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