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Orchestra Vocab

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Rhythm?

a)

Steady beat of the music.

b)

A collection of beats and sounds.

c)

The layers of music.

d)

The quality of sound in music.

2.

Common Time is also known as what?

a)

4/4

b)

2/4

c)

3/4

d)

2/2

3.

Sharps, Flats, and Naturals are examples of what?

a)

Accidents

b)

Accidentals

c)

Note Markings

d)

Note Modifiers

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Which Key Signature has 2 sharps?

a)

C Major

b)

D Major

c)

G Major

d)

F Major

7.

What connects multiple 8th notes?

a)

Stems

b)

Flags

c)

Beams

d)

Nothing

8.

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

a)

Harmony

b)

Melodies

c)

Arpeggios

d)

Intervals

9.

What key signature has one sharp?

a)

G Major

b)

D Major

c)

F Major

d)

C Major

10.

What curved line connects two notes of the SAME pitch?

a)

Slur

b)

Tie

c)

Tenuto

11.

What curved line connects two notes of DIFFERENT pitches?

a)

Tie

b)

Slur

c)

Tenuto

12.

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

a)

Extra Notes

b)

Pickup

c)

Anacrusis

d)

A Mistake

13.

The distance between two notes is what?

a)

An interval

b)

A Half Step

c)

A Whole Stap

d)

Distance

14.

What articulation is used to separate notes?

a)

Tenuto

b)

Accent

c)

Marcato

d)

Staccato

15.

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

16.

How loud or soft you play is known as what?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Articulation

d)

Style

17.

Forte means...

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

18.

Piano means...

a)

Loud

b)

Soft

c)

Medium Loud

d)

Medium Soft

19.

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

a)

Improvisation

b)

Harmonizing

c)

Adding chords

d)

Faking a test

20.

This tempo means fast.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

21.

This tempo means medium tempo.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

22.

This tempo means slower, walking tempo.

a)

Allegro

b)

Moderato

c)

Andante

d)

Presto

23.

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.

24.

What term is this an example of?

a)

Fermata

b)

Grand Pause

c)

Hold

d)

Eyeball

25.

What do you do when you see this symbol?

a)

Breath

b)

Bow Lift

c)

Pause

d)

Nothing

26.

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

27.

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

a)

Measure 3

b)

Measure 1

c)

Measure 7

d)

Coda

28.

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

a)

Chromatics

b)

Notes in the key signature

c)

Altered Notes

29.

This symbol cancels a flat or sharp?

a)

Natural

b)

Sharp

c)

Flat

d)

Accidental Canceller

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 part of the bow should you use for a half note?

a)

Balance point to the upper half

b)

Middle of the bow to the tip

c)

Frog to the middle of the bow

d)

All of the bow

33.

When you play a double stop you

a)

Stop the bow multiple times as you move it across the string

b)

Play twice as fast

c)

Play two notes at the same time

d)

Play twice as slow

34.

When we play with a legato sound that means

a)

The sound is smooth and connected

b)

There are lots of stops of the bow and space between the notes

c)

It is loud

d)

We bounce the bow off the string

35.
What is the term that means to gradually get louder?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo
c)
allegro
d)
accelerando
36.
What is the term that means to gradually get softer?
a)
Crescendo
b)
Decrescendo or diminuendo
c)
piano
d)
ritardando
37.
What is the term that means to gradually slow down?
a)
decrescendo
b)
diminuendo
c)
accelerando
d)
ritardando or rallantando
38.
What is the term that means to gradually get faster? 
a)
ritardando
b)
rallantando
c)
accelerando
d)
crescendo
39.
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.
40.
What does the caesura tell us to do?
a)
break/ pause between phrases
b)
hold the note out
c)
slow down
d)
lift the bow
41.
What does the lift sign tell us to do? Check the BEST answer.
a)
lift the bow from tip to frog
b)
lift the bow to the correct placement for the next bowing
c)
lift the bow from frog to tip
d)
break/ pause until the conductor says to play
42.
What does D.C. al Fine mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the Fine (ending).
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end.
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda.
d)
Go back to the sign and play to the coda.
43.
What does D.S. al coda mean?
a)
Go back to the beginning and play to the fine
b)
Go back to the sign and play to the end
c)
Go back to the beginning and play to the coda
d)
 Go back to the segno (sign), play to the coda sign, jump to the coda
44.

What are dynamics?

a)

The volume of music.

b)

The Speed of music.

c)

The layers of music.

d)

The Sound of an instrument.

45.

Accent

a)

Short and Separated

b)

Smooth and Connected

c)

Two or more notes played in the same bow direction, stopping the bow between notes

d)

Emphasize a note by adding extra weight or bite with the bow

46.

Tempo

a)

The beat.

b)

How many sharps or flats

c)

Slow

d)

The speed of the music

47.

A half note equals

a)

Two beats of sound

b)

two beats of silence

c)

1 beat

d)

3 beats

48.

a dotted half note equals...

a)

2 beats of sound

b)

2 beats of silence`

c)

3 beats of sound

d)

2 beats of silence

49.

A quarter Rest equals

a)

2 beats of sound

b)

1 beat of silence

c)

2 beats of silence

d)

a note

50.

What is Gradually slower

a)

Coda

b)

Chops

c)

Ritardando

d)

Key signature

51.

What is Sweetly

a)

Fouette

b)

Forte

c)

Colle

d)

Dolce

52.

Common Time is also known as what?

a)

4/4

b)

2/4

c)

3/4

d)

2/2

53.

Sharps, Flats, and Naturals are examples of what?

a)

Accidents

b)

Accidentals

c)

Note Markings

d)

Note Modifiers

54.

The distance between two notes is what?

a)

An interval

b)

A Half Step

c)

A Whole Stap

d)

Distance

55.

What articulation is used to separate notes?

a)

Tenuto

b)

Accent

c)

Marcato

d)

Staccato

56.

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

57.

How many beats does an eighth note get?

a)

1 beat

b)

1/2 beat

c)

1/4 beat

d)

4 beats

58.

When you play a double stop you

a)

Stop the bow multiple times as you move it across the string

b)

Play twice as fast

c)

Play two notes at the same time

d)

Play twice as slow

59.

What is a bar line in music?

a)

Its also known as a stem. It's part of notes other than the whole note

b)

It is a vertical line that separates the music staff into measures

c)

It's a little line above or below the staff that is used for high and low notes.

d)

It's the goal you try to do better than when you are practicing

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