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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. Very - very loud (fff)
fortississimo
piano
half step
tie
2. With the bow
arco
da capo al fine
whole step
tempo
3. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
mezzo piano
repeat sign
bow lift
pianissimo
4. Gradually getting slower
crescendo
diminuendo
ritardando
allegro
5. Two half steps
andante
forte
whole step
natural
6. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
fortississimo
legato
tempo
music staff
7. Fast and lively
mezzo forte
double bar
allegro
tie
8. Gradually get softer
clef sign
decrescendo
diminuendo
crescendo
9. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
moderato
bow lift
common time
up bow
10. # - raises the pitch by one half step
crescendo
scale
piano
sharp
11. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
chromatics
ledger line
accidental
scale
12. 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
mezzo piano
half step
decrescendo
legato
13. The end
ritardando
fine
tie
ledger line
14. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
fortississimo
da capo al fine
arco
bar line
15. Soft
fortissimo
piano
mezzo forte
key signature
16. Smooth - connected
whole step
sharp
legato
slurred staccato
17. 4/4 meter - denoted C
half step
common time
andante
arco
18. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
chromatics
key signature
fine
half step
19. Gradually getting slower
ledger line
ritardando
up bow
staccato
20. The space between two bar lines
measure
accidental
half step
chromatics
21. Return to the beginning - play to the end
ritardando
da capo al fine
slurred staccato
chromatics
22. The space between two bar lines
clef sign
piano
measure
double bar
23. Medium soft
pizzicato
mezzo piano
chord
mezzo forte
24. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
arpeggio
mezzo forte
scale
tempo
25. 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
accidental
first and second endings
pizzicato
pizzicato
26. Two half steps
whole step
allegro
down bow
forte
27. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
accidental
slurred staccato
mezzo piano
slur
28. Gradually getting softer
diminuendo
bow lift
bar line
repeat sign
29. Medium loud
chromatics
sharp
legato
mezzo forte
30. Loud
common time
piano
forte
arco
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
ledger line
piano
pizzicato
time signature
32. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
sharp
diminuendo
staccato
33. Fast and lively
bar line
forte
mezzo piano
allegro
34. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
scale
common time
chord
accidental
35. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
crescendo
pianississimo
clef sign
36. 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.
time signature
down bow
accidental
forte
37. The end
fine
da capo al fine
bar line
natural
38. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
fortississimo
key signature
forte
slur
39. Moving the bow toward frog
up bow
key signature
mezzo forte
da capo al fine
40. Moving the bow toward tip
down bow
forte
mezzo forte
fine
41. A five note scale
pentascale
time signature
music staff
piano
42. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
chord
piano
music staff
scale
43. Very loud
chromatics
andante
fortissimo
pianissimo
44. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
da capo al fine
bow lift
fortissimo
measure
45. Rate of speed or pace of music
accidental
tempo
sharp
common time
46. Moderately slow
mezzo forte
andante
staccato
pianissimo
47. With the bow
pentascale
arco
diminuendo
staccato
48. 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
staccato
first and second endings
piano
up bow
49. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
tie
slur
arco
sharp
50. Very loud
fortissimo
fine
natural
first and second endings