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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. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
arco
ledger line
tie
crescendo
2. With the bow
pizzicato
da capo al fine
slur
arco
3. Gradually getting slower
accidental
diminuendo
ritardando
fortissimo
4. A five note scale
moderato
half step
pentascale
accidental
5. Fast and lively
allegro
down bow
measure
common time
6. Smooth - connected
key signature
fine
andante
legato
7. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
crescendo
bar line
da capo al fine
8. Soft
bar line
staccato
mezzo forte
piano
9. Detached
half step
staccato
bow lift
double bar
10. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
fine
scale
ritardando
ritardando
11. Return to the beginning - play to the end
pianississimo
time signature
da capo al fine
fine
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.
pizzicato
accidental
music staff
repeat sign
13. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
crescendo
clef sign
forte
arco
14. Loud
common time
whole step
andante
forte
15. Fast and lively
allegro
crescendo
staccato
key signature
16. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
crescendo
ledger line
scale
slur
17. Very very soft
pianississimo
andante
up bow
measure
18. Moving the bow toward tip
bar line
down bow
whole step
allegro
19. 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
slurred staccato
natural
moderato
20. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
key signature
accidental
arpeggio
music staff
21. Rate of speed or pace of music
moderato
ledger line
tempo
whole step
22. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
arco
first and second endings
slur
fine
23. Very very soft
key signature
ritardando
chord
pianississimo
24. Medium soft
sharp
mezzo piano
ledger line
fortissimo
25. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
double bar
scale
ledger line
music staff
26. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
pizzicato
allegro
ritardando
chord
27. Rate of speed or pace of music
tie
tempo
arpeggio
sharp
28. Plucked
piano
pizzicato
pianississimo
half step
29. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
mezzo forte
pizzicato
music staff
decrescendo
30. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
half step
bow lift
chromatics
pianississimo
31. Smooth - connected
legato
time signature
arpeggio
slurred staccato
32. Gradually getting softer
chord
chromatics
music staff
diminuendo
33. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
accidental
natural
bar line
34. 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
common time
first and second endings
legato
moderato
35. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
ledger line
ritardando
forte
bow lift
36. Soft
piano
chromatics
pentascale
half step
37. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
bar line
arco
pianississimo
slurred staccato
38. The end
tempo
fine
first and second endings
sharp
39. Moderately slow
key signature
andante
ledger line
mezzo piano
40. Medium loud
mezzo forte
arco
double bar
ritardando
41. The end
fine
decrescendo
pianissimo
ritardando
42. Very loud
fortissimo
chord
forte
repeat sign
43. Gradually get softer
decrescendo
slurred staccato
half step
key signature
44. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
pianississimo
half step
chord
accidental
45. The space between two bar lines
measure
staccato
crescendo
pianissimo
46. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
double bar
mezzo forte
first and second endings
bar line
47. Gradually getting louder
chord
crescendo
fortississimo
natural
48. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
mezzo forte
fine
mezzo piano
49. Moving the bow toward tip
crescendo
down bow
bow lift
time signature
50. Moderately slow
slur
arco
forte
andante