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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Medium loud
pianississimo
mezzo forte
fortississimo
forte
2. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
ritardando
forte
scale
tie
3. Smooth - connected
common time
legato
da capo al fine
chord
4. Moving the bow toward frog
slurred staccato
up bow
double bar
scale
5. Medium soft
repeat sign
mezzo piano
staccato
chromatics
6. Distance from any key to the very next key up or down - black or white - with no key between; the smallest distance between to notes
fine
half step
moderato
mezzo piano
7. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
ledger line
piano
key signature
bow lift
8. A five note scale
pentascale
bar line
tempo
da capo al fine
9. Distance from any key to the very next key up or down - black or white - with no key between; the smallest distance between to notes
piano
half step
legato
bow lift
10. Fast and lively
allegro
double bar
scale
arco
11. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
repeat sign
legato
key signature
mezzo forte
12. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
double bar
repeat sign
diminuendo
fine
13. Two half steps
whole step
pizzicato
time signature
diminuendo
14. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
forte
diminuendo
arco
15. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
clef sign
pizzicato
measure
mezzo forte
16. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
sharp
forte
accidental
double bar
17. Detached
staccato
fine
double bar
scale
18. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
ritardando
scale
crescendo
measure
19. Very very soft
slurred staccato
pianississimo
arco
legato
20. # - raises the pitch by one half step
diminuendo
sharp
staccato
pianissimo
21. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
first and second endings
decrescendo
chromatics
22. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
fortississimo
accidental
bow lift
up bow
23. Very soft
pianissimo
music staff
tie
mezzo piano
24. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
piano
measure
slurred staccato
25. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
bar line
pianissimo
mezzo forte
chord
26. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
natural
andante
repeat sign
slurred staccato
27. Detached
clef sign
staccato
andante
moderato
28. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
double bar
bar line
time signature
fortissimo
29. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
forte
piano
key signature
arpeggio
30. Very soft
pianissimo
da capo al fine
fortissimo
bar line
31. Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
fine
andante
slurred staccato
ledger line
32. Gradually getting slower
double bar
ritardando
bow lift
slur
33. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
chord
pianissimo
tie
allegro
34. Very - very loud (fff)
decrescendo
music staff
fortississimo
first and second endings
35. Loud
arco
mezzo piano
forte
crescendo
36. Rate of speed or pace of music
staccato
tempo
forte
diminuendo
37. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
andante
tie
slurred staccato
38. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
tempo
chord
mezzo piano
slurred staccato
39. Play through the first ending to the repeat sign then go back to the beginning and skip the first ending and play the second ending
allegro
natural
pianissimo
first and second endings
40. Very very soft
repeat sign
pianississimo
chord
music staff
41. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
tempo
natural
mezzo piano
andante
42. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
double bar
bar line
fortissimo
43. Moving the bow toward frog
pentascale
forte
up bow
fortissimo
44. 4/4 meter - denoted C
clef sign
arpeggio
diminuendo
common time
45. Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
fortissimo
tie
ledger line
repeat sign
46. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
pentascale
measure
measure
tie
47. The end
arco
first and second endings
down bow
fine
48. Gradually getting louder
diminuendo
fine
crescendo
moderato
49. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
legato
da capo al fine
up bow
music staff
50. Very loud
fortissimo
staccato
staccato
allegro