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WorksheetsOrchestra Terms
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 12mins
When you play an upbow, you are...
Pulling your bow away from your instrument
Pushing your bow into your instrument
Not using your bow at all
When you play a downbow, you are...
Pulling your bow away from your instrument
Pushing your bow into your instrument
Not using your bow at all
What does the key signature tell you?
How many beats are in the measure
How many sharps and flats are in the piece
Who wrote the piece
What time school is over
Means to play with the bow
frog
pizza
pizzicato
arco
The speed of the music.....
form
rhythm
tempo
measure
When musicians play the exact same music but begin at different times, it is called a.....
square dance
duet
round
circle
Define the word TEMPO:
Louds and softs in the music
Repeat a section
The speed of the music
Gradually slow down
This term means 'all play', (usually written after a solo or soli):
Tutti
Divisi
Andante
Simile
This term is the opposite of Ritardando:
Crescendo
Slow Down
Tutti
Accelerando
This term means 'return to the original tempo':
a tempo
Tempo
Ritardando
Accelerando
This term means 1 player, playing alone:
Soli
Solo
Tutti
Divisi
This term means 'group solo' or 'small group plays':
Solo
Tutti
Soli
Divisi
Define the term Divisi:
All play
To divide parts
Solo
Fast tempo
To continue in the same style:
Accelerando
Simile
Solo
Forte
Define the term Pizzicato:
Use the bow
Lift the bow and reset
Pluck the string
Hold the note longer than usual
Arco means:
To pluck
Lift the bow and reset
To play with the bow
Pinky pluck
Define the term Fine:
The end
Repeat
Use the bow
Play loud
What is the musical term for plucking your strings?
Arco
Pizzicato
Forte
Lift
What is the name of the person in charge of the Orchestra?
Composer
Conductor
Copywriter
What does Moderato mean?
Fast
Slow
Moderate
Very Fast
What does Subito mean?
Suddenly
Slowly
Quickly
What does Crescendo mean?
To get softer
To get louder
To stay the same
What does U.H. mean when you see it in music?
Use the middle part of the bow
Use the Lower Half of the bow
Use the Upper Half of the bow
What does Allegro Vivo mean?
Fast
Fast and lively
Fast and suddenly
What does D.C. or Da Capo mean?
Return to the beginning
Go to the end
Go to the middle
What does Divisi mean?
Play softer
Play louder
Divide your part
What is a Coda?
The beginning measures of a composition
the final added measures of a musical composition
What does Crescendo e Ritard mean?
To get louder and slower
To get louder and faster
To get softer and slower
To get softer and faster
What does crescendo e accelerando mean?
To get softer and slower
To get softer and faster
To get louder and slower
To get louder and faster
