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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. Smooth - connected
mezzo forte
legato
time signature
accidental
2. Gradually get softer
pianissimo
moderato
clef sign
decrescendo
3. Gives the lines and spaces of the staff their names
repeat sign
clef sign
ritardando
slurred staccato
4. Soft
slur
time signature
andante
piano
5. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
da capo al fine
scale
chromatics
fine
6. Very very soft
pianississimo
crescendo
ritardando
music staff
7. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
down bow
natural
andante
staccato
8. Fast and lively
chord
fortississimo
double bar
allegro
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
music staff
repeat sign
double bar
half step
10. Rate of speed or pace of music
tempo
pizzicato
pentascale
measure
11. Gradually getting softer
ritardando
slur
diminuendo
bar line
12. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
moderato
time signature
repeat sign
mezzo piano
13. 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
bar line
decrescendo
arco
first and second endings
14. The notes of a chord played in succession to one another - rather than simultaneously; a broken chord
allegro
pentascale
tempo
arpeggio
15. A five note scale
pentascale
diminuendo
tempo
pizzicato
16. Gradually get softer
mezzo piano
double bar
sharp
decrescendo
17. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
tempo
fortississimo
moderato
first and second endings
18. 4/4 meter - denoted C
moderato
common time
bow lift
slurred staccato
19. Very loud
arpeggio
tie
fortissimo
mezzo forte
20. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
ritardando
accidental
crescendo
bar line
21. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
mezzo piano
pentascale
common time
22. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
pianissimo
sharp
moderato
23. Moving the bow toward tip
decrescendo
music staff
down bow
common time
24. Moderately slow
mezzo forte
clef sign
andante
fortississimo
25. Loud
up bow
forte
ledger line
pianississimo
26. The space between two bar lines
legato
measure
tie
arpeggio
27. Medium soft
mezzo piano
decrescendo
chromatics
legato
28. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
bar line
arpeggio
pianississimo
double bar
29. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
pentascale
pizzicato
slurred staccato
double bar
30. Very - very loud (fff)
arco
bar line
fortississimo
ledger line
31. Medium soft
common time
pianissimo
da capo al fine
mezzo piano
32. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
time signature
chromatics
allegro
allegro
33. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
natural
pianississimo
fortississimo
chromatics
34. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
clef sign
double bar
allegro
ritardando
35. A five note scale
first and second endings
moderato
forte
pentascale
36. # - raises the pitch by one half step
natural
andante
repeat sign
sharp
37. Detached
repeat sign
bow lift
staccato
diminuendo
38. The end
music staff
double bar
fine
pizzicato
39. Two half steps
whole step
down bow
pianissimo
fine
40. Moderately slow
music staff
andante
pizzicato
chord
41. Moving the bow toward frog
moderato
up bow
measure
pianississimo
42. Very soft
half step
sharp
pianissimo
legato
43. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
mezzo piano
ritardando
bar line
fine
44. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
accidental
pianissimo
down bow
45. Medium loud
time signature
sharp
tie
mezzo forte
46. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
fortississimo
forte
fortissimo
music staff
47. Plucked
tempo
legato
whole step
pizzicato
48. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
chromatics
forte
slur
legato
49. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
repeat sign
slur
whole step
music staff
50. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
pentascale
bow lift
down bow
sharp