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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
study here
.
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. Moving the bow toward frog
tempo
music staff
up bow
arpeggio
2. 4/4 meter - denoted C
time signature
common time
measure
double bar
3. A five note scale
pentascale
up bow
slurred staccato
pizzicato
4. Soft
piano
whole step
common time
up bow
5. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
half step
bar line
ritardando
chromatics
6. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
mezzo forte
clef sign
chord
time signature
7. The end
sharp
fine
up bow
ritardando
8. Very very soft
sharp
natural
pianississimo
crescendo
9. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
bow lift
accidental
slurred staccato
10. # - raises the pitch by one half step
common time
pianississimo
repeat sign
sharp
11. Rate of speed or pace of music
ledger line
tempo
scale
double bar
12. Smooth - connected
natural
legato
common time
slurred staccato
13. Very soft
legato
arpeggio
arco
pianissimo
14. Detached
crescendo
staccato
slur
chord
15. 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
up bow
crescendo
fortississimo
16. Very very soft
fine
pianississimo
chromatics
slurred staccato
17. Gradually getting louder
bow lift
pianississimo
crescendo
accidental
18. Loud
forte
slur
fortississimo
double bar
19. Medium soft
mezzo piano
music staff
slurred staccato
up bow
20. Plucked
common time
chromatics
pizzicato
repeat sign
21. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.
music staff
arpeggio
time signature
pentascale
22. With the bow
arco
measure
moderato
mezzo piano
23. Smooth - connected
pentascale
legato
key signature
natural
24. Rate of speed or pace of music
common time
da capo al fine
repeat sign
tempo
25. Very loud
piano
fortissimo
first and second endings
up bow
26. Plucked
piano
chord
key signature
pizzicato
27. Gradually getting softer
mezzo forte
diminuendo
bow lift
chromatics
28. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
ritardando
music staff
chromatics
chord
29. Detached
music staff
mezzo forte
decrescendo
staccato
30. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
mezzo forte
half step
accidental
slur
31. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
music staff
repeat sign
music staff
key signature
32. Moving the bow toward tip
bow lift
double bar
accidental
down bow
33. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
allegro
up bow
slurred staccato
34. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
arpeggio
repeat sign
bar line
chord
35. 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
ledger line
moderato
legato
natural
36. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
repeat sign
music staff
crescendo
pentascale
37. Return to the beginning - play to the end
legato
staccato
da capo al fine
tie
38. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
natural
music staff
pianissimo
39. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
ledger line
chromatics
mezzo piano
arco
40. Soft
slur
piano
tempo
pentascale
41. Two half steps
bow lift
crescendo
ritardando
whole step
42. Two half steps
whole step
forte
pianissimo
sharp
43. The space between two bar lines
decrescendo
measure
da capo al fine
tie
44. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
scale
arpeggio
da capo al fine
fine
45. Sign that appears at the beginning of the music after the clef sign. It contains two numbers. The top number tells how many beats in a measure. The bottom number indicates what duration of note gets one beat.
andante
time signature
accidental
measure
46. 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
up bow
repeat sign
half step
tie
47. 4/4 meter - denoted C
mezzo forte
moderato
common time
repeat sign
48. Moving the bow toward frog
moderato
up bow
ledger line
forte
49. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
accidental
bar line
common time
arpeggio
50. Return to the beginning - play to the end
mezzo forte
measure
slurred staccato
da capo al fine