do when you see this symbol?

a)

Breath

b)

Bow Lift

c)

Pause

d)

Nothing

25.

What do you do at this symbol?

a)

Repeat within the symbols

b)

Go back to the beginning and play again

c)

Only play second time

d)

Go back to the sign and play

26.

What measure do you go back to for the D.S.?

a)

Measure 3

b)

Measure 1

c)

Measure 7

d)

Coda

27.

Notes altered with sharps, flats, and naturals are known as what?

a)

Chromatics

b)

Notes in the key signature

c)

Altered Notes

28.

This symbol cancels a flat or sharp?

a)

Natural

b)

Sharp

c)

Flat

d)

Accidental Canceller

29.

The smallest interval in Western music is what?

a)

A Half Step

b)

A Whole Step

c)

A Quarter Step

d)

A Three Quarter Step

30.

What interval do you get when you combine TWO half steps?

a)

A Half Step

b)

A Whole Step

c)

A Quarter Step

d)

A Three Quarter Step

31.

Two or more notes played in the same directions with a stop between each note is known as what?

a)

Same Direction Bowing

b)

Hooked Bowing

c)

Multiple Bowing

d)

Down-Up Bowing

32.

What does P.A.W.S stand for?

a)

Placement, Angle, Weight, Speed

b)

Position, Angle, Weight, Speed

c)

Position, Adjustment, Weight, Speed

d)

Placement, Adjustment, Weight, Speed