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Middle School Orchestra
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Gradually getting louder
crescendo
music staff
pianississimo
mezzo piano
2. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
da capo al fine
accidental
allegro
chromatics
3. Fast and lively
allegro
fortississimo
double bar
piano
4. Moderately slow
first and second endings
natural
andante
up bow
5. 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.
arco
legato
moderato
time signature
6. Gradually getting slower
ritardando
crescendo
chromatics
time signature
7. Return to the beginning - play to the end
staccato
repeat sign
da capo al fine
up bow
8. A note that is not affected by either a sharp or a flat - a natural sign cancels a previous sharp or flat
bar line
natural
measure
key signature
9. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
piano
key signature
fine
tempo
10. Plucked
allegro
bow lift
pizzicato
mezzo forte
11. Gradually getting louder
first and second endings
crescendo
andante
down bow
12. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
forte
mezzo forte
chord
mezzo piano
13. 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.
bar line
time signature
double bar
natural
14. Soft
repeat sign
decrescendo
tempo
piano
15. 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
mezzo piano
pentascale
ledger line
chord
16. Fast and lively
music staff
forte
allegro
scale
17. Smooth - connected
scale
fine
legato
ledger line
18. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
ritardando
accidental
tie
bar line
19. Medium soft
measure
mezzo piano
accidental
piano
20. Medium loud
time signature
mezzo forte
key signature
mezzo piano
21. 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
half step
first and second endings
diminuendo
fortissimo
22. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
chord
slurred staccato
moderato
scale
23. A series of staccato notes played while the bow moves in one direction
slurred staccato
first and second endings
forte
bow lift
24. Very - very loud (fff)
down bow
fortississimo
pianissimo
moderato
25. To lift the bow and return it to it's starting point
pianissimo
slurred staccato
moderato
bow lift
26. Smooth - connected
common time
arco
legato
first and second endings
27. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played
key signature
fine
slurred staccato
mezzo forte
28. Two vertical lines drawn through the staff that indicate the end of a section
pentascale
moderato
double bar
clef sign
29. A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order
accidental
scale
slur
decrescendo
30. Very loud
arpeggio
fortissimo
natural
common time
31. 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
half step
whole step
clef sign
up bow
32. Rate of speed or pace of music
ritardando
fortississimo
diminuendo
tempo
33. 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
mezzo forte
first and second endings
double bar
up bow
34. The space between two bar lines
first and second endings
measure
ledger line
tempo
35. The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures
sharp
half step
bar line
measure
36. Very very soft
pianississimo
chromatics
music staff
bar line
37. With the bow
arco
ritardando
up bow
time signature
38. Curved line that connects notes of different pitches - play all notes that are connected in one bow
pianississimo
slurred staccato
tie
key signature
39. 4/4 meter - denoted C
forte
bow lift
common time
double bar
40. Moderate - neither fast nor slow
common time
measure
da capo al fine
moderato
41. Repeat the previous section of music. Go back to the nearest repeat sign - or to the beginning of the piece if there is none.
clef sign
music staff
pianissimo
repeat sign
42. Very - very loud (fff)
pianississimo
fortississimo
tie
fine
43. Very soft
slur
piano
tie
pianissimo
44. Notes that are altered with sharps - flats and naturals
forte
chromatics
pianissimo
key signature
45. A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
chord
natural
first and second endings
tempo
46. Gradually getting softer
staccato
bow lift
down bow
diminuendo
47. Very soft
andante
accidental
pianissimo
bow lift
48. The location where music is written - includes five lines and four spaces.
music staff
up bow
down bow
fortissimo
49. Soft
piano
chromatics
first and second endings
ledger line
50. Return to the beginning - play to the end
pizzicato
da capo al fine
first and second endings
sharp