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